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== External Links == | |||
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War]<br>[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_plassey.html Battle of Plassey] History of War<br> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey Battle of Plassey] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/plassey1757/plassey1757.html Map of Battle] www.columbia.edu | |||
== Historical Books on-line == | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n67/mode/2up The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Plassey] www.archive.org | |||
== Recommended Reading == | == Recommended Reading == | ||
"''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6 | "''Plassey''" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6 | ||
[[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]] | ||
[[Category:Battles|Plassey, Battle of]] | |||
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Plassey, Battle of]] | |||
Revision as of 12:09, 31 December 2009
| Battle of Plassey | ||
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| Part of 3rd Carnatic War Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | 23 June 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 | |
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
