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	Battle of Plassey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		On June 23rd, 1757 at Plassey, a small village and mango grove between Calcutta and Murshidabad, the forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive met the army of Siraj-ud-Doula, the Nawab of Bengal.
		During the battle a monsoon storm, lasting nearly an hour, drenched both sides and the ground, The Indian guns slackened their fire because their powder was insufficiently protected, but when the Indian cavalry charged in the hope that the British guns had suffered similarly they were sharply repulsed by heavy fire.
		Plassey was decisive for the British in India, and for Clive.
	murshidabad.nic.in /plassey.htm (287 words)

	Battle of Plassey Encyclopedia Article @ Karr.net (Karr Network) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Battle of Plassey (Bengali: পলাশীর যুদ্ধ, Pâlāshīr Juddha) was a battle that took place on June 23, 1757, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta.
		The ostensible reason for the battle was Siraj-ud-Daulah's earlier attack and capture of Fort William, Calcutta (which he renamed to Alinagar) during June, 1756, but the battle is today seen as part of the geopolitical ambition of the East India Company and the larger dynamics of colonial conquest.
		The Battle of Plassey is considered as a starting point to the events that established the era of British dominion and conquest in India.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Battle_of_Plassey (3335 words)

	Indian History - British Period - Arrival of Europeans in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Battle of Plassey - On June 23rd, 1757 at Plassey, between Calcutta and Murshidabad, the forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive met the army of Siraj-ud-Doula, the Nawab of Bengal.
		Battle of Wandiwash 1760 - from 1744, the French and English fought a series of battles for supremacy in the Carnatic region.
		Battle of Buxar - In June 1763 under Major Adams British army defeated Mir Kasim the Nawab of Bengal.
	www.gatewayforindia.com /history/british_history1.htm (2729 words)

	Battle of Plassey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Battle of Plassey was a Battle that took place in June 1757, at Plassey (pronounced Palashee, in Bengali), a small village between Calcutta and Murshidabad.
		The reason for the Battle was the Nawab's attack and capture of Calcutta (which he renamed to Alinagar), following the dispute on the additional fortification, with mounted guns, of the town built without the consent of the Nawab and the British policy of favouring Hindu Marwari merchants over local ones.
		The Battle of Plassey is considered to be the start of British rule in India.
	battle-of-plassey.iqnaut.net (270 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, Plassey
		On June 23rd of that year, at the Battle of Plassey, a small village and mango grove between Calcutta and Murshidabad, the forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive defeated the army of Siraj-ud-daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.
		live thought of the battle as the climax to his career, a striking testimony to the extraordinary shallowness of his character, while his enemies, whose judgment modernizing Indians are still inclined to accept, attributed Clive's success to the "faint- heartedness" of "the effeminate and luxurious Asiatics".
		In one fundamental respect, the battle of Plassey signified the state of things to come: few British victories were achieved without the use of bribes, and few promises made by the British were ever kept.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/British/Plassey.html (305 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Story of Lord Clive by John Lang
		There was no smokeless powder; a battle in those days was fought in clouds of smoke so thick that sometimes the troops went on loading and firing without, for a long time, seeing anything to fire at.
		Plassey gave to England a secure footing in Bengal, with a secure base resting on the sea (so long as she possesses a strong navy), and from that starting-point she has gradually absorbed all India.
		It was not a great "battle"; yet it was a very great "victory." It was not a great battle as far as the number of troops engaged is concerned, nor as regards the number of killed and wounded, but it was a great victory, because of its far-spreading results.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=langjohn&book=clive&story=plassey (3770 words)

	Robert Clive - Shropshire's Empire Builder Part 3
		As he prepared for the battle of Plassey Clive was already a national hero.
		Plassey, like all of Clive's battles, bore little resemblance to the set pieces of the European conflicts.
		While this makes Plassey seem more of a skirmish than a major battle it once again showed Clive's skill as a general and his reputation as unbeatable was reinforced throughout India.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/shropshire/56396 (580 words)

