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Who betrayed the Bengali Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah to Robert Clive at the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757?
Clive had bribed Mir Jafar, the Nawab's senior commander, to withdraw his contingent from the battle. The Bengali centre collapsed. Mir Jafar was installed as puppet Nawab within a week. His name became the Urdu synonym for treachery.
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The Three-Hour Battle in Bengal on 23 June 1757 That Made the British East India Company the Effective Government of India Robert Clive's force of 3,000 men defeated the Bengali Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah's army of 50,000 at Plassey on 23 June 1757. Clive had previously bribed the Bengali commander Mir Jafar to defect at the battle. The British East India Company became the effective sovereign of Bengal within weeks. The transfer of Indian tax revenue to the Company funded the early Industrial Revolution in Britain.
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