History · Sources of Modern Indian History
UGC NET June 2011 History
Who among the following had fought the English at Buxar?
AMir Jafar
BSiraj-ud-Daulah
CMir Kasim ✓ Correct
DShuja-ud-Din
Correct answer: (C) Mir Kasim — Mir Kasim fought the English at Buxar, so the answer is Mir Kasim.
Explanation
★Mir Kasim fought the English at Buxar, so the answer is Mir Kasim.
★The Battle of Buxar in 1764 was fought by the joint army of Mir Kasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam II against the British.
★The British victory was decisive and was sealed by the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.
★By that treaty the East India Company gained the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
★Mir Jafar was the Company's puppet Nawab installed after Plassey, not the loser of Buxar.
★Siraj-ud-Daulah was the Nawab defeated earlier at Plassey in 1757.
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