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Rule of India

Great Britain · Warfare / Seven Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1757Date range
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Chronological records

1757

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st1757

Plassey · Warfare / Seven Years War

Clive defeats Siraj ud-Daulah, (the last independent Nawab of Bengal) at Plassey, securing India

Names involved

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Provenance

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