Battle of Giria (original) (raw)

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The Battle of Giria were two battles that took place in Giria, an insignificant census town in Bengal, although not well known, were very significant in the history of Bengal and like the Battle of Plassey, had far reaching consequences. (en)

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23pxBritish East India Company,Mir Jafar
Mir Qasim,Nawab of Bengal
Sarfaraz Khan,Nawab of Bengal
Alivardi Khan, Nazim of Azimabad (Patna), servant of theNawab of Bengal

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1763-08-02 (xsd:date)

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Defeat and retreat of Mir Qasim from Bengal to Monghyr (Munger).Mir Jafaris re-installed as theNawabatMurshidabad. Bengal would have twoNawabsfor the next one year till theBattle of Buxarin 1764. Mir Qasim would continue to be theNawabatMungertill about 1764.
Short and severe battle resulting in the defeat and death ofSarfaraz KhanandAlivardi Khanusurping and becoming theNawab of Bengal. End of theNasiri DynastyofMurshid Quli Khan.

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Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly (en)
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Facility (en)
Abbreviation- TPS: Thermal Power Station, AMU: Aligarh Muslim University (en)
Cities, towns and locations in the southern portion of Jangipur subdivision, Murshidabad district (en)

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Alivardi Khan the then Subahdar of Azimabad marched on his master Nawab of Bengal, Sarfaraz Khan with the intention of deposing him to and usurping him to become the Nawab. (en)

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Sarfaraz Khan, Nawab of Bengal (en)
Alivardi Khan, Nazim of Azimabad , servant of the Nawab of Bengal (en)

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Sarfaraz Khan (en)
Alam Chand (en)
Ghaus Khan (en)
Haji Lutfullah (en)
Nandalal (en)
Nawazish Muhammad Khan (en)

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Battle Giria, 1763 (en)
First Battle of Giria, 1740 (en)

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Mirzapur (en)
Rajnagar (en)
AMU: Murshidabad Centre (en)
Ahiran (en)
Bansabati (en)
Bansloi River (en)
Bara Jumla (en)
Bhagirathi River (en)
Charka (en)
Dafarpur (en)
Donalia (en)
Farakka Feeder Canal (en)
Fatellapur (en)
Ghorsala (en)
Giria (en)
Harua (en)
Jangipur (en)
Jot Kamal (en)
Kherur Mosque (en)
Khodarampur (en)
Krishna Sali (en)
Madna (en)
Manigram (en)
Mithipur (en)
Morgram (en)
Nayabahadurpur (en)
Nurpur (en)
Osmanpur (en)
Padma River (en)
Raghunathganj (en)
Ramakantapur (en)
Ramnagar (en)
Sadikpur (en)
Sagardighi (en)
Sagardighi TPS (en)
Sahajadpur (en)
Srikantabati (en)
Teghari (en)

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CT (en)
F (en)
H (en)
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R (en)

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Giria, modern day West Bengal, India (en)
Giria, modern day district of Murshidabad in the state of West Bengal, India. (en)

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Defeat and retreat of Mir Qasim from Bengal to Monghyr . Mir Jafar is re-installed as the Nawab at Murshidabad. Bengal would have two Nawabs for the next one year till the Battle of Buxar in 1764. Mir Qasim would continue to be the Nawab at Munger till about 1764. (en)
Short and severe battle resulting in the defeat and death of Sarfaraz Khan and Alivardi Khan usurping and becoming the Nawab of Bengal. End of the Nasiri Dynasty of Murshid Quli Khan. (en)

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The Subah of Bengal (en)

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The Battle of Giria were two battles that took place in Giria, an insignificant census town in Bengal, although not well known, were very significant in the history of Bengal and like the Battle of Plassey, had far reaching consequences. (en)

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