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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
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| |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]]
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| |commander1= Colonel [[Robert Clive]]
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| |commander2= [[Mir Jafar Ali Khan]], [[M. Sinfray]], Siraj-ud-Daula
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| |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]])
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| |strength2= 5,000 soldiers,<br>53 [[cannon]]
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| |casualties1= 22 killed<br>(7 Europeans, 16 natives),<br>53 wounded<br>(13 Europeans and 36 natives) | |
| |casualties2= 500 killed and wounded | |
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| See also [[List of Battles & Actions in British India 1600-1900]]
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| == Recommended Reading ==
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| "''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6
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| == External Links ==
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| [http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_plassey.html History of War - Battle of Plassey]
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History
Battle of Plassey 1757
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Palashi
Variants: Plassey