Patna Crisis

Summary

This episode took place in 1762-63 during the 3rd Carnatic War. The Governor of Bengal Henry Vansittart

Nawab of Bengal sought to drive the British out by capturing Calcutta. Robert Clive won a series of victories ending in the defeat of the Nawab at Plassey. Meanwhile the Seven Years War had broken out which caused renewed hostilities between the French and British in the Carnatic. The British under Eyre Coote finally defeated the French. War broke out again in Bengal after a conspiracy by the Dutch but the British eventually prevailed with a final victory at Buxar. The Treaty of Paris effectively ended French ambitions in India. 

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Mir Jafar (1691-1765)
Mir Kasim (????-1777)
Henry Vansittart (1732-1770)

External Links

The Patna Crisis Google Books

Historical Books on-line

A Narrative of the Transactions in Bengal from 1760 to 1764 by Henry Vansittart 1766 (Google Books)