{"id":13673,"date":"2026-05-21T06:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/?p=13673"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:39:02","slug":"battle-of-buxar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/battle-of-buxar\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Buxar (1764): Causes, Events & Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Battle of Buxar<\/strong> was fought on 22 October 1764<\/strong> between the British East India Company <\/strong>under Major Hector Munro and the tripartite alliance<\/strong> of Nawab of Bengal Mir Qasim<\/strong>, Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II <\/strong>and Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-daulah. <\/strong>Although the Britishers <\/strong>including Indian sepoys <\/strong>were having around 17,000 troops<\/strong> but using superior artillery and trained personnel, they defeated <\/strong>about 40,000 troops<\/strong> of the combined armies of the Mughal empire<\/strong>. Buxar was a decisive battle that reaffirmed<\/strong> British dominance over Bengal and Bihar <\/strong>after their victory in the Battle of Plassey in 1757.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Battle of Buxar 1764 was concluded with the Treaty of Allahabad 1765 <\/strong>wherein the Mughal Emperor granted the Diwani Rights <\/strong>or the rights to collect tax revenues over Bengal, Bihar and Odhisha.<\/strong> At that time, these 3 provinces <\/strong>were the wealthiest <\/strong>in India and for the 1st time <\/strong>a private company became the tax collector of an empire. Britishers used Indian tax money <\/strong> to purchase Indian goods and exported the items to England for profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1765, the Dual System of Governance<\/strong> where Diwani <\/strong>were given to Britishers <\/strong>& Nizamat, <\/strong>the responsibility of administration, law and order was retained by the Mughal empire<\/strong>. It gave power without responsibility<\/strong> to the East India Company who drained the wealth of Bengal that finally led to the Great Bengal Famine in 1770.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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