NOUN
- the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal
How To Use Plassey In A Sentence
- Kishore Babu has been told that in the battle of Plassey which brought the British into the country as rulers, Marawai financiers-bankers called jagatseths from the Oswal family were the key movers and shakers. Kali katha via Byepass : The Marwaris of Kolkata
- Well, the hundredth anniversary of Plassey falls next June the twenty-third. Fiancée
- There were ugly rumours and portents: the 34th N.I. - the executed Sepoy Pandy's regiment - had been disbanded at Barrackpore, a mysterious fakir on an elephant had appeared in Meerut bazaar predicting that the wrath of Kali was about to fall on the British, chapattis were said to be passing in some barrack-rooms, the Plassey legend was circulated again. Fiancée
- The one hundredth anniversary of the battle of Plassey was celebrated in England June 23, 1857, to obtain funds for a monument to Lord Clive, who secured India to England. The Grand Old Man
- A northwester was coming up, and after his experience on the eve of Plassey, Desmond knew what that meant. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India
- Did you know, there's an Indian superstition that the British Raj will come to an end exactly a hundred years after the Battle of Plassey? Fiancée
- Besides the lives of myriads of British men, conquering on a hundred fields, from Plassey to Meanee, and bathing them cruore nostro: think of the women, and the tribute which they perforce must pay to those victorious achievements. The Newcomes
- Clive formed a conspiracy with Hindu bankers and the nawab's general, Mir Jafar, which enabled his forces to rout those remaining loyal to the nawab at Plassey (June 23). Early 1700s
- The puja was organised because Clive wished to pay thanks for his victory in the Battle of Plassey. Archive 2009-09-01
- This was deemed necessary since the Company was in charge of a large part of India including Bengal after the battles of Plassey and Buxar. Archive 2009-09-01