GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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Colonel Robert Clive
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Colonel Hector Munro
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L. Saundiers
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1763; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II .
Detailed explanation-2: -Robert Clive played a significant role in the victory that Major Hector Munro oversaw for the British troops. With control over the Mughal domain and the province of Awadh following the Buxar conflict, the English rose to prominence in the North.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Buxar took place on October 22, 1764, between the British East India Company, commanded by Hector Munro, and the united force of Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh; Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.