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== External Links == | == 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] | [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] | |||
Revision as of 09:24, 9 October 2008
| Battle of Plassey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of the Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | June 23, 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 | |
Recommended Reading
"Plassey" by M Edwardes 1963 ASIN B0000CLQD6
External Links
History of War - Battle of Plassey
Wikipedia - Battle of Plassey
Robert Clive's Indian Wars 1740-63
Map of Battle
