War of Plassey (Plasinu Yuddha.)

 

    

 

War of Plassey (Plasinu Yuddha.)

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Due to the ongoing Third Karnataka War between the British and the French, companies from both the countries started building forts around their respective trading posts.   Nawab Siraj Uddola of Bengal forbade fortifications around the Kothis which the French obeyed.  The British refused obedience so that the move seemed like an insult to Siraj Urdu Ddola.

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War of Plassey (Plasinu Yuddha.)

He established his authority over Fort William in Calcutta on 20 June 1756.  A total of 146 Englishmen were arrested during the attack on Fort William and were held in cells 18 feet long and 14 feet wide.  123 Englishmen die in unbearable heat of June.  This phenomenon is known as the 'dungeon incident' or 'black hole'.  Which is a strong reason for the battle of Plassey.  2 Admiral Watson of Madras and Colonel Robert Clive, on learning of this, arrived with the Calcutta army and began plotting against Siraj Uddola.  On 23rd June 1757, Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj Urdu Ddola's army clashed at Plassey Plain near Murshidabad.

War of Plassey (Plasinu Yuddha.)

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Khakra trees were plentiful in the plains of Plassey.  And Khakra was called Plas in the local language, hence the name Battle of Plass.   Mir Jafar, whom the Nawab believed in, became a traitor and at the beginning of the battle, the Nawab's army of 40,000 marched on the side of the British.  Due to this conspiracy, the war ended in half a day and Nawab Siraj Uddola was killed by Mir Jafar's son Miran.  After the war, Mir Jafar was appointed as the Nawab of Bengal.  He gave the British the manor of 'twenty four parganas'.  Thus, the Battle of Plassey marked the beginning of British rule in India.  The "East India Mint" was established in Calcutta and the rupee issued by the East India Company first came into existence on August 19, 1757.   Mir Jafar gave one crore rupees to the British and allowed tax free trade in Bengal. 

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