Battle of Plassey

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 defection 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 Mughal Empire. The battle helped the British East India Company take complete control of Bengal in 1773. Over the next hundred years, they continued to expand their control over vast territories in the rest of the Indian subcontinent and Burma.

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Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757 by Francis Hayman

Plassey, 1757

Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Domini 1757 WDL2384

Medal commemorating battle of Plassey

The battle of Plassey, June 23, 1757

Robert Clive's victory at the Battle of Plassey established the East India Company as a military as well as a commercial power.

Mir Jafar and his son Miran delivering the Treaty of 1757 to William Watts

The Nawab's artillery at Plassey

Medal commemorating battle of Plassey

Plassey, 1757

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1742	First Battle of Katwa	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1745	Second Battle of Katwa	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1757	Battle of Plassey	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1763	Third Battle of Katwa	battle	Wikidata
commons	image		Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757 by Francis Hayman		Commons
commons	image		Plassey, 1757		Commons
commons	image		Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Domini 1757 WDL2384		Commons
commons	image		Medal commemorating battle of Plassey		Commons
commons	image		The battle of Plassey, June 23, 1757		Commons
commons	image		Robert Clive's victory at the Battle of Plassey established the East India Company as a military as well as a commercial power.		Commons
commons	image		Mir Jafar and his son Miran delivering the Treaty of 1757 to William Watts		Commons
commons	image		The Nawab's artillery at Plassey		Commons
commons	image		Medal commemorating battle of Plassey		Commons
commons	image		Plassey, 1757		Commons