Who led the forces of the British East India Company at the 1757 Battle of Plassey?
Battle of Plassey battlefield, named the Palashi Monument. Google Earth view of Plassey Battle of Plassey The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years. 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
Battle of Plassey de Lally, supported by Hyder Ali at Pondicherry. The French were returned Pondicherry in 1763 by way of the Treaty of Paris but they never again regained their former stature in India. The British would, in effect, emerge as rulers of the subcontinent in subsequent years. The Battle of Plassey and the resultant victory of the British East India company led to puppet governments instated by them in various states of India. This led to an unleashing of excesses, malpractices and atrocities by the British East India Company in the name of tax collection. A monument was established in the