plassey is located in the state of india, west bengal.
plassey is located in the state of india, west bengal.
in which state of india is plassey located?
west bengal
the battle took place at palashi (anglicised version: "plassey") on the banks of the hooghly river, about north of calcutta and south of murshidabad, then capital of bengal (now in murshidabad district in west bengal). the belligerents were the nawab siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent nawab of bengal, and the british east india company. siraj-ud-daulah had become the nawab of bengal the year before, and he ordered the english to stop the extension of their fortification. robert clive bribed mir jafar, the commander-in-chief of the nawab's army, and also promised him to make him nawab of bengal. clive defeated siraj-ud-daulah at plassey in 1757 and captured calcutta.
battle of plassey
a number of authors have assumed a direct link between major-general lord clive and plassey house, now the administrative centre of the university of limerick (u.l.). plassey house is located on the opposite, county limerick bank of the river shannon, at monaleen in castletroy, on the outskirts of limerick city. this university campus is connected by a bridge to county clare. more recently, john logan of the university of limerick (u.l.) has asserted that there is 'no historical basis for ascribing either occupancy or ownership of plassey house or its adjacent lands to robert clive.' it has been suggested that plassey house was renamed in the late eighteenth century by thomas maunsell, who lived there, to commemorate his own rôle or that of a family member in the battle of plassey.
plassey, county clare