write a short note on battle of plassey and about tipu sultan
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The Battle of Plassey was fought between the forces of the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah and the English East India Company, led by Robert Clive. It was fought on 23 June 1757 at Plassey near Murshidabad. ... Later, the Nawab himself was caught and killed, and Mir Jafar was instituted as the new Nawab of Bengal.
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.
Tipu Sultan-‘The Tiger of Mysore’:
Tipu Sultan was the son of Haidar Ali, ruler of Mysore.
Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore from 1782 to 1799.
Tipu Sultan took the help of French to modernise his army and sent foreign delegates to gether the foreign help against British.
Four wars were fought between Britishers and Mysore and were known as the Anglo-Mysore wars(1767-1769, 1780-84, 1790-92 and 1799).
In 1799, the Britishers won the battle of Seringapatam against Mysore.
Tipu Sultan was killed defending his capital Seringapatam.