Battle of Buxar

Battle of Buxar ==== Military conflict ====

Battle of Lützen
Part of the Thirty Years' War
The Battle of Lützen by Carl Wahlbom shows the death of King Gustavus Adolphus on November 16, 1632.
Date November 6 (O.S.) or November 16 (N.S.), 1632 Location Near Lützen, southwest of Leipzig, Germany Result Swedish victory
Belligerents
Sweden, Protestant German states	Holy Roman Empire, Catholic German states
Commanders and leaders
Gustavus Adolphus†, Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar	Albrecht von Wallenstein, Gottfried zu Pappenheim†
Strength
12,800 infantry, 6,200 cavalry, 60 guns	10,000 infantry, 7,000 cavalry, 24 guns
Casualties and losses
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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