The Nawab's Last Stand: Mir Qasim and the Battle of Buxar

In 1764, three years after Plassey, another battle on the Ganges rewrote Bengal's fate. This episode follows Mir Qasim, the nawab who tried to rebuild Bengal's sovereignty by centralizing revenue, creating his own army, and making a desperate alliance with the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II and the Nawab of Awadh. We walk through the Battle of Buxar — the tactics, the betrayal by a key general, and the aftermath that left the East India Company as the de facto ruler of eastern India. The episode explores Mir Qasim's early reforms, his conflict with the Company over internal trade, the massacre at Patna where he executed British prisoners, and the final allied defeat. We also look at the Treaty of Allahabad that followed, which gave the Company the diwani — the right to collect revenue — and set the stage for British colonial rule. A story of ambition, desperation, and a turning point that shaped modern South Asia. #BattleOfBuxar #MirQasim #EastIndiaCompany #NawabOfBengal #ShahAlamII #NawabOfAwadh #TreatyOfAllahabad #BengalHistory #IndianHistory #BritishColonialism #MughalEmpire #BattleOfPlassey #RobertClive #Diwani #PatnaMassacre #SouthAsianHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo