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  2. Battle of Buxar - Wikipedia

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    85 missing [2][3] 2,000 killed. 4,000 wounded [2] The Battle of Buxar was fought between 22 and 23 October 1764, between the forces of the British East India Company, under the command of Major Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Balwant Singh, Maharaja of the Banaras State; Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh; and ...

  3. Hector Munro, 8th Laird of Novar - Wikipedia

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    Major Munro then assumed the command, and being well supported by his men, quelled a formidable mutiny among the troops. After 20 Sepoys had been executed by Major Munro by blowing them off guns, and with discipline restored, he attacked the enemy at Buxar, on 23 October 1764 in what became the Battle of Buxar. Though the force opposed to him ...

  4. Shah Alam II - Wikipedia

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    1837–1857. v. t. e. Shah Alam II (Persian pronunciation: [ʃɑːh ʔɑː.ˈlam]; 25 June 1728 – 19 November 1806), also known by his birth name Ali Gohar, or Ali Gauhar, was the seventeenth Mughal emperor and the son of Alamgir II. [16] Shah Alam II became the emperor of a crumbling Mughal Empire. His power was so depleted during his reign ...

  5. Mir Jafar - Wikipedia

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    Mir Syed Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur (c. 1691 – 5 February 1765) was a commander-in-chief or military general who reigned as the first dependent Nawab of Bengal of the British East India Company. His reign has been considered by many historians as the start of the expansion of British control of the Indian subcontinent in Indian history and a key ...

  6. Buxar Fort - Wikipedia

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    Buxar Fort. / 25.56049; 83.98054. Buxar Fort is a fort located in Buxar, Bihar, India. Buxar is a city in the state of Bihar in the eastern part of India bordering eastern Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Buxar District. The fort was established by King Rudra Deo in 1054 . The city is known for its cultural heritage as it is the place ...

  7. Maharaja Balwant Singh of Benares - Wikipedia

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    Following the Battle of Buxar in 1764, Emperor Shah Alam back stabbed him and transferred Balwant Singh's controlled area to the company, but the Company refused it along with the treaty of benares signed by the Emperor the same year. Britishers tried to the power of Beneras region once again to the Nawab of Awadh in 1765, but the maharaja ...

  8. Bengal Subah - Wikipedia

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    The defeat of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula of Oudh, and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II at the Battle of Buxar in 1764 paved the way for British expansion across India. The South Indian Kingdom of Mysore led by Tipu Sultan overtook the Nawab of Bengal as the subcontinent's wealthiest monarchy; but this was short-lived and ended ...

  9. Robert Clive - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Plassey. Map of India in 1765, showing the territory administered by the East India Company (pink): Bengal and the Northern Circars, during the time of Clive. Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB, FRS (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, [1][2][3] was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency.