Difference between revisions of "Battle of Plassey"

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Battle of Plassey
Part of the Seven Years War
Date:	June 23, 1757
Location:	Palashi, West Bengal
Presidency:	Bengal
Co-ordinates:	23.774666°N 88.292284°E
Result:	Decisive victory for British East India Company
Combatants
East India Company	Siraj Ud Daulah (Nawab of Bengal), La Compagnie des Indes Orientales
Commanders
Col 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

Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey

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 "''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6
 == External Links ==
-[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_plassey.html History of War - Battle of Plassey]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey Wikipedia - Battle of Plassey]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63]
+[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_plassey.html History of War - Battle of Plassey]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey Wikipedia - Battle of Plassey]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63]<br>
+[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/plassey1757/plassey1757.html Map of Battle]