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Battle of Buxar ==== Military conflict ====
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| Part of the Seven Years War | |||||||
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Bengal, | East India Company | ||||||
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Mir Kasim;, ]] | Robert Clive | ||||||
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40,000 infantry, |
18,000 infantry, | ||||||
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3,400 dead, 1,600 wounded or missing | 3,000–3,500 dead or wounded | ||||||
A(October 1764) was a significant battle fought between the forces under the command of the British East India Company on the one side, and the combined armies of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal ; Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor. The battle fought at Buxar, a town (currently in Bihar state, India) located on the bank of the Ganges river, was a decisive battle won by the forces of the East India Company.
The battle resulted into securing of Diwani rights to administer the collection and management of revenues of large areas which currently form parts of Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh , as well as of Bangladesh. The Battle of Buxar heralded the establishment of the rule of the East India Company in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.
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