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define battle of plasey
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle established the Company rule in Bengal which expanded over much of India for the next hundred years. The battle took place at Plassey  on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (another name of Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta), about 150 km north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad, then capital of Bengal. The belligerents were Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, and the British East India Company. When Alivardhi Khan died in 1756, Siraj-ud-dula became the nawab of Bengal.He orderd the English to stop the extension of their fortification.Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar the commander in chief of the nawab's army and attacked Calcuta.He deafeted the Nawab at plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta.


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