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[[Image:Clive.jpg|none|frame|Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey]]
Add links to Siraj ud Daulah & Mir Jafar
|result= Decisive victory for [[British East India Company]]
|territory=[[Bengal]] annexed by British East India Company
|combatant1= [[British East India Company]]
|combatant2= [[Siraj Ud Daulah]] ([[Nawab of Bengal]]),<br>[[French East India Company|La Compagnie des Indes Orientales]]
|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]
|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]])
|strength2= 5,000 soldiers,<br>53 [[cannon]]
}}<noinclude>[[Category:Battles]]</noinclude>
== Recommended Reading ==
"''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] [[Image:Clive.jpg|none|frame|Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey]]
[[Category:Battles|Plassey, Battle of]]
