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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
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Heritage History - Carnatic Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War]<br>[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]<br>
[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/plassey1757/plassey1757.html Map of Battle]


[[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
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

Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey