The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22/23 October 1764, between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1764; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II accompanied by Raja Balwant Singh of Kashi. The battle was fought at Buxar, a "small fortified town" within the territory of Bihar, located on the banks of the Ganga river about west of Patna; it was a decisive victory for the British East India Company. The war