INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Buxar, Buxur also spelled Baksar, (22 October 1764), conflict at Buxar in northeastern India between the forces of the British East India Company, commanded by Major Hector Munro, and the combined army of an alliance of Indian states including Bengal, Awadh, and the Mughal Empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mir Qasim’s soldiers met the English army troops directed by Major Munro in 1764. The joint armies of Mir Qasim were defeated by the British. Mir Qasim absconded from the battle and the other two surrendered to the English army. The battle of Buxar ended with the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of Buxar was fought on 21 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 1764; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula; and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

Detailed explanation-4: -Having lost all his men and influence after his defeat at Buxar, Qasim was expelled from his camp by Shuja-ud-Daula on 23 October 1764; fleeing to Rohilkhand, Allahabad, Gohad and Jodhpur, and eventually settling at Kotwal, near Delhi ca. 1774.