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The Battle of Plassey (Pâlāshīr Juddha) was a battle that took place on June 23, 1757, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta. It is near Murshidabad, then the capital of the Nawab of Bengal in India. Pâlāshir, an extravagant red flowering tree known as "Flame of the forest," gives its name to a small village near the battlefield. A phonetically accurate romanizing of the Bengali name would be Battle of Palashi, but the spelling "Plassey" is now conventional.
The battle was between Siraj Ud Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, and the forces of the British East India Company. Siraj-ud-Daulah's army commander had defected to the British, causing his army to collapse. After this defeat, the entire province of Bengal passed to the Company, and this battle is today seen as one of the pivotal battles leading to the British Empire in India.
The enormous wealth gained from the Bengal treasury after its victory in the battle allowed the Company to significantly strengthen its military might.
The battle was waged during the period when the British and French governments were fighting the Seven Years' War in Europe (1756–1763). The French East India Company (La Compagnie des Indes Orientales) sent a small contingent to fight against the British East India Company. The British victory both eliminated French competition in India and resulted in a treaty arrangement with the Moghul Empire that left the East India Company de facto ruler of the province of Bengal. From this base, the Company set about extending effective rule over the whole of the Indian Sub-Continent.
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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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