Before this encounter occurred, merchants such as Umichand and Petruse served as intermediaries in the negotiations with William Watts leading to the alliance that would bring victory.
Before this encounter occurred, merchants such as Umichand and Petruse served as intermediaries in the negotiations with William Watts leading to the alliance that would bring victory. The two opposing commanders had signed the Treaty of Alinagar months before this battle, but such factors as the increasing influence of Joseph Dupleix and the French on the losing ruler prompted Robert Orme to send a message from Fort St. George ordering the campaign of conquest that culminated in it. The fighting occurred near a mango grove outside Murshidabad, with the outcome determined by the defection of Mir Jafar, whose reward was his replacing the loser, Sirij Ud Daula as Nawab. FTP, identify this 1757 battle in which Robert Clive established British dominance over India.
Before this encounter occurred, merchants such as Umichand and Petruse served as intermediaries in the negotiations with William Watts leading to the alliance that would bring victory.
Battle of {Plassey}