(3) The Battle of Plassey wasfought between Nawab Sirajud-Daulah, the last independentNawab of Bengal, and theBritish East India Companyunder Robert Clive on 23 June,1757. It resulted in a decisivevictory of the British East IndiaCompany over the Nawaband his French allies and theestablishment of the Companyrule in Bengal.