Question

write factors responsible for battles of BUXAR and PLASSEY?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

BUXAR

A few reasons which were the key to the Battle of Buxar are given below:

1. Mir Qasim wanted to be independent and shifted his capital to Munger Fort from Calcutta.
2. He also hired foreign experts to train his army, some of whom were in direct conflict with the British.
3. He treated Indian merchants and English as same, without granting any special privileges for the latter.
4. These factors fuelled the English to overthrow him and war broke out between Mir Kasim and the Company in 1763.

PLASSEY

Causes of the Battle of Plassey

Majorly, the reasons for the Battle of Plassey to take place were:

1. The rampant misuse of the trade privileges given to the British by the Nawab of Bengal
2. Non-payment of tax and duty by the workers of the British East India Company