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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive Col Robert Clive]
|commander2= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Jafar Mir Jafar Ali Khan]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinfray M.Sinfray]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Siraj-ud-Daula]
|strength1= 2,200 European soldiers,<br>2,100 Indian [[sepoy]]s<br>100 gunners,<br>9 cannon (eight 6-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)
}}<noinclude></noinclude>
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
After the [[Siege of Chandernagore]] the Nawab determined to break his treaty with the British. Mir Jafar, who was conspiring against Siraj ud Daulah, was persuaded to change sides this gave victory to Clive at the battle of Plassey.
== British Field Army ==
