Battle of Plassey 1757 - British Conquest of India Begins DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@jithinjohn3022]

Please make one on India-Pakistan 1965 war.

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nice job with this video. I would love to see more video not just on battles that happening in India but all the wars fought by the British to take various colonies in India, Africa and elsewhere. Can' you make video's on that? Please?

[@ravindrasathyajith2012]

Sri Lanka(Ceylon) was not under the control of The Dutch. The Kandyan Kingdom controlled the majority of the country .. Only major seaports and forts was under Dutch rule

[@abhisheknanda9956]

Thanks guys can you make a series about it and include anglo-maratha, anglo-maratha, anglo-sikh,paika rebellion and Indian rebellion wars?

[@kalakhatta8652]

And from this battle, the metaphor "Mir Jafar" came to be in the Hindi language. Calling someone "Mir Jafar" means to call him a traitor.

[@miu6530]

It's the same in bengali

[@Hi5Ripon]

We Bengalis coined him the same. After all its him we sold Bengal

[@saad.awan..]

i think its common in Pakistan, india and Bangladesh, mir jaffar has become symbol of treachery

[@nickgallucci8117]

your foolish to blame him ...what you fail to realize is anybody can be bought ....the British gave him an offer he couldn't refuse and you would have done the same if the offer was given to you ...... Money Talks .... and it still does the talking to this very day .

[@kalakhatta8652]

@@nickgallucci8117 nobody is blaming anyone.,.I just stated a fact

[@jbcheema9883]

"Mir Jaffar" is synonymous with any traitor in sub continent.

[@Liquidsback]

Sounds like that could be the name of a Disney Villain.....

[@sabirahmed8415]

Exactly what I wanted to say

[@karandullet380]

Liquidsback you guessed it right he was a villain if didn’t betrayed the sub continent wouldn’t be under British control

[@sakshampandey7342]

Also Jaichand and Man Singh

[@farhanahmed2508]

The Jagat Seths too!

[@alialzuheiry8220]

Mir Jafar....the lying treacherous uncle some people have but do not need.

[@Hi5Ripon]

We Bengalis curse him for betraying his own Bengal

[@Omegaeon1]

Thank God i have awesome uncles...

[@cs-mi8ur]

@@Hi5Ripon *bengali Muslims

[@Hi5Ripon]

@@cs-mi8ur Of course I agree our forefathers made a greatly wrong decision to join Pakistanis in the name of religion, only to get shoot on their heads at the end

[@Hi5Ripon]

@youcometome9 I do agree that our Bengalis made a terrible attempt to join goddamn racist Pakistan

[@igorhezer-gerbely7100]

90% of the comments: Commenting about Mir Jafar meaning traitor as a slang in subcontinent.

[@jupe2001]

I doubt the majority even knows who Mir Jafar is, let alone being slang for a traitor.

[@minhajulkarim1403]

@@jupe2001 Everyone knows who Mir Jafar is (atleast in Bangladesh and West Bengal). If you think otherwise ask a Bengali.

[@nktthegreat]

Many of them know about mir jafar. Islamic history and Colonial history of the subcontinent is shoved down everyone's ass here. Part of the reason why Indian intellectual elite have no idea about the pre- Delhi Sultanate history and have an existing Western Civilization based inferiority complex. At the beginning of the video, India is being described as one of the oldest civilization. That's about it as far as Indian historians' knowledge regarding the original civilization.

[@Tpoleful]

​@@jupe2001 In Bangladesh Mirjafori is a commonly used word for betrayal. I learned the word before I learned who he was and what he did.

[@ndndsksnnd7889]

where do pajeets poop now since they cant go out due to coronavirus and they dont have toilets at home

[@saffatbokul3858]

"Mir Jafar" is still used as a slang, which means a traitor.

[@robleyusuf2566]

Bengals had the means to protect their territory but it was the traitors who destroyed them and traitors themselves did not last.

[@sadvenom7826]

Like calling someone "judas".

[@hushamnoor6112]

Of course a tratior forever.

[@lukezuzga6460]

That's a great fact to learn, thanks. Kinda like the "300's" "Judas" name still meaning nightmare in Greek.

