a village of British India, in the district of Nuddea, presidency of Bengal, on the left bank of the Hooghly, 96 miles N. of Calcutta. It is memorable as the scene of the victory that laid the foundation of the British-Indian empire. On the 23rd of June 1757, Clive, with a force of 900 Europeans and 2100 Sepoys, crossed the river to attack 68,000 men under Sooraj-oo-Dowlah, soubahdar of Bengal. After much cannonading on both sides, Meer Jaffier, who was in the interest of the British, advised the soubahdar to retreat. Clive immediately advanced, routed the army, and took the camp of the soubahdar, who was dethroned to make way for the traitor Meer Jaffier.