Question

write a note comparing the Battle of Plassey and Buxar

Answer 1

battle of plassey was fought in 1757 between siraj ud daulah and east india company under robert clive at plassey between kolkata and murshidabad. mir jafar want to become the nawab of bengal he bribed indian soldier to throw away their weapons and clive won the battle.

mir jafar was made the nawab of bengal. he gifted a large sum of money and 24 parganas of bengal to britishers. he was not to able to fulfil the constant demand of the britishers so his son in law mir qasim was made the nawab. he granted equal trade facilities to both indian and foreign merchants which annoyed britishers and they attacked him. mir qasim ran away and took refuge at awadh along with shah alam 2.

battle of buxar was very important in the history of india. british won in this battle and gain the rule over bengal, dual governmaent started. this battle was fought between sujah ud daulah mir qasim shah alam 2 and east india company because mir qasim didnt want to be puppet in the hands of britishers

Answer 2

The Battle of Plassey:

As a result of denial of trading rights, on 23rd June 1757, Battle of Plassey was fought and it was the first major victory of English in India.

Alivardi Khan died in 1756 and Sirajuddaulah became the Nawab of Bengal.

In 1757, Robert Clive led the Company’s army against Sirajuddaulah at Plassey.

Main reason for defeat of the Nawab was that the forces led by Mir Jafar, one of Sirajuddaulah’s commanders, betrayed sirajuddaula and never fought the battle.

Mir Jafar was promised by Clive to be made Nawab after crushing Sirajuddaulah.

As par the deal Mir Jafar became the nawab of Bengal after the defeat and death of Sirajuddaula. But he was the nominal head of Bengal and actual power remained in the hands of British.

The Battle of Buxar:

After the defeat at Plassey, Sirajuddaulah was assassinated and Mir Jafar was made the Nawab.

Mir Jafar was just a puppet in the hands of Britishers.

In 1764, the battle of Buxar was fought between Britishers and Mir Qasim, when  Mir Qasim denied  the privilages given to Britishers.

Mir Qasim abolished the trade duty for everyone and transfered his capital from Murshidabad to Mungair. But this was against the interest of British and they declared war.

In this battle Mir  Qasim,the nawab of Bengal; Shujauddaula, the nawab of Awadh and Shah Alam the Mughal King fought against British and British forces were led by Hector Munro. 

In this battle British become victorious and they decided to control the territory by there own.

In 1765, the Mughal emperor appointed the company as the Diwan of the provinces of Bengal and they also got the diwani rights of Bihar and Odisha.