[@sadvenom7826]

Luke Zuzga Ephialtes

[@Liquidsback]

Seems like rain always delivers victory to the British/English and defeat to the French.....

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Our whole country is rain and thunder. Russia has cold winters, we have intense rains and storms. (E.g. Spanish armada of 1588). History is strange...

[@Fenniks-]

A good example is the battle of Agincourt 1415

[@TheNeerajgoyal]

Napoleon lost two hours due to constant raining near Waterloo.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

Goddess Taranis watched over the British that day ;) tea and rain gods be blessed. Bring the weather with us.

[@jackrees9252]

God is English after all

[@miniatureben3558]

Siraj: *C'mon attack the British we outnumbered them* Jafar: *Sorry not right now I'm filming for Aladdin where I became the general who betrays the sultan*

[@Tareltonlives]

Siraj: One thing I pride myself on Jafar, I'm an excellent judge of character.

[@arijitmondal9814]

😝😝😝👍

[@miniatureben3558]

@N R yes he is the grand vizier but he still acts as a general

[@Tareltonlives]

@N R "That's SULTAN vile betrayer to you"

[@tacrossover]

@Fahim Hussain very funny

[@triptisingh1431]

I love how the Indian subcontinent is united by their distaste for Mir Jafar

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@jayakrishnan26 Actually he is known given that he is specifically mentioned in the history books as a traitor.

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@jayakrishnan26 I mean we have a lot of other well known traitors too, like Jay singh.

[@KiranSingh-zr8jr]

@@jayakrishnan26 Maybe you are not from Mainland India. From Northernmost or Southern region

[@amarendrakumar]

@@KiranSingh-zr8jr Mainland india😂😂😂. Keep your bullshit to yourself. Southern or nort eastern, everything is india. There is no concept of mainland here. Go to Taiwan or hongkong and play this crap there.

[@chao5765]

@@amarendrakumar You might be from Mainland India,the place from where other traitors like Jaichand and gangu brahmin come from.

[@abdm1311]

From this day in Bengal no parents named their son as name Mirjafar , mirzafar now a synonym of betrayal and it's continuing till now .

[@salehinkibria8377]

watching this is utterly gut wrenching as a bangladeshi. we grew up hearing stories of mir jafar's treachery. but seeing it animated just makes it all the more real. the humiliation of plassey and the subsequent colonization haunts us to this day. the haunting reality we face is that we have no one to blame but ourselves for the events that transpired at plassey. we can only hope to learn from our history. otherwise we are doomed to repeat it.

[@trollhippo8365]

West Bengal +Bangladesh combined was the richest country in the world before British looted it .

[@sealofapoorval7437]

I know man. I feel you. Best we can do is learn from the Past and grow and move forward

[@dickdrapper5491]

@@trollhippo8365 How did the British "loot" it? From what I have read they just replaced one set of rulers with another.

[@sekharapramod7819]

@@dickdrapper5491 After Mir Jafar was deposed, Bengal was all but annexed by the East India company and all her wealth was looted and taken back to Britain. The farmers were forced to grow commercial crops over wheat and rice, and none of the taxes the Bengalis payed were used for the benifit of Bengal.

[@dickdrapper5491]

@@sekharapramod7819 You have sources that show the Indian economy changing from a Hindu ruler to the British? The British mandated crop choices?

[@LeoWarrior14]

Little known fact, Mir Jafar's treachery was possible in due part to his pet, a talking parrot.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@KingsandGenerals pls do one o 1st anglo sikh war pls

[@gj1234567899999]

Kings and Generals ha I get it. He made a joke from the Disney movie Aladdin. Jafar was the name of the villain and he had a talking parrot. 😆

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@gj1234567899999 jaffar😂

[@sagarsaxena6318]

@@KingsandGenerals you got played.

[@Tareltonlives]

"With all due respect, Your Rottenness, couldn't we just wait for a real storm?"

[@94.darshanugalepatil51]

Whether it was Mir Jaffer or Maratha Mysore Struggle ..... Indians have defeated India !

[@diwakarjha8901]

Mir jafar wasn't Indian he was Muslim.

