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Short note on battle of plassey

Answer 1

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. The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years.

The battle took place at Palashi (Anglicised version: Plassey) on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad, then capital of Bengal (now in Nadia district in West Bengal). The belligerents were the Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, and the British East India Company. Siraj-ud-daulah had become the Nawab of Bengal the year before, and he ordered the English to stop the extension of their fortification. Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar, the commander in chief of the nawab's army, and also promised him to make him Nawab of Bengal. He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta.[2]

Answer 2

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Battle of Plassey (1757)

It was fought between the forces of East India Company under Robert Clive and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey(between Calcutta and Murshidabad). Mir Jafar bribed Indian solders to throw away their weapons and Clive on the battle.

the British consolidated their position in Bengal by making Mir Jafar as the Nawab of Bengal. He gifted large sums of money and 24 Parganas of Bengal to the British. But Mir Jafar could not fulfill the demand of  British, therefore Britishers installed his son-in-law, Mir Qasim as the Nawab .He gives equal facilities to British and Indian merchants, which annoyed the British and they attacked him. Mir Qasim took the refuge at Awadh and the Battle of Plassey came to end.

Reason for  battle of plassey :-

The main causes of the Battle of Plassey were: The British East India Company wanted to establish a puppet ruler on the throne of Bengal.

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