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|date= June 23, 1757 | |date= June 23, 1757 | ||
|location= [[Palashi]], [[West Bengal]] | |location= [[Palashi]], [[West Bengal]] | ||
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|casualties2= 500 killed and wounded | |casualties2= 500 killed and wounded | ||
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Battles]]</noinclude> | }}<noinclude>[[Category:Battles]]</noinclude> | ||
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== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
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"''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6 | "''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6 | ||
== External Links == | == 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]<br> | + | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War]<br>[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] | [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/plassey1757/plassey1757.html Map of Battle] | ||
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[[Image:Clive.jpg|none|frame|Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey]] | [[Image:Clive.jpg|none|frame|Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:28, 1 January 2009
| Battle of Plassey | ||
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| Part of 3rd Carnatic War 1756-63 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 | |
Recommended Reading
"Plassey" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6
External Links
Heritage History - Carnatic Wars
Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War
History of War - Battle of Plassey
Wikipedia - Battle of Plassey
Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63
Map of Battle
Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey
