| Bengal War | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War and Anglo-Mughal Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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 British East India Company | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Shah Alam II[1] Najaf Khan  Shuja-ud-Daula Siraj ud-Daulah Mir Qasim |
Hector Munro of Novar John Caillaud John Knox | ||||||
The Bengal War,[2] also called the second Anglo-Mughal war,[3] was waged by the Mughal Empire in order to to expel the British East India Company (EIC) from Bengal Subah. Hostilities began in 1763 and ended in 1765.[4]
- ^ a b History of the Freedom Movement in India (1857–1947), p. 2, at Google Books
- ^ Jaques, Tony (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313335389.
- ^ Bayly 2013, p. 338.
- ^ Clodfelter 2017, p. 111.