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	BANGLAPEDIA: Palashi, The battle of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Palashi, The battle of was fought between Nawab sirajuddaula and the east india company on 23 June 1757.
		Palashi's political consequences were far-reaching and devastating and hence, though a mere skirmish, it has been magnified into a battle.
		The conspiracy and the subsequent Palashi 'revolution' was not only engineered and encouraged by the British but they tried their best till the last moment before the battle to persuade the Indian conspirators to stick to the British 'project'.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/P_0044.HTM (1974 words)

	The Ecologist - Archive Detail
		Always with an eye to the share price and their own executive perks, its executives in India combined economic muscle with a small, but effective private army to establish a corporate state across large parts of the sub-continent.
		The battle of Plassey (the anglicised version of Palashi) in June 1757 was the turning point, when the company’s forces defeated the last independent Nawab of Bengal, helped largely by strategic bribery of his military commander Mir Jafar, whom it then placed as its puppet on the throne.
		This is often regarded as the contest that founded the British Empire in India, but is perhaps better viewed as the Company’s most successful business deal, generating a windfall profit of £2.5 million for the Company and £234,000 for Robert Clive, the chief architect of the acquisition.
	www.theecologist.org /archive_detail.asp?content_id=645 (2864 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Sirajuddaula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After the battle of palashi (23 June 1757) in which Sirajuddaula was defeated and subsequently murdered, the British became the virtual masters of Bengal, reducing the later nawabs to mere puppets in their hands.
		The nawab was defeated in the battle that ensued and fled from the battlefield.
		The Palashi conspiracy took the final shape only under the aegis of the British and without their active involvement, it would not have matured enough to bring about the downfall of the nawab.
	banglapedia.org /HT/S_0411.HTM (1518 words)

	Battle of Plassey691 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Battle of Plassey was a battle that took place on June 23 1757, near Palashi (পলাশী in Bengali) (anglicised to Plassey), a small village on the Bhagirathi River (a distributary of the Ganga) located about 150 km north of Kolkata, and south of town of Murshidabad (then capital of the Nawab) in India.
		Palashi is a small hamlet type town located some 25 kilometres from Murshidabad in West Bengal India.
		It became part of history when on 23 June 1757, the Battle of Palashi (spelt by British historians as Plassey was fought between the forces of Nawab Siraj Ud Daulah the last independent ruler of Bengal and the troops of the British East India Company led by Robert Clive.
	lodenso.eo.infovx.com /en/Battle+of+Plassey (10500 words)

	Politics News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Paying rich tributes to the memories of Nawab Sirajuddaula, the last Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, he said, there is no alternative to acknowledge history to consolidate independence and sovereignty and to motivate the nation for a better future.
		Chowdhury was speaking at a seminar on "Palashi perspective: politics of Bangladesh" organised by Jatiya Lekhok Forum in observance of the 248
		Describing Palashi Day as a day of ‘condolence for the people of the subcontinent’, he regretted that to certain quarters it is a day of festival.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/24/24062005pl.htm (2689 words)

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		Combining economic muscle with extensive bribery and the deployment of its small but effective private army, the company engineered a series of "revolutions" that gave it territorial as well as economic control.
		Historical convention views Palashi as the first step in the creation of the British empire in India.
		As we approach the 250th anniversary of Palashi, we do not need further glorification of the East India Company's contribution to consumerism or of the celebrity of its executives.
	www.newstatesman.com /200412130016.htm (2591 words)

	Person: Anul
		Nut has been fostered to Sir Morten to help expose her to the culture of Pelor and so give her a leg up in the Palashi diplomatic corps.
		She did quite well there, and by age 19 had made a number of powerful friends/allies.
		At age 20 she signed up to work for the Palashi diplomatic corps.
	www.lorax.org /~cwarren/rpg/dnd_campaign/people/anul.html (949 words)

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