PLASSEY, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Bengal, and district of Nuddea, situated on the eastern bank of the Bhaggarutty or Hoogly River. Here was fought, in June 1757, between the British under Colonel Clive, and the army of the Nabob Suraje-ud-Dowlah, the battle of Plassey, which ultimately decided the fate of Bengal. Long. 88. 15. E. Lat. 23. 45. N.
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