Battle of Buxar

October 22, 1764

On a plain in Bihar, 7,000 Company troops under Hector Munro defeated the combined armies of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II, Awadh's nawab, and Bengal's Mir Qasim - some 40,000 men. Plassey had been a bribe; Buxar was a real battle. It confirmed British military dominance over northern India. The Treaty of Allahabad that followed gave the Company revenue rights over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.