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Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757 by Francis Hayman

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2022-04-24

Major General Robert Clive meeting Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey which saw the East India Company annex Bengal, marking the beginning of Company rule in India - 23 June 1757. 🇮🇳🇬🇧

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2022-01-02

Escape of Siraj ud-Daulah
from Plassey', 1757 Source Alamy. Betrayed by Mir Jafar, then commander of Nawab's army, Siraj lost the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. East India Company under Robert Clive invaded and the administration of Bengal fell into the hands of the Company.

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2019-09-09

Fought in 1757, Battle of was the most decisive of the Seven Years War (1756-63) between various rulers, aided by &
Painted by Francis Hayman. 1762, Lord Clive & the defector Mir Jafer meeting after the battle

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2019-06-23

in 1757, the Battle of Plassey began in resulting in a victory of troops over the then Nawab, Siraj-ud-Daulah. The used much of the state’s trade revenue to strengthen their military power before gradually colonising the subcontinent.

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2019-06-23