Major conflict1757

Battle of Plassey

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Bengal · India

Estimated casualties

20Ksingle estimate · no range published

British victory establishing control of Bengal and launching British dominance in India.

Belligerents2

British East India Company
Nabob of Bengal

ON THE MAPBritish India (Bengal, 1765)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Battle of Plassey (1757). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-plassey-1757 · Sources & methodology