Battle of Buxar

Name: Battle of Buxar
Start: 1764
Location: Buxar, Bihar

1764 · Buxar, Bihar · Asia · War

The East India Company defeats the Mughal emperor and nawabs

East India Company troops under Hector Munro defeated the combined army of Mir Qasim of Bengal, the Nawab of Awadh and Emperor Shah Alam II. By the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765 the Company won the right to collect revenue in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa — the start of British rule in India.

State: British Empire, British Empire

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