Question
Write short notes:
The Battle of Buxar:

Answer

  1. Mir Kasim was replaced by Mir Jafar when he tried to put restrictions on illegal practices of the British.
  2. Mir Kasim, the deposed Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Ayodhya and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam formed an affiance.
  3. They undertook a campaign to restrain the activities of the British in Bengal.
  4. They were defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar in 1764 in Bihar.
  5. The Treaty of Allahabad was signed after the Battle of Buxar. The British secured the right to collect revenue from Bengal province by this treaty.

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