Against whom was the Battle of Plassey (1757) fought by the English Company led by Robert Clive?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Siraj Ud Daulah.

Key Points

The East India Company force led by Robert Clive and Siraj-Ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, engaged in a battle on June 23, 1757, at Plassey, in response to the East India Company's misuse of trade privileges, which infuriated the Nawab.
Mir Jafar, the chief commander of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah, defected, which allowed for the victory of East India Company.
With Clive's triumph, the British rose to become India's dominant economic and military force after capturing Calcutta.
The Battle of Plassey took place at a site called Palashi (or Plassey), on the banks of the Hooghly River, about 150 kilometres north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad, which was then the capital of Bengal Subah.

Additional Information

The title of the kings who ruled the state of Awadh in north India during the 18th and 19th centuries was "Nawab of Awadh" or "Nawab of Oudh".
First Nawab of Bengal, Murshid Quli Khan reigned from 1717 to 1727 and was also known as Zamin Ali Quli. He was born as hindu and was originally called, Surya Narayan Mishra.