Battle of Plassey I 1757

[dexter]

In this documentary, we will cover the Battle of Plassey of 1757 between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal. This battle happened within the Seven Years' War and during the fall of the Mughal Empire, and was decisive in terms of the British conquest of sub-continent.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Ahh the current Muslim world only could produce the likes of Robert Clive or Lawrence of Arabia!!!! Better be a dacoit than a fool...

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

It would be interesting if they cover the British conquest of modern-day Pakistan, unfortunately quite overlooked. The resistance offered by Punjabis, Sindhis, Baloch and especially Pashtuns were really exemplary and need to be highlighted.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

The resistance offered by Punjabis, Sindhis, Baloch

Not much. Punjabis I think after Ranjit Singh came under British Rule

 

[Talwar e Pakistan]

Not much. Punjabis I think after Ranjit Singh came under British Rule

Well your comment here shows just how overlooked this area of history exactly is.

The most bloodiest resistance in South Asia was offered by states and tribes that now comprise Pakistan.

The British were inflicted around 10,000 in their initial conquests of Punjab and many more as they fought to subjugate rebellious Sardars such as Ahmed Khan Kharral.

Despite Sindh being deeply fragmented during the British invasion, they were still able to rally a respectable defense. Some communities of Sindh, such as Hurs, would continue resisting until the creation of Pakistan.

Pashtuns were able to offer more effective resistance due to the hill/mountainous terrain they presided over, as compared to the plains of Punjab and Sindh which were ideal for the British armies whom were already trained in such environments and hence maintained overwhelmingly superiority in open-field battles. Pashtun guerrillas would continue to fight the British right up till the creation of Pakistan.

The Baloch also offered significant resistance, despite being dispersed and outnumbered, they would offer tough fights at every strategic pass that the British were trying to utilize in order to secure an invasion route to Afghanistan. They had also deployed troops for the assistance of Sindh during the British invasion.

Now compare all that to the 'Battle of Plassey', in which the British were able to conquer Bengal with only the loss of 22 dead (of which only 5 were European).

It would be intriguing to see how history would have turned out, had these powers formed an alliance to combat the British invasion. Though there were some levels of cooperation, such as the Baloch sending reinforcements to Sindh as well as harassing British columns enroute for the invasion of Afghanistan, these measures were simply too little and too late.

A British author explored and mentioned the idea in one of the first British book on the Indus Region written in 1851.

 

[khansaheeb]

Shows how treacherous and foolish Bengalis have been historically.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

Shows how treacherous and foolish Bengalis have been historically.

Bengalis carried out many armed revolutionary activities against the British and it is a Bengali who raised a modern army that captured Andamans and Manipur from the British...Military history of Bengal is glorious

 

[Kambojaric]

Shows how treacherous and foolish Bengalis have been historically.

Every nation has traitors within. Mir Jafar was the worst kind of traitor but Punjabi Gulab Singh was no better. His betrayal of the Sikhs turned the war in favor of the British. Sirajuddaulah meanwhile put up a decent albeit futile fight.

 

[Baba_Yaga]

Well your comment here shows just how overlooked this area of history exactly is.

The most bloodiest resistance in South Asia was offered by states and tribes that now comprise Pakistan.

The British were inflicted around 10,000 in their initial conquests of Punjab and many more as they fought to subjugate rebellious Sardars such as Ahmed Khan Kharral.

Despite Sindh being deeply fragmented during the British invasion, they were still able to rally a respectable defense. Some communities of Sindh, such as Hurs, would continue resisting until the creation of Pakistan.

Pashtuns were able to offer more effective resistance due to the hill/mountainous terrain they presided over, as compared to the plains of Punjab and Sindh which were ideal for the British armies whom were already trained in such environments and hence maintained overwhelmingly superiority in open-field battles. Pashtun guerrillas would continue to fight the British right up till the creation of Pakistan.

The Baloch also offered significant resistance, despite being dispersed and outnumbered, they would offer tough fights at every strategic pass that the British were trying to utilize in order to secure an invasion route to Afghanistan. They had also deployed troops for the assistance of Sindh during the British invasion.

Now compare all that to the 'Battle of Plassey', in which the British were able to conquer Bengal with only the loss of 22 dead (of which only 5 were European).

It would be intriguing to see how history would have turned out, had these powers formed an alliance to combat the British invasion. Though there were some levels of cooperation, such as the Baloch sending reinforcements to Sindh as well as harassing British columns enroute for the invasion of Afghanistan, these measures were simply too little and too late.

A British author explored and mentioned the idea in one of the first British book on the Indus Region written in 1851.

Actually the biggest resistance offered to the Brits was by the Marathas. A total of 3 Anglo Maratha wars were fought the Marathas finally gave way.

Shows how treacherous and foolish Bengalis have been historically.

The resistance offered mostly depended on the local raja or sultan. If the raja or sultan was useless, it was easy pickings for the British. So would be wrong to generalize the people as a whole. As Juggernaut mentioned above, it was a Bengali who had the wits to form an alliance with Germany and Japan and raise a modern army to fight against the British.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Bengalis carried out many armed revolutionary activities against the British and it is a Bengali who raised a modern army that captured Andamans and Manipur from the British...Military history of Bengal is glorious

Actually the biggest resistance offered to the Brits was by the Marathas. A total of 3 Anglo Maratha wars were fought the Marathas finally gave way.



The resistance offered mostly depended on the local raja or sultan. If the raja or sultan was useless, it was easy pickings for the British. So would be wrong to generalize the people as a whole. As Juggernaut mentioned above, it was a Bengali who had the wits to form an alliance with Germany and Japan and raise a modern army to fight against the British.

The point that you all are overlooking is that it was exactly local conflicts like these that led britishers/ french/ dutch to invade and effectively kill thousands of natives and slave and subdue them.

And if you look the design, it was always puppet regimes, traitors joining britishers to attack the neighboring states and before they knew it all of subcontinent fell under British rule like dominoes effect.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

The point that you all are overlooking is that it was exactly local conflicts like these that led britishers/ french/ dutch to invade and effectively kill thousands of natives and slave and subdue them.

And if you look the design, it was always puppet regimes, traitors joining britishers to attack the neighboring states and before they knew it all of subcontinent fell under British rule like dominoes effect.

parts of subcontinent blessed with high mountains gave a fair walloping to the British...Nepal and the far north western rim of the subcontinent....

 

[INS_Vikrant]

In this documentary, we will cover the Battle of Plassey of 1757 between the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal. This battle happened within the Seven Years' War and during the fall of the Mughal Empire, and was decisive in terms of the British conquest of sub-continent.

Consequences of battle of plassey are highly overexageerated, at this point the subcontinent was more focused on the oncoming maratha-durrani war. The actual British conquest started with battle of buxar, as marathas were temporarily weakned after disaster at panipat

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Shows how treacherous and foolish Bengalis have been historically.

Ever heard of Mir Qasim?

 

[khansaheeb]

Ever heard of Mir Qasim?

Mir Qasim (Bengali: মীর কাসেম; died 8 May 1777) was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. He was installed as Nawab with the support of the British East India Company, replacing Mir Jafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been supported earlier by the East India Company after his role in the Battle of Plassey.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Mir Qasim (Bengali: মীর কাসেম; died 8 May 1777) was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. He was installed as Nawab with the support of the British East India Company, replacing Mir Jafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been supported earlier by the East India Company after his role in the Battle of Plassey.

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