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|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date= 23 June 1757
|date= 23 June 1757
|location= [[Palashi]], [[West Bengal]]
|location= [[Plassey]], [[West Bengal]]
|presidency= Bengal
|presidency= Bengal
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=23.774666,88.292284&z=13&t=h&hl=en 23.774666°N 88.292284°E]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=23.774666,88.292284&z=13&t=h&hl=en 23.774666°N 88.292284°E]
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|territory=[[Bengal]] annexed by British East India Company
|territory=[[Bengal]] annexed by British East India Company
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2= [[Siraj Ud Daulah]] ([[Nawab of Bengal]]),<br>[[French East India Company|La Compagnie des Indes Orientales]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_ud-Daulah Siraj Ud Daulah] (Nawab of Bengal),<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_East_India_Company La Compagnie des Indes Orientales]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive Col Robert Clive]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive Col Robert Clive]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Jafar Mir Jafar Ali Khan]<br>[[M. Sinfray]]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Siraj-ud-Daula]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Jafar Mir Jafar Ali Khan]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinfray M.Sinfray]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Siraj-ud-Daula]
|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]])
|strength1= 2,200 European soldiers,<br>2,100 Indian [[sepoy]]<br>100 gunners,<br>9 cannon (eight 6-pounders and a howitzer)
|strength2= 5,000 soldiers,<br>53 [[cannon]]
|strength2= 5,000 soldiers,<br>53 cannon
|casualties1= 22 killed<br>(7 Europeans, 16 natives),<br>53 wounded<br>(13 Europeans and 36 natives)  
|casualties1= 22 killed<br>(7 Europeans, 16 natives),<br>53 wounded<br>(13 Europeans and 36 natives)  
|casualties2= 500 killed and wounded
|casualties2= 500 killed and wounded

Revision as of 13:38, 7 May 2010

Battle of Plassey
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 23 June 1757
Location: Plassey, 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 6-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

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Robert Clive (1725-74)
Mir Jafar (1691-1765)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Palashi/Palasi
Variants: Plassey

External Links

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War
Battle of Plassey History of War
Battle of Plassey Wikipedia
Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63 Wikipedia
Map of Battle www.columbia.edu

Historical Books on-line

The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Plassey www.archive.org

Recommended Reading

"Plassey" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6

Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey