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In The Battle of Plassey: The Day the East India Company Conquered Bengal, Jack Whitaker tells the extraordinary true story of the battle that transformed India and reshaped the modern world. On June 23, 1757, on the lush plains beside the Bhagirathi River, Robert Clive led the forces of a private trading company against Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. What began as a brief and uneven clash ended with the downfall of a kingdom and the rise of a new kind of empire. Drawing on eyewitness reports, Company records, and contemporary accounts from both sides, Whitaker recreates the charged atmosphere of intrigue, betrayal, and ambition that surrounded the battle. From the heavy rains that soaked the field to the whispered conspiracies that decided its outcome, he captures the drama and consequence of a single day that redrew the map of the subcontinent. More than a story of military victory, this book reveals how commerce became conquest, and how the triumph of a trading company in a mango grove on Bengal's frontier marked the beginning of Britain's dominion in India. It is a gripping, vividly told account of power, greed, and destiny, the day when empire ceased to belong to kings and became the business of corporations.

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