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May 13, 1192
SECOND BATTLE OF TARAIN
In 1192 A.D., he marched from Ghazni at the head of a large army consisting of 1, 20,000 men. He encamped once again near Tarain. There was a bloody battle The battle continued from morning till sun-set. However, towards the end, Muhammad Ghori with the help of 12,000 horsemen made a desperate charge and "carried death and destruction throughout the Hindu Camp." The Rajputs were not able to stand the charge and were defeated. -
BATTLE OF PLASSEY
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle took place at Plassey on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (another name of Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta), about 150 km north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad, then capital of Bengal. The belligerents were Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawabs of Bengal, and the British East. -
BATTLE OF BUXAR
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 23 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company led by Hector and the combined army of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula the Nawab of Awadh and the Mughal KingShah Alam II The battle fought at Buxar, then within the territory of Bengal, a town located on the bank of the Ganges river about 130 km west of Patna, was a decisive victory for the British East India Company
