The Battle of Buxar 1764: Britain's Forgotten Conquest of Bengal

Fresh off their victory at Plassey in 1757, the British East India Company thought they had Bengal under control. But when Mir Jafar's puppet regime crumbled and a young Mughal emperor tried to reassert imperial authority, the stage was set for a second, far more decisive confrontation. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Battle of Buxar in 1764 — a clash that pitted the Company's disciplined sepoys against the combined armies of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II, the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula, and the ousted Nawab of Bengal Mir Qasim. They trace how Mir Qasim's reforms and defiance sparked the conflict, how Major Hector Munro's ruthless discipline turned the tide, and how the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765 gave the Company the diwani — the right to collect taxes — effectively making it the master of Bengal. This episode covers the strategic miscalculations, the brutal aftermath at Patna, and the quiet rise of a new imperial order. If you thought Plassey was the end of the story, Buxar is where the real British Raj began. #BattleOfBuxar #MirQasim #ShahAlamII #ShujaUdDaula #HectorMunro #EastIndiaCompany #MughalEmpire #NawabOfAwadh #TreatyOfAllahabad #Diwani #Bengal #PatnaMassacre #1764 #ColonialIndia #History #FexingoHistory #MilitaryHistory #BritishRaj Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo