Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.3.2 British conquest and expansion

3.3.2.1 Bengal Nawabs and the Battle of Plassey 1757

At Plassey on 23 June 1757 the Company, helped by a conspiracy among the Nawab's own leaders, defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah and made Mir Jafar a Nawab who depended on British arms.

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Key terms

  • Alivardi Khan
  • Siraj-ud-Daulah
  • Black Hole
  • Alinagar
  • Mir Jafar
  • Jagat Seth
  • Plassey
  • Clive
  • Mir Qasim
  • 24 Parganas

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  6. Common trapsFoundation
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