<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Plassey </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Seven Years' War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Lord Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, oil on canvas (Francis Hayman, c. 1762) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 23 June 1757 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Palashi, Bengal Subah Coordinates: 23 ° 48 ′ N 88 ° 15 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 23.80 ° N 88.25 ° E ﻿ / 23.80; 88.25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Decisive British victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Bengal annexed by the East India Company </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Great Britain </P> <Ul> <Li> East India Company </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Mughal Empire </P> <Ul> <Li> Principality of Bengal </Li> </Ul> France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Colonel Robert Clive </P> <Ul> <Li> Major Kilpatrick </Li> <Li> Major Grant </Li> <Li> Major Eyre Coote </Li> <Li> Captain Gaupp </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Nawab Siraj ud - Daulah </P> <Ul> <Li> Diwan Mohanlal </Li> <Li> Mir Madan † </Li> <Li> Mir Jafar Ali Khan (defector) </Li> <Li> Yar Lutuf Khan (defector) </Li> <Li> Rai Durlabh (defector) </Li> </Ul> Monsieur Sinfray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> East India Company: <Ul> <Li> 750 English European soldiers </Li> <Li> 100 Topasses </Li> <Li> 2,100 Indian sepoys </Li> <Li> 100 gunners </Li> <Li> 50 sailors </Li> <Li> 8 cannon (six 6 - pounders and 2 howitzers) </Li> </Ul> defectors: <Ul> <Li> 15,000 cavalry of Mir Jafar </Li> <Li> 35,000 infantry </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Mughal Empire: <Ul> <Li> 7,000 infantry </Li> <Li> 5,000 cavalry of Siraj ud - Daulah </Li> <Li> 35,000 infantry (defected) </Li> <Li> 15,000 cavalry of Mir Jafar (defected) </Li> <Li> 53 field pieces (mostly 32, 24 and 18 - pounders) </Li> </Ul> France: <Ul> <Li> 50 artillerymen (6 field pieces) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 22 killed </Li> <Li> 50 wounded </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> 500 killed and wounded </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Battle of Plassey </Th> </Tr>

The battle of plassey and british ascendancy in bengal