Colonial and World War I · 1757
Battle of Plassey
Mir Jafar's betrayal decided the battle. The Company took control of Bengal, the start of British rule in India.
Key facts
- When
- 1757
- Where
- West Bengal, India
- Sides
- East India Company vs Nawab of Bengal
- Commanders
- Robert Clive vs Siraj ud-Daulah
- Result
- British victory
- Type
- Colonial and World War I
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
The wider picture: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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