<P> The battle took place at Palashi ( Anglicised version : Plassey ) on the banks of the Hooghly River , about 150 kilometres ( 93 mi ) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad , then capital of Bengal ( now in Nadia district in West Bengal ) . The belligerents were the Nawab Sirajuddaulah , the last independent Nawab of Bengal , and the British East India Company . Siraj - ud - daulah had become the Nawab of Bengal the year before , and he ordered the English to stop the extension of their fortification . Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar , the commander in chief of the Nawab 's army , and also promised him to make him Nawab of Bengal . He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta . </P>
<P> The battle took place at Palashi ( Anglicised version : Plassey ) on the banks of the Hooghly River , about 150 kilometres ( 93 mi ) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad , then capital of Bengal ( now in Nadia district in West Bengal ) . The belligerents were the Nawab Sirajuddaulah , the last independent Nawab of Bengal , and the British East India Company . Siraj - ud - daulah had become the Nawab of Bengal the year before , and he ordered the English to stop the extension of their fortification . Robert Clive bribed Mir Jafar , the commander in chief of the Nawab 's army , and also promised him to make him Nawab of Bengal . He defeated the Nawab at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta . </P>
where did the battle of plassey take place
where did the battle of plassey take place
at Palashi ( Anglicised version : Plassey ) on the banks of the Hooghly River , about 150 kilometres ( 93 mi ) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad
at Palashi ( Anglicised version : Plassey ) on the banks of the Hooghly River , about 150 kilometres ( 93 mi ) north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad