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This episode took place in 1762-63 during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]. The Governor of [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Vansittart Henry Vansittart] deposed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Jafar [Mir Jafar]] and made [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Qasim Mir Kasim] Nawab of Bengal. A treaty with Mir Kasim designed to counter the corruption amongst [[East India Company]] merchants was repudiated by the Council of Calcutta and worsening relations led to an attack on [[Patna]] by the the British, instigated by the Company Agent William Ellis. Ellis and his forces were soon ejected from the city by the Nawab's troops and pursued to Manjee where they were forced to surrender on 1st July 1764. Major Thomas Adams recaptured Patna on 6 November 1763 but not before Mir Kasim had executed 50 Europeans prisoners taken at Manjee. The conflict finally ended with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Allahabad Treaty of Allahabad] following the defeat of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Alam_II Shah Alam II] the Mughal Emperor, Mir Kasim Nawab of Bengal and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuja-ud-Daula Shuja-ud-Daula] Nawab of Oudh at the [[Battle of Buxar]].