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4 unusual facts about Mir Qasim


Mir Qasim

Plundered of most of his treasures, placed on a lame elephant and expelled by Shuja-ud-Daula after he had been routed at the Battle of Buxar, 23 October 1764; he fled to Rohilkhand, Allahabad, Gohad and Jodhpur, eventually settling at Kotwal, near Delhi ca.

Rajnagar, Birbhum

He was defeated by the combined forces of the British and Mir Qasim in 1761.

Shuja-ud-Daula

He along with the forces of Shah Alam II and Mir Qasim were defeated by the British forces in one of the key battles in the history of British rule in India.

Walter Reinhardt Sombre

This service, he also quit and became attached to the service of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal.



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Shah Alam II

Meanwhile Mir Qasim's relations with the British began to worsen he initiated reforms that withdrew many of the advantages enjoyed by the British East India Company, he also ousted Ramnarian a sworn enemy of the Mughal Empire and created Firelock manufacturing factories at Patna with the sole purpose of giving advantage to the newly reformed Mughal Army.