Date - June 23 1757.

Location - Palashi (on the banks of the Bhagirathi River), near Murshidabad, Bengal

Primary combatants - Siraj-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Bengal) vs. Robert Clive (British East India Company)

Result - Decisive British victory (primarily through treachery)

Main character’s

Why were they fighting?

1. The British officers had the special power’s means permits to trade without paying tax in India to the nawabs. But they used this permits no tax for thier private businesses too. The Nawab was losing a lot of money.

Story Behind how they got tax free permits.

Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar. One day he was sick and suffering from a painful disease that his own doctors couldn't cure. In 1717 a british sent a mission to the mughal court. British surgeon named William Hamilton treated the Emperor and cured him.

In his happiness, the Emperor issued a Royal Farman (a King's decree/order).

The "Magna Carta" of the Company:

The Farman gave the British East India Company the right to trade in Bengal for free in exchange for a tiny annual payment of just 3,000 rupees. To manage this, the British were given Dastaks (signed passes).

There was a "Fine Print" in the King's order that the British conveniently ignored.

The Rule: The Dastaks (tax-free passes) were only for Company goods (tea, textiles, etc., owned by the East India Company).

The Cheat: The British officers were also doing their own private business on the side (selling salt, betel nut, tobacco) to get rich personally.

Slowly without paying tax to the nawabs they bacame rich, and started building the walls and fortification in calcutta without aksing the nawab. By seeing this nawabs got angry at certain point and attacked the british fort and locked the some british officer’s in a small dark room without food, water for many days like that many of british soilder’s died. This made the british angry and decided to take the revange.

The secret deal

At the time In india british army soilder’s strength is around 3000. Rober clive know the soilder strength of mughal emperror: he know with this he can’t win war so he decided to attacked from the backside of the mughal empeeror. One day he sent a secret deal letter to the mir jafar who known as the Nawabs general.

"If you help us win by not fighting, we will remove Siraj-ud-Daulah and make YOU the King of Bengal."

After watching the secret letter from robert clive mir jafar became blush and said “yes”

Other rich bankers (like Jagat Seth) also supported the British because they hated the Nawab.

On 23 June 1757, the Battle of Plassey took place in Bengal between Siraj-ud-Daulah and Robert Clive. Siraj-ud-Daulah was the Nawab of Bengal, and he had a very large army. Robert Clive led a much smaller force from the British East India Company. Even though the Nawab had more soldiers, the British had a secret plan.

The fighting began with loud cannon fire and gunshots. Soldiers used guns, swords, and horses in the battle. Many men were killed, and the battlefield became full of smoke and chaos. After some time, dark clouds gathered, and heavy rain started to fall. Siraj-ud-Daulah thought the rain would make the British gunpowder wet and useless. He believed this was a good chance to attack and win the battle.

However, the British had covered their gunpowder with tarpaulins to keep it dry. Their weapons continued to work properly. Siraj then ordered his general, Mir Jafar, to attack the British. But Mir Jafar did not fight. He had already made a secret agreement with Robert Clive. He had been promised the throne of Bengal if he helped the British win.

Because of this betrayal, Siraj-ud-Daulah became confused and frightened. Some of his loyal soldiers continued to fight bravely, but many others stood still and refused to take action. Realizing that he had been betrayed from within, Siraj left the battlefield on a camel and tried to escape.

A few days later, while attempting to flee toward Patna, he was captured. He was brought back to Murshidabad as a prisoner. On 2 July 1757, about ten days after the Battle of Plassey, Siraj-ud-Daulah was executed. He was not killed by the British. He was killed by Miran, the son of Mir Jafar, who had betrayed him during the battle.

The battle lasted only a few hours, but its effects lasted for nearly 200 years. After the victory, the British made Mir Jafar the Nawab of Bengal. However, he was only a puppet ruler under British control. The British took a large amount of money, gold, and other wealth from Bengal. This was the beginning of British political control in India and the start of economic exploitation.

The Battle of Plassey was an important turning point in Indian history because it allowed the British East India Company to slowly become the rulers of India.

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