the results of Battle of Buxar
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The Battle of Buxar reduced the power and position of Shuja-ud-daula, the Nawab Wazir of Oudh. After his defeat at Buxar he acknowledged the supremacy of the British. He was forced to pay an amount of rupees fifty lakhs to the company as compensation.
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 21 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, Nawab of Bengal till 1764; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.[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.