Episode 4 of 5

Defeat at the Battle of Buxar

Name: Defeat at the Battle of Buxar
Start: 1764-10-22
End: 1764-10-23
Location: Buxar, a fortified town in Bihar on the Ganges

When: 22–23 October 1764
Where: Buxar, a fortified town in Bihar on the Ganges
Part of: Deposition and defeat of Mir Qasim in Bengal

The combined armies of Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Shah Alam II were defeated by the Company at Buxar on 22–23 October 1764.

At Buxar, a fortified town in Bihar on the Ganges about 130 kilometres west of Patna, Major Hector Munro's 17,072 Company troops defeated the allied armies. British casualties totalled 847 per historian John William Fortescue. The victory made the Company preeminent in Bengal, more decisively than Plassey or Bedara.

Sources

Battle of Buxar Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
Mir Qasim Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-11

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