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[[Category:Battles|Plassey, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Plassey, Battle of]] | ||
{{Battles_Infobox | |||
|partof= the [[Seven Years War]] | |||
|date= June 23, 1757 | |||
|location= [[Palashi]], [[West Bengal]] | |||
|presidency= Bengal | |||
|co-ordinates= 19-20 84-45 | |||
|result= Decisive victory for [[British East India Company]] | |||
|territory=[[Bengal]] annexed by British East India Company | |||
|combatant1= [[British East India Company]] | |||
|combatant2= [[Siraj Ud Daulah]] ([[Nawab of Bengal]]),<br>[[French East India Company|La Compagnie des Indes Orientales]] | |||
|commander1= Colonel [[Robert Clive]] | |||
|commander2= [[Mir Jafar Ali Khan]], [[M. Sinfray]], Siraj-ud-Daula | |||
|strength1= 2,200 European soldiers,<br>2,100 Indian [[sepoy]]<br>100 [[gunner]]s,<br>9 [[cannon]] (eight [[Ordnance QF 6 pounder|six-pounders]] and a [[howitzer]]) | |||
|strength2= 5,000 soldiers,<br>53 [[cannon]] | |||
|casualties1= 22 killed<br>(7 Europeans, 16 natives),<br>53 wounded<br>(13 Europeans and 36 natives) | |||
|casualties2= 500 killed and wounded | |||
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Battles]]</noinclude> | |||
[[Image:Clive.jpg]] | |||
== Recommended Reading == | |||
"''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6 | |||
== External Links == | |||
[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_plassey.html History of War - Battle of Plassey] | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63] | |||
Revision as of 19:46, 25 February 2008
| Battle of Plassey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of the Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | June 23, 1757 | |
| Location: | Palashi, West Bengal | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 19-20 84-45 | |
| Result: | Decisive victory for British East India Company | |
| Combatants | ||
| British East India Company | Siraj Ud Daulah (Nawab of Bengal), La Compagnie des Indes Orientales | |
| Commanders | ||
| Colonel Robert Clive | Mir Jafar Ali Khan, M. Sinfray, Siraj-ud-Daula | |
| Strength | ||
| 2,200 European soldiers, 2,100 Indian sepoy 100 gunners, 9 cannon (eight six-pounders and a howitzer) |
5,000 soldiers, 53 cannon | |
| Casualties | ||
| 22 killed (7 Europeans, 16 natives), 53 wounded (13 Europeans and 36 natives) |
500 killed and wounded | |
Recommended Reading
"Plassey" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6