(A) the innocence of the army
(B) the belief the war would be over quickly
(C) The general of the Union Army
(D) ** All of the above
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -After his victory at Plassey, Clive was appointed Governor of Bengal. In 1765 he secured the ‘diwani’, the right to collect the tax and customs revenue of Bengal, from Emperor Shah Alam II for the Company. This confirmed British military supremacy in the region and gave the Company a political stake in India.
Concept note-2: -The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The victory was made possible by the defection of Mir Jafar, who was Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah’s commander in chief.
Concept note-3: -The British victory at Buxar resulted in a large area of the Indian subcontinent coming under British control.
Concept note-4: -phrase. If you say that someone has lost the battle, but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part.