'Battle of Buxar' (October
1764) was 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;
Suja-ud-Daula, the
Nawab of
Awadh; and
Shah Alam II, the
Mughal Emperor. The battle fought at
Buxar (currently in
Bihar state,
India), a town located on the bank of the
Ganges river, was a decisive battle won by the forces of the British 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.
While the
Battle of Plassey secured a foothold for the British east India company in India, the Battle of Buxar made them the dominant force in India.
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Battle of Buxar
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