Patna Crisis

Summary

This episode took place in 1762-63 during the 3rd Carnatic War. The Governor of Bengal Henry Vansittart deposed Mir Jafar and made 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 and attack by the

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)
The Diaries of Three Surgeons of Patna 1763 edited by Walter K Firminger 1909 (archive.org)