what are the causes of Battle of Plassey ?
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Explanation:
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over a much larger force of the Nawab of Bengal and his French[1] allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The battle helped the Company seize control of Bengal. Over the next hundred years, they seized control of most of the entire Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, and Afghanistan.
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Robert Clive Bribed Mir Jafar, the commander in chief of the nawabs army, and also promised him to make him Nawabs of Bengal. He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured in Calcutta. The battle was preceded by the attack on British controlled Calcutta by nawab Siraj-ud- daulah and the black hole massacre.
Battle of Plassey was fought between English east India Company ( Robert Clive) and Nawab of Bengal ( Siraj-ud- daulah) in 1757.
Explanation:
CAUSE ARE AS FOLLOWS
- Conspiracy by the relative of the Bengal Nawab- His succession to throne was the challenged by his reletive Ghaseti Begum and Shaukat Jung . This created an opportunity for British to interfere in Bengal.
- Fortification of Fort William by British inspite the Bengal Nawab objections.
- Misuse of commercial concession by the company . Though the costom free trade was allowed only to company, it's employees also started using it.
- company company control factories ine Kasim bajar was captured by Siraj ud daula.
- the alinagar treaty placed Bengal nawab in negative side
Significance of this battle
- British British word successful in installing a puppet ruler in Mir Zafar
- Battle exposed the political system of India and its weakness
- Company become politically more powerful