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Who among the following was not a party to the league that was defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar ?

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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 [c1][c3]. This league consisted of Mir Qasim (the deposed Nawab of Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daulah (the Nawab of Awadh), and Shah Alam II (the Mughal Emperor) [c2][t1]. Mir Qasim had fled to Awadh to form this confederacy after being defeated in several battles in 1763 [c1][t4]. In contrast, Mir Jafar was not part of this alliance; he had been reinstated as the Nawab of Bengal by the British in 1763 after relations with Mir Qasim soured [c3][t5]. While the league was defeated by British forces under Major Hector Munro, Mir Jafar remained a British-supported puppet ruler in Bengal during the conflict [c3][t4]. Therefore, Mir Jafar was not a party to the league that fought the British at Buxar.

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  1. [1] 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
  2. [2] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 16: The Coming of the Europeans > Battle of Buxar (1764) > p. 258
  3. [3] 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
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