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| − | |partof= the [[Seven Years War]]
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| − | |date= June 23, 1757
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| − | |location= [[Palashi]], [[West Bengal]]
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| − | |presidency= Bengal
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| − | |co-ordinates= 19-20 84-45
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| − | |result= Decisive victory for [[British East India Company]]
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| − | |territory=[[Bengal]] annexed by British East India Company
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| − | |combatant1= [[British East India Company]]
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| − | |combatant2= [[Siraj Ud Daulah]] ([[Nawab of Bengal]]),<br>[[French East India Company|La Compagnie des Indes Orientales]]
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| − | |commander1= Colonel [[Robert Clive]]
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| − | |commander2= [[Mir Jafar Ali Khan]], [[M. Sinfray]], Siraj-ud-Daula
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| − | |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]])
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| − | |strength2= 5,000 soldiers,<br>53 [[cannon]]
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| − | |casualties1= 22 killed<br>(7 Europeans, 16 natives),<br>53 wounded<br>(13 Europeans and 36 natives)
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| − | |casualties2= 500 killed and wounded
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| − | }}<noinclude>[[Category:Battles]]</noinclude>
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| − | See also [[List of Battles & Actions in British India 1600-1900]]
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| − | == Recommended Reading ==
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| − | "''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6
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| − | == External Links ==
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| − | [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_plassey.html History of War - Battle of Plassey]
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| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63]
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