Historical place archive

Plassey in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Plassey in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1757–1757

Historical events in Plassey

1757

1757
Battle of Plassey
William Pitt the Elder · Seven Years War

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

1757
Rule of India
William Pitt the Elder · Seven Years War

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

Provenance

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