Wishesh Magazine November_2018 Wishesh Magazine November 2018

INDIAN HISTORY 102 indian History Battle of Plassey The Battle of Plassey was fought on June 23, 1757, exactly 261 years ago. On June 23, 1757, the Battle of Plassey led to the unlikely conquest of Bengal by Robert Clive’s army. George Bruce Malleson, in The Decisive Battles of India (1883), described Plassey as the most unheroic English victory. WWW.WISHESH.NET | NOVEMBER 2018