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QUES: The capture of Bengal greatly helped the British in establishing their authority in India. In this context, explain:-
(i) The Battle of Plassey
(ii) The Battle of Buxar
(iii) The Third Carnatic War
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Explanation:
Battle of Plassey
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French[1] allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive which was possible due to the defection of Mir Jafar Ali Khan, who was Siraj-ud-Daulah's commander in chief. The battle helped the Company seize control of Bengal. Over the next hundred years, they seized control of the entire Indian subcontinent and Myanmar - and briefly Afghanistan.
Battle of Buxar
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764, between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal till 1763. Mir Jafar was made the Nawab of Bengal for a second time in 1763 by the Company, just after the battle. After being defeated in 4 battles in Katwa, Giria and Udaynala, the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, accompanied by Raja Balwant Singh of Kashi made an alliance with Mir Qasim.[4] The battle was fought at Buxar, a "small fortified town" within the territory of Bihar, located on the banks of the Ganga river about 130 kilometres (81 mi) west of Patna; it was a decisive victory for the British East India Company. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.
The Third Carnatic War
The outbreak in 1756 of the Seven Years’ War in Europe resulted in renewed conflict between the French and British forces in India. The Third Carnatic War spread beyond southern India and into Bengal where British forces captured the French settlement of Chandernagore (now Chandannagar) in 1757.
However, the war was decided in the south, as British commander Sir Eyre Coote decisively defeated the French under the Comte de Lally at the Battle of Wandiwash in 1760. After Wandiwash, the French capital of Pondicherry fell to the British in 1761.
The war concluded with the signing of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, which returned Chandernagore and Pondichéry to France, and allowed the French to have “factories” (trading posts) in India but forbade French traders from administering them.
The French agreed to support British client governments, thus ending French ambitions of an Indian empire and making the British the dominant foreign power in India. The anomaly of Clive’s position with regard to the Nawab, however, still continued. Without any formal rights or prerogatives, he exercised an effective control over the actions of Mir Jafar, and, in particular, he prevented the latter from ruining some notable Hindu officials such as Rai Durlabh, the Diwan, and Ram Narayan, the governor of- Bihar.
BATTLE OF PLASSEY..
Its was fought between Siraj-ud-daulah and Robert Clive in which Siraj was defeated.
This was bcoz of cheating done by Mir Jafar who was the minister of Bengal.
Mir Jafar cheated Siraj in greed to have the Throne of Bengal in his hands. Due to that, each and every secret routes and plans of siraj were known to Britishers. Britishers' East India Company attacked Bengal and defeated Siraj ud daulah in very bad manner and gave the throne of bengal to Mir Jafar who became the nawab of bengal.
BATTLE OF BUXAR..
It was also fought between nawab of bengal who was none other then Mir Jafar and britishers. But now, Mir Jafar was defeated by Mir Quasim who was his closest. So, to take revenge, Mir Jafar ran away from Bengal and prepared an army with 1000s of soldiers. At a twist, Mir Jafar attacked Bengal and defeated Mir Quasim and became the nawab of bengal again....