Page 4 - L-18 The Coming of the British

 The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764, between the
forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by
Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim theNawab of
Bengal, Nawab of Awadh, and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam.
 Mir Jafar was made the Nawab of Bengal for a second time in 1763
by the Company, just after the battle.

Date: 22 October 1764
Result: English East India Company victory
Location: Buxar

Result of Battle of Buxar

 Mir Qasim, Shuja-Ud-Daula and Shah Alam-II lost the battle on
October 22, 1764.

 Major Hector Munro won a decisive battle and Robert Clive had a
major role in that.
 English became a great power in northern India.

 Mir Jafar (Nawab of Bengal) handed over districts of Midnapore,
Burdwan and Chittagong to the English for the maintenance of their
army.
 The English were also permitted duty-free trade in Bengal, except for
a duty of two per cent on salt.

 After the death of Mir Jafar, his minor son, Najimud-Daula, was
appointed nawab, but the real power of administration lay in the
hands of the naib-subahdar, who could be appointed or dismissed by
the English.
 Clive made political settlements with Emperor Shah Alam II and
Shuja-Ud-Daula of Awadh in the Treaty of Allahabad.