	Plassey House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Plassey House is a 19th century mansion in the Palazzo style which has close associations with two noted Anglo-Irish families - the Maunsells, friends of Cardinal Newman, and the Russells, who in the 1860's were considered the largest millers in Western Europe.
		Thomas Maunsell named his estate in honour of his distinguished relative, Clive of India, following his victory in the Battle of Plassey in 1757 which marked the domination of India and the development of the British Empire.
		This background of elegant heritage accommodated the first 100 students in 1972 when the campus was initiated and now houses some of its art collections and the University Club - a meeting place for senior faculty and leaders from enterprise.
	www.rhw.ul.ie /~ulf/Plassey_House.htm (158 words)

	The Battle of Buxar
		Betrayed by his own men Siraj was defeated in the Battle of Plassey, which is said to have lasted only a few hours.
		But their troops were defeated in the Battle of Buxar by the company troops led by Major Hector Munro.
		The establishment of British paramountcy along with the diwani(revenue administration) of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa was the major significance of The battle of Buxar.
	www.indhistory.com /buxar-battle.html (540 words)

	Origins of the Regiments
		The practice of awarding battle honours began in the 18th Century, with some being rewarded retrospectively but not for those who fought in the British Isles.'Dettingen' is therefore the senior battle honour of the Westcountry Regiments, despite participation in the Boyne and the Duke Of Marlborough's campaigns.
		In the battle to escape from the trap They withstood two charges of elite French Guard Cavalry and inflicted heavy casualties on them.The British then advanced to meet the French who after the ebb and flow of battle withdrew suffering terrible casualties.
		The battle started with the Nabobs artillery pounding the British positions, but rain that developed into a monsoon thunder storm which dampened the natives powder leaving them at the mercy of the British.
	www.army.mod.uk /ddli/history_/origins_of_the_devons_and_the_dorsets.htm (949 words)

	Battle of Plassey, battle of, 23 June 1757 (India)
		Battle of Plassey, battle of, 23 June 1757 (India)
		Battle that followed on from the accession of Suraj Dowlah as Nabob of Bengal (1756).
		However, the Nabob began the battle with an all out bombardment, using up all of his ammunition to no effect, The Bengali troops of the Nabob fled the battle without offering any further resistance, and the British were able to overwhelm the French artillery.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_plassey.html (267 words)

	Plassey tours, information of plassey, iinformation about battle of plassey, west bengal travel, east india tourism
		A place of great historical importance, Plassey holds as vital a place in Indian history as the battlefields of Kurushtra and Panipat.
		Here in the year 1757 a battle was fought between the British and the last Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
		Plassey : Situated at a distance of 172 kms.
	www.calcuttahotel.net /plassey.htm (207 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Imagine cannons booming and swords clashing amid the clanging of iron armours and battle cries ringing across the orchard on that fateful morning,” Pandey said, trying to visualise a part of the show.
		The experts will also look for memorabilia connected to the Battle of Plassey from various museums in the state, like the one at Hazarduari and Victoria Memorial, and elsewhere in the country.
		The Plassey museum authorities would look after Siraj-ud-Daula’s tomb at Khosbag in Murshidabad, about 5 km away, and the graves of his generals Mir Madan and Mohanlal.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1061007/asp/bengal/story_6839681.asp (464 words)

	FT.com / Arts & weekend / Magazine - Capital gains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		With the company’s puppet on the throne, the Plassey coup was followed by the acquisition of Bengal’s lucrative tax system and Bihar’s world-renowned opium fields.
		In the run-up to the 150th anniversary of Plassey, the former Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, proposed celebratory statues in London and Calcutta.
		Next year is the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Plassey and the 150th anniversary of the “Indian Mutiny”, and an occasion to think afresh about how the company and its executives should be remembered.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/7e0c3f8c-4ec4-11db-b600-0000779e2340.html (2460 words)

	Robert Clive (1725-1744) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In his first governorship (1755-60) he won the Battle of Plassey and became master of Bengal.
		Clive broke with Siraj-ud-Dawlah and overthrew him at the Battle of Plassey on June 23.
		Arriving in Calcutta for the second time on May 3, 1765, he found that the decisive Battle of Baksar (Buxar) had already been won; Shuja'-ud-Dawlah, the nawab of Oudh, was in flight, and the Emperor had joined the British camp.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /imperialism/notes/clive.html (1745 words)

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	www.thebookofdays.com /indexes/wars.htm (211 words)

	February 5th
		of February 1757 is noted as the date of the battle which may be said to have decided that the English should be the masters of India.
		One hardly knows whether to be most astonished at the courage of Clive, or at the perfidious arts (extending in one instance to deliberate forgery) to which he at the same time descended in order to out-manoeuvre a too powerful enemy.
		Insignificant as was the English force employed on this occasion, we must consider the encounter as, from its consequences, one of the great battles of the world.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/feb/5.htm (1836 words)

	Plassey Battle of - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Plassey, Battle of, military engagement of June 23, 1757, in which forces of the British East India Company led by (then Colonel) Robert Clive...
		Land surveying had been practised in India long before Europeans began to undertake a systematic survey.
		The mutiny and the rebellion that emerged out of it in 1857, exactly 100 years after the Battle of Plassey that marked the beginning of the British...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Plassey_Battle_of.html (117 words)

	Plassey, 1757 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The 22nd, in the evening, we crossed the river, and landing on the island, marched straight for Plassey Grove, where we arrived by one in the morning.
		During the warmest part of the action we observed a large body of troops hovering on our right, which proved to be our friends; but as they never discovered themselves by any signal whatsoever, we frequently fired on them to make them keep their distance.
		When the battle was over they sent a congratulatory message, and encamped in our neighbourhood that night.
	www.hillsdale.edu /personal/stewart/war/Abroad/1757-Plassey-Clive.htm (672 words)

	History \| The University Club \| UL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The earlier history of Plassey House and its demesne is bound up with that of two prominent Limerick families, the Maunsells and the Russells.
		The Maunsells built a large water mill at Plassey in 1824 and in the early 1860's possession of the mill and the house was taken by the Russell family, the most prominent millers in Munster at that time.
		The identity of the architect of the original Plassey House and that of the architect who redesigned it when the Russells extended it in the 1860's remains obscure but there is contextual evidence which suggests it was William Fogarty.
	www.ul.ie /ulclub/history.html (355 words)

	Freedom Movement Of India - Establishment of the British Raj (7) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Even though the Battle of Plassey in 1757 was little more than a skirmish, its results were far- reaching.
		The British won the battle due to the treachery of General Mir Jafar who worked for Siraj-Ud-Doulla, the Nawab of Bengal.
		In 1761 Marathas were defeated in the battle of Panipat.
	www.freeindia.org /freedom_movement/page7.htm (105 words)

	9 Bty History
		His line was in six divisions: the Europeans at the centre formed four-under Major Kilpatrick, Bengal Infantry; Major Grant and Major Eyre Coote, 39th of Foot and Captain G F Gaupp, Madras Infantry with the Sepoys formed as two divisions, one upon each wing.
		Their great line of battle melted away, leaving Clive and the East India Company the masters of Bengal.
		General Stubbs, the historian of the Bengal Artillery wrote, “The Battle of Plassey, from the commencement till the final advance to storm the entrechment, was almost entirely an artillery engagement.
	www.12regtra.com /Regimental_Orbat_flow_chart/9_Plassey_Battery/9_Bty_History/9_bty_history.html (905 words)

	Amazon.com: Plassey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Clive of Plassey: A biography by A. Mervyn Davies (Unknown Binding - 1939)
		The Battle of Plassey and the conquest of Bengal ([British battles series]) by Michael Edwardes (Unknown Binding - 1963)
		Muslim rule in India: From the invasion of Muhammad-bin-Qasim to the Battle of Plassey, 712-1757 A.D by M. A Qasem (Unknown Binding - 1958)
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Plassey&tag=ecomplex&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (323 words)

	Greenwood Publishing Group : Plassey 1757
		Plassey was the battle which established the reputation of Clive of India.
		At Plassey on 23 June 1757 Clive's 3,500 native and East India Company troops faced an army of 50,000 under the French supported nawab Siraj-ud-daula.
		Having succeeded in keeping his powder dry in a torrential rainstorm which soaked the nawab's artillery, Clive's guns were able to open a murderous fire on the enemy troops as they attempted to encircle him.
	www.greenwood.com /books/printFlyer.aspx?sku=C8632 (277 words)

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