<Li> Battle of Patna (1764) </Li> <Li> Battle of Kora (1765) </Li> <P> The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1763; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II . The battle fought at Buxar, a "small fortified town" within the territory of Bengal, located on the banks of the Ganges river about 130 kilometres (81 mi) west of Patna, was a decisive victory for the British East India Company . Shuja - ud - Daulah and Shah Alam surrendered and the war came to an end by the "Treaty of Allahabad" in 1765 . </P> <P> The British army engaged in the fighting numbered 7,071 comprising 859 British, 5,297 Indian sepoys and 918 Indian cavalry . The alliance army's numbers were estimated to be over 40,000 . According to other sources, the combined army of the Mughals, Awadh and Mir Qasim consisting of 40,000 men was defeated by a British army comprising 10,000 men. The Nawabs had virtually lost their military power after the battle of Buxar . </P>

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