Palashi

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human settlement town

Palashi is a town in West Bengal, India, historically renowned as the site of the pivotal 1757 Battle of Plassey that marked the beginning of major British colonial dominance in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision gram panchayat ⓘ
alternateSpelling Battle of Plassey ⓘ
surface form: Plassey
battleAlsoKnownAs Battle of Plassey ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Palashi
battleConsequence beginning of British political control in Bengal ⓘ
expansion of British influence in India ⓘ
battleInvolvedParty British East India Company ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
Robert Clive ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
battleOutcome victory of the British East India Company ⓘ
country India ⓘ
governingCountry India ⓘ
hasClimate tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
hasEvent Battle of Plassey ⓘ
hasHeritageType historical site ⓘ
hasMemorial Plassey battle memorial ⓘ
historicalEventDate 23 June 1757 ⓘ
historicalName Battle of Plassey ⓘ
surface form: Plassey
historicalPeriod British colonial period ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal era
knownFor Battle of Plassey ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
locatedIn Nadia district ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern India ⓘ
locatedInState West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInSubdivision Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Bhagirathi River ⓘ
nearbyCity Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

Krishnanagar ⓘ
partOf Nadia district ⓘ
Union of India ⓘ
surface form: Republic of India

West Bengal ⓘ
surface form: state of West Bengal
primaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
region Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta ⓘ
surface form: Ganges delta
significance site marking the beginning of major British colonial dominance in India ⓘ
site of a pivotal 1757 battle in Indian history ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transportBy rail ⓘ
road ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ

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Battle of Plassey → place → Palashi ⓘ