[@vip129870]

Mir Gaffer was an Afghani warlord, he did not see himself as Indian. Yes he had Hindu generals but he wanted to impose Islam on everyone so it is good that he lost. Otherwise, India would look worse than Syria today.

[@NortheastIndiaindetails]

@@diwakarjha8901 what

[@NortheastIndiaindetails]

@Baby Sama 48 indian is not a race or ethnicity

[@mrblackmamba117]

@@diwakarjha8901 being indian isnt a religion.. its ethnicity.

[@arkadeepkundu4729]

Brits approaching Calcutta by ship: Sir, there's a fort in the way One drunk sailor: *Hic* Hold my rum! *Hic*

[@jimtim8805]

Hahahaha..love the comment!! Although the Battle of Plassey really saddens me but that part of drunken soldiers was really weird, stupid and hillarious.

[@ayon8642]

Fort William

[@anantambisht4895]

Its false

[@poncedeleon2964]

Battle of Plassey is a very sad event for my country Bangladesh. We remember the day every year as we lost independence for 214 year (1757-1971) because of that war. That may be one day war but the impact is so high that all South Asian countries(Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and a little bit Afghanistan) fall into British hand for 200 year. Siraj-ud-Daula was very young when he sit on throne. He was just 23 year. Just think what a 23 year old understand about politics. His close minister betray him who should be support him. The Fun fact is 100 year later The Great Indian mutiny(The deadliest war in British Indian history) start the same day from Bengal

[@lordgawain]

100 not 200 for the area such as punjab haryana and present pakistan area and jammu kashmir

[@poncedeleon2964]

@@lordgawain Yes you are right. Sikh kingdom fall into British hand after second Anglo-Sikh war in 30 march 1849. British did not take subcontinent in one day of course. It take almost 100 year to conquer subcontinent. Also many native state was not directly control by British. British give them protection and control their foreign affair

[@lordgawain]

Yes its not taken over in one day but the britishers had already reached the sutlej river by early 1800s thats why Treaty Of Amritsar (1809) was signed

[@aybakaltamish8103]

21 year old Mehmed Al fatih conquerd Constantinople and ended the Byzantne empire. 16 year old Muhammad ibn Qasim conquered Sindh and Multan and brought Islam to eastern Asia. Age really doesn't matter if you are smart enough, and have Allah's blessings. Nawab Siraj was just unlucky that traitor scum mir zafar was his commander in chief.

[@Saiful22]

@@andyc9902 Firstly Mohan Lal is nor Bengali. Yes Mohan Lal was brave and honest man. He done what a honest person should do. It's not right to judge a person by only his religion. There are traitors and dishonest person in everywhere. But you know what's more Ironic? Except Mohanlal, Almost all Hindus support British rule in Bengal. Many Radical Hindus still support British victory. But I hope everyone should improve them self and be a good man rather than hate other people just because of their religion, race or color

[@DamnedHistory]

After watching this, I now realize that the antagonist from Disney's Aladdin was named Jafar! Woah!!

[@fishnujish1511]

Sultan betrayers together strong Jafar: 🐒🐒🐒

[@farhanahmed2508]

İ was just reading William Dalrymple's 'The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, And The Pillage Of An Empire'! So awesome to have this video from you, Kings and Generals! 💖

[@farhanahmed2508]

@@EuropeanAmericanGenZ_ND 'An Empire' here refers to the Mughal Empire. Read it, it's a really good book. The Company subjugated each and every fragment of the Mughal Empire: from Hyderabad to Carnatic, from Bengal to Awadh and Punjab. İt dominated the whole Indian subcontinent.

[@farhanahmed2508]

@UCeUNO1zhSdg4p5pAHl8DOCw The pillaging of the Sassanid Empire was much worse: because it involved the expulsion of the native populations, in later periods. But then again, the dynasties that set themselves up in Persia were far from the colonialism that the European Empires of the eighteenth century practiced. The succession of dynasties in Persia made it a bastion of culture and stabilised, if not boosted, the region's economic influence. The East India, on the other hand, for example, in India, sucked every last gold bullion from Bengal. The British very