Bengal War
| Bengal War | |||||||
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| Part of the Seven Years' War and Anglo-Mughal Wars | |||||||
A portrait of Sir Hector Munro with the battle in the background | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Mughal Empire Awadh Subah Bengal Subah Kashi Kingdom | British East India Company | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Shah Alam II Najaf Khan Shuja-ud-Daula Mir Qasim Balwant Singh |
Hector Munro of Novar John Caillaud Thomas Adams William Ellis | ||||||
The Bengal War, also called the second Anglo-Mughal war, was a war between a coalition consisting of the Mughal Empire, the Awadh Subah and the Bengal Subah against the British East India Company (EIC) from 1763 and to 1765, ending with a British victory and the signing of the Treaty of Allahabad on August 16th, 1765.