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== History ==
|partof= the [[Seven Years' War]]
[[Battle of Plassey]] 1757
|date= June 23, 1757
== Spelling Variants ==
|location= [[Palashi]], [[West Bengal]]
Modern name: Palashi<br>
|presidency= Bengal
Variants: Plassey<br>
|co-ordinates= 19-20  84-45 
 
|result= Decisive victory for [[British East India Company]]
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|territory=[[Bengal]] annexed by British East India Company
|size=small
|combatant1= [[British East India Company]]
|count=true
|combatant2= [[Siraj Ud Daulah]] ([[Nawab of Bengal]]),<br>[[French East India Company|La Compagnie des Indes Orientales]]
|commander1= Colonel [[Robert Clive]]
|commander2= [[Mir Jafar Ali Khan]], [[M. Sinfray]], 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]]
|casualties1= 22 killed<br>(7 Europeans, 16 natives),<br>53 wounded<br>(13 Europeans and 36 natives)
|casualties2= 500 killed and wounded
}}
}}


 
[[Category:Locations]]
 
See also [[List of Battles & Actions in British India 1600-1900]]
 
== 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]
[[Category:Battles]]

Latest revision as of 17:01, 28 August 2013

History

Battle of Plassey 1757

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Palashi
Variants: Plassey