Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦Battle of Buxar
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Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
— William Foster / Charles Fawcett
Calendar records of East India Company activity are valuable for trade, factories, and the commercial expansion that preceded colonial rule.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
— Ghulam Husain Khan Tabatabai
A late eighteenth-century history of Mughal India that is essential for understanding Bengal Nawabs and Plassey.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Overview of the 1764 battle that consolidated East India Company military-political leverage in eastern India.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Bengal-focused reference on the diwani system, the 1765 agreements, and how revenue authority passed to the East India Company.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Overview of the Company's shift from trade to colonial rule, including the grant of diwani rights and its economic consequences in Bengal.
Cultural and Literary Resources · Literature and Cultural Texts
— Edited by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.