Battle of Plassey in Pictures

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Siraj-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Bengal

An AI generated image.

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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey 'Clive of India'

By Nathaniel Dance Holland (National Trust, Powis Castle).

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Clive Examining the Enemy's Lines

Clive on the roof of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula's hunting lodge By Richard Caton Woodville II.

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Battle of Plassey, India, Seven Years War, June 1757

By Severino Baraldi.

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The Nawab's artillery on its movable platform

By Richard Caton Woodville II.

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Robert Clive and Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey, 1757

By Francis Hayman.

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The Ghost of Omichund

Clive is confronted by the ghost of Omichund, a Sikh merchant and intriguer (colorized by the author).

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To Fight or not to Fight, Clive's Solitary Reflections before the Battle of Plassey

By Allan Stewart.

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Arrival of Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula before Clive's position

By Richard Caton Woodville II (colorized by the author).

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Clive at Plassey

By William Edward Stott.

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Robert Clive Sails up the Bay of Bengal to the Mouth of the Ganges

By English School.

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Lord Clive Commanding the British at the Battle of Plassey

By English School.

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The Battle of Plassey in 1757

An unlikely British victory over the young Nawab of Bengal and his French allies By Peter Jackson.

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Clive on the roof watching the battle of Plassey

By Stewart Orr.

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Escape of Siraj-ud-Daula from Plassey

By W.R.S. (after) Stott.

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Clive at Plassey, 1757

By William Heath.

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Clive's Victories in India

By English School.

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Plassey, 1757

By Hardy. E. Stuart.

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Battle of Plassey

Trade card featuring Battle of Plassey, published by Price's Patent Candle Company.

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The Battle of Plassey, 1757

The artillery keeping the enemy back with their 6-pounders By Harry Payne (Tuck's Postcards).

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Battle of Plassey

Cigarette card featuring Battle of Plassey, published by Wills.

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Mir Jafar and his son Miran delivering the Treaty of 1757 to William Watts

By Henry Dixon and Son (colorized by the author).

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Clive schlägt Inder und Franzosen bei Plassey 23 Juni 1757

Clive defeats Indians and French at Plassey 23 June 1757 - Fritz Homann AG, History of our world, the Seven Years' War.

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Clive's troops in the Mango Grove

By Allan Stewart (colorized by the author).

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Clive of India

Clive secures India for the British Empire by defeating Siraj-ud-Daula, Nawab of Bengal, at the Battle of Plassey, 1757 By French School.

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The Battle of Plassey

Cereal card featuring Battle of Plassey, published by Weet-bix (eBay).

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The Meeting of Lord Clive with Mir Jafar, After the Battle of Plassey

By James Godwin (colorized by the author).


Notes

The Ghost of Omichund - Before the Battle of Plassey in 1757, Clive had tricked Omichund out of his share of a substantial wealth. In this illustration, Omichund, wearing a feathered turban, appears from clouds addressing Clive with a minatory gesture. Clive, who is supported on each side by a military officer, starts back in horror. Omichund stands under a high palm-tree, from whose branches a man, stripped to the waist, is hanging by the wrists. A note explains that he is "the man under Breeches punishment." Beneath the title is engraved the beginning of the dialogue, spoken by the ghost of Omichund: "What Woes, he cried, hath (has) lust of Gold O'er (over) my poor Country widely roll'd, Plunderers proceed!"

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