Palashi

Plassey Palashi
Town
Plassey railway station
Plassey Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Plassey Plassey (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°48′N 88°15′E / 23.80°N 88.25°E / 23.80; 88.25
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Government
• Body	Municipality
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	19,984
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	741156
Telephone code	91 3474
ISO 3166 code	IN-WB
Vehicle registration	WB
Website	wb.gov.in

Palashi or Plassey, pronounced [ˈpɔlaʃi], Hindustani pronunciation: [pəˈlaːʃi]) is a town on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia District of West Bengal, India.

It is particularly well known due to the Battle of Plassey fought there in June 1757, between the private army of the British East India Company and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.^[1]