<P> As a result of the war of Plassey, the French were no longer a significant force in Bengal . In 1759, the British defeated a larger French garrison at Masulipatam, securing the Northern Circars . By 1759, Mir Jafar felt that his position as a subordinate to the British could not be tolerated . He started encouraging the Dutch to advance against the British and eject them from Bengal . In late 1759, the Dutch sent seven large ships and 1400 men from Java to Bengal under the pretext of reinforcing their Bengal settlement of Chinsura even though Britain and Holland were not officially at war . Clive, however, initiated immediate offensive operations by land and sea and defeated the much larger Dutch force on 25 November 1759 in the Battle of Chinsura . The British then deposed Mir Jafar and installed Mir Qasim as the Nawab of Bengal . The British were now the paramount European power in Bengal . When Clive returned to England due to ill - health, he was rewarded with an Irish peerage, as Lord Clive, Baron of Plassey and also obtained a seat in the British House of Commons . </P> <P> The struggle continued in areas of the Deccan and Hyderabad such as Arcot, Wandewash, Tanjore and Cuddalore, culminating in 1761 when Col. Eyre Coote defeated a French garrison under de Lally, supported by Hyder Ali at Pondicherry . The French were returned Pondicherry in 1763 by way of the Treaty of Paris but they never again regained their former stature in India . The British would, in effect, emerge as rulers of the subcontinent in subsequent years . </P> <P> The Battle of Plassey and the resultant victory of the British East India company led to puppet governments instated by them in various states of India . This led to an unleashing of excesses, malpractices and atrocities by the British East India Company in the name of tax collection . </P> <P> A monument was established in the battlefield, called Palashi Monument . </P>

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