Who among the following was not a party to the coalition that fought against the English in the Battle of Buxar ?

The Battle of Buxar, fought on October 22, 1764, was a conflict between the British East India Company and a tripartite alliance of Indian rulers [c2][t1]. This coalition consisted of Mir Qasim (the deposed Nawab of Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daulah (the Nawab of Awadh), and Shah Alam II (the Mughal Emperor) [c1][c3]. Mir Jafar was not part of this anti-British alliance; instead, he had been restored as the Nawab of Bengal by the British in 1763 after relations between Mir Qasim and the Company deteriorated [c2][t4]. While the coalition fought the British forces under Major Hector Munro at Buxar, Mir Jafar remained the Company-supported Nawab in Bengal until his death in early 1765 [t3][t4]. Therefore, Mir Jafar was the only figure among the options who was not a party to the coalition that fought against the English in this specific battle.

Sources

1. [1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 16: The Coming of the Europeans > Battle of Buxar (1764) > p. 258
2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 5: Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India > The Battle > p. 91
3. [3] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 4: The British Conquest of India > Courtesy; National Archives of India, New Delhi > p. 70
4. [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Jafar