Battle of Plassey

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Plassey was a pivotal 1757 engagement in Bengal in which the British East India Company defeated the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, marking the beginning of British colonial dominance in India.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Plassey canonical 39
Plassey 4
Battle of Palashi 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Plassey ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Palashi
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
French East India Company ⓘ
French forces in India ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
surface form: Nawab of Bengal
category Battles involving the British East India Company ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Battles of the Seven Years' War

Military history of Bengal ⓘ
commander Mir Jafar ⓘ
Robert Clive ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
conflictType colonial war battle ⓘ
consequence beginning of Company rule in Bengal ⓘ
decline of Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
expansion of British East India Company influence ⓘ
installation of Mir Jafar as Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
country India ⓘ
date 23 June 1757 ⓘ
endDate 23 June 1757 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Buxar ⓘ
hasParticipant Bengali forces ⓘ
European troops ⓘ
Indian sepoys ⓘ
historicalPeriod early modern period ⓘ
involved defection of key Bengali commanders ⓘ
treachery by Mir Jafar ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Bengal ⓘ
surface form: West Bengal, India
namedAfter village of Palashi ⓘ
outcome decisive British victory ⓘ
partOf Battle of Plassey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British conquest of India

Seven Years' War ⓘ
place Bengal ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

Palashi ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Calcutta ⓘ
region Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges delta
relatedTo British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj

Company rule in India ⓘ
Mughal decline in Bengal ⓘ
result British East India Company victory ⓘ
significance led to British political control over Bengal ⓘ
marked the beginning of British colonial dominance in India ⓘ
pivotal event in the establishment of British rule in India ⓘ
startDate 23 June 1757 ⓘ
supportedBy French artillery ⓘ
year 1757 ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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

Seven Years' War → majorBattle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Robert Clive → notableEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Robert Clive → battle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Battle of Plassey → partOf → Battle of Plassey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British conquest of India
Battle of Plassey → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Palashi
Bengal → siteOfBattle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British East India Company → keyEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British East India Company → wonBattle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → notableBattle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Battle of Chandannagar → followedBy → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Battle of Chandannagar → relatedTo → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → significantEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Mir Jafar → battle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Palashi → historicalName → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plassey
Palashi → knownFor → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Palashi → hasEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Palashi → alternateSpelling → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plassey
Palashi → battleAlsoKnownAs → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Palashi
Siege of Calcutta → followedBy → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata → rebuiltAfter → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Fort William, Kolkata → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Battle of Buxar → precededBy → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
EIC → militaryEngagement → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Company rule in India → significantEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Murshidabad → nearbyBattlefield → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plassey
Najafi dynasty → notableEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Jagat Seth banking family → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Mughal dynasty → majorBattle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → significantEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Bengal Subah → event → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British conquest of Bengal → hasPart → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British conquest of Bengal → significantEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British East India Company forces → engagedIn → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Mughal Subah of Bengal → politicalChangeMarkedBy → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan → participantIn → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Black Hole of Calcutta → aftermath → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Plassey (1757)
Nadia district → historicalEventSite → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Nadia district → containsPlace → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plassey
Plassey battle memorial → commemorates → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Fort William → rebuiltAfter → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Battle of Baksar → precededBy → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
Seven Years' War in India → significantBattle → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British Raj (Company rule in India) → significantEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British conquest of India → hasPart → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
British conquest of India → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
medieval India → significantEvent → Battle of Plassey ⓘ
subject surface form: Medieval India
Armies of the British East India Company → participatedIn → Battle of Plassey ⓘ