BATTLE OF PLASSEY 1757 VERY USEFUL POST

BATTLE OF PLASSEY 1757 VERY USEFUL POST

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1. Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal kept of Europeans under his control. Though he maintained friendly relations with english.

2. Alivardi khan died in 1756.

3. Siraj_ud_daula became nawab of Bengal.

4. The seven years war started in Europe in 1756.

5. The British and the French started the extension of their fortification . Bengal nawab Siraj_ud_daula ordered to stop the extension work.

6. But British disobeyed the Nawab orderes and continued their works at Culcutta.

7. Siraj_ud_daula was angry with British attitude and attacked Culcutta with his troops and captured 143 English men and imprisoned them in a small room in Fort William . Most of them were died due to suffocation.

8. This incident was known as '' The Black Hole '' tragedy of Culcutta . This news reached Madras.

9. British sent Robert Clive and British Admiral Watson to Culcutta . They recaptured Culcutta.

10. Robert Clive also occupied the French settlements in Chandranagore. As a result French influence in Bengal came to end.

11. Robert Clive conspired with Mir Jafar ,the chief of the Siraj's armies to replace Siraj_ud_daula.

12. Some other prominant persons also joined hands with Robert Clive.

13. Robert Clive proposed certain demands which would not have been accepted by the Siraj. Then war became inevitable.

14. In the battle that took place at Plassey on 23 June 1757Siraj_ud_daula was defeated and killed.

15. After the war Mir Jafar was made the nawab of Bengal.

16. The battle of Plassey laid foundations for British rule in India.