Battle of Plassey

When

23 Jun 1757

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

23.80° N, 88.25° E

Description

1757 battle which established the British Raj in India

1757 battle of the Seven Years' War

The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The victory was made possible by the betrayal of Mir Jafar, Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah's commander in chief, as well as much of the Bengal Subah's armies being earlier committed against an Afghan invasion led by Ahmad Shah Durrani against the…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Plassey: 3,000 troops serving with the British East India Company under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah with…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Yedi Yıl Savaşı kapsamında Plassey Muharebesi gerçekleşti”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Plassey siegen Truppen der East India Company gegen die des Herrschers von Bengalen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le militaire et administrateur britannique Robert Clive défait et tue le nabab du Bengale Siraj-ud-daulah à la bataille de Plassey en Inde”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Плесси”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “英国与孟加拉发生普拉西战役。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “プラッシーの戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page