BAKSAR, BATTLE OF

Baksar also spelled Buxar (Oct. 22, 1764), conflict between the East India Company's forces, commanded by Major Hector Munro, and those of the Mughal emperor, Shah 'Alam; the Mughal governor of Oudh, Shuja' ud-Dawlah; and the dispossessed governor of Bengal, Mir Qasim. This decisive battle confirmed the British in the control of Bengal and Bihar after their initial success of Plassey in 1757. The battle marked the end of the attempt to rule Bengal through a puppet nawab; thenceforth the company took control. In 1765 it was granted the power to collect revenues in Bengal; and Robert Clive began his second governorship, which continued until 1767.