Major conflict1756 – 1765 · 9 years

Bengal Wars of Succession

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Bengal · India · Calcutta

Estimated casualties

500Ksingle estimate · no range published

British East India Company forces, using superior tactics and diplomacy, defeated French and Bengali rivals, establishing British control over Bengal. This victory initiated British dominance of India.

Belligerents3

Bengal Nawabs
British East India Company
France

ON THE MAPBritish India (Bengal, 1765)Kingdom of France

Conflict graph

SUB-CONFLICTS · 8

Battle of Gheria, Bengal1763
Battle of Katwa1763
Battle of Patna (1st)1763
Battle of Patna (2nd)1763
Battle of Sooty1763
Battle of Udaynala1763
Battle of Patna1764
Battle of Kora1765

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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