Plassey

American  

[plah-see, plas-ee] / ˈplɑ si, ˈplæs i /

Also Palashi

noun

1. a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.

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Plassey British  

/ ˈplæsɪ /

noun

1. a village in NE India, in W Bengal: scene of Clive's victory (1757) over Siraj-ud-daula, which established British supremacy over India

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Example Sentences

And Plassey Holiday Park in Wrexham said their tents, lodges and caravan sites were fully booked within hours.

From BBC

The previous evening, I had watched her be the chief guest at a college cricket match and address a gathering at the local market in Plassey.

From BBC

In the six decades since its victory at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the East India Company had emerged as the ruler of vast swaths of the subcontinent.

From Forbes

Lord Clive, eight months later, succeeded in recapturing Calcutta, and after the subsequently famous battle of Plassey, the possessions of the East India Company greatly extended.

From Project Gutenberg

The men above whose heads his genius and daring had carried him, and the Little Englanders of that day, both hated the hero of Plassey with a lurid and vitriolic vehemence.

From Project Gutenberg