Multiple choice

In which year was the 'Battle of Buxar' fought?

  1. 1764 AD

  2. 1754 AD

  3. 1761 AD

  4. 1757 AD
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The Battle of Buxar was fought on October 22-23, 1764, between the British East India Company and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Awadh, and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. The British victory established their supremacy in Bengal. Other key battles to remember: Plassey (1757), Panipat (1761).

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