Battle of Buxar

Battle of Buxar
	Part of the Seven Years' War
	; A portrait of Sir Hector Munro with the battle in the background
Date	22–23 October 1764
Location	Buxar, Bengal
Result	British victory Treaty of Allahabad;
Belligerents
Great Britain East India Company; Kashi Kingdom	Mughal Empire ; Bengal ; Awadh
Commanders and leaders
Sir Hector Munro ; Balwant Singh	Shah Alam II ; Najaf Khan ; Mir Qasim ; Shuja-ud-Daula
Strength
17,072	40,112
Casualties and losses
289 killed ; 499 wounded ; 85 missing	2,000 killed ; 4,000 wounded

The Battle of Buxar was fought between 22 and 23 October 1764, between the forces of the British East India Company, under the command of Major Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Balwant Singh, Maharaja of the Banaras State; Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, Emperor of the Mughal Empire.^[4]

The battle was fought at Buxar, a "strong fortified town" within the territory of Bihar, located on the banks of the Ganges river about 130 kilometres (81 mi) west of Patna; it was a challenging victory for the British East India Company. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.^[5] The defeated Indian rulers were forced to sign the treaty, granting the East India Company Diwani rights, which allowed them to collect revenue from the territories of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa on behalf of the Mughal emperor.

^ ^a ^b Sen, Sailendra Nath (2009). History Of The Freedom Movement In India (1857–1947). New Age International. p. 2. ISBN 9788122425765.
^ ^a ^b John William (29 February 2004). Fortescue's History of the British Army -. Vol. 2. Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-715-5.
^ Cite error: The named reference Black160 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Parshotam Mehra (1985). A Dictionary of Modern History (1707–1947). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-561552-2.
^ Zaman, Faridah (2015). "Colonizing the Sacred: Allahabad and the Company State, 1797-1857". The Journal of Asian Studies. 74 (2): 347–367. doi:10.1017/S0021911815000017. JSTOR 43553588 – via JSTOR.

[History_of_the_Freedom_Movement_in_India-1] Sen, Sailendra Nath (2009). History Of The Freedom Movement In India (1857–1947). New Age International. p. 2. ISBN 9788122425765.

[Fortescue102-2] John William (29 February 2004). Fortescue's History of the British Army -. Vol. 2. Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-715-5.

[Black160-3] Cite error: The named reference Black160 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Parshotam Mehra (1985). A Dictionary of Modern History (1707–1947). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-561552-2.

[5] Zaman, Faridah (2015). "Colonizing the Sacred: Allahabad and the Company State, 1797-1857". The Journal of Asian Studies. 74 (2): 347–367. doi:10.1017/S0021911815000017. JSTOR 43553588 – via JSTOR.

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