Buxar

E228633

historic place town

Buxar is a historic town in the Indian state of Bihar, best known as the site of a pivotal 1764 battle that cemented British colonial dominance in northern India.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Buxar district	5
Buxar canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic place ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeStatus	municipal town ⓘ
associatedWith	Bengal Subah ⓘ British East India Company ⓘ surface form: East India Company Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Nawab Wazir of Awadh ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Awadh
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation	approximately 25.58°N 83.98°E ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
distanceTo	approximately 110 km east of Varanasi ⓘ approximately 130 km west of Patna ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ trade ⓘ
eventLocation	Battle of Buxar ⓘ
governingBody	Buxar Nagar Parishad ⓘ
hasHeritage	battlefield site of 1764 ⓘ
hasRole	district headquarters of Buxar district ⓘ
historicalEra	British colonial period ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal period
knownFor	Battle of Buxar ⓘ historic significance in British colonial expansion ⓘ
languageSpoken	Bhojpuri ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
locatedIn	Bihar ⓘ Buxar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Buxar district Patna division ⓘ north Bihar ⓘ surface form: northern Bihar
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear	border of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedOn	Ganges ⓘ surface form: Ganges River
locatedOnRoute	Varanasi–Patna line ⓘ surface form: Patna–Varanasi corridor
nearestMajorCity	Patna ⓘ Varanasi ⓘ
partOf	Buxar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Buxar district
politicalConstituency	Buxar Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ Buxar Vidhan Sabha constituency ⓘ
postalCode	802101 ⓘ
region	eastern India ⓘ
religionMajority	Hinduism ⓘ
religionMinority	Islam ⓘ
riverBank	Ganges ⓘ surface form: Ganges River
state	Bihar ⓘ
transport	Buxar railway station ⓘ
UTCOffset	+05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode	BR-45 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Buxar → location → Buxar ⓘ

Bihar → containsCity → Buxar ⓘ

Ballia district → borders → Buxar ⓘ