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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.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The following year, the British struck back, defeating Bengali and French forces at the Battle of Plassey, allowing the British to trade unopposed in Bengal.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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 ● Jun. 14, 2015

In 1757, Robert Clive led East India Company troops in a decisive victory over Indian forces allied with the French at the Battle of Plassey.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

At 26 this young man was conqueror of southern India; at 34, Lord Clive of Plassey, one of the richest men in England.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clive returned to England in 1760, the possessor of a princely fortune, and in 1762 was created Baron Clive of Plassey in the Irish peerage.

From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Reginald Lane Poole

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