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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 37 of 200

Q37
History of India
Which battle established the supremacy of the British rule in India?
  1. a.Battle of Plassey, 1757
  2. b.Battle of Buxar, 1764
  3. c.3rd Mysore War, 1790-92
  4. d.4th Mysore War, 1799

Answer: (B) Battle of Buxar, 1764

While Plassey (1757) gave the British their first major political foothold in Bengal, the Battle of Buxar (1764) is generally regarded as the battle that truly established British political supremacy, since it defeated a combined coalition of three major North Indian powers and directly led to the Company acquiring Diwani (revenue) rights over Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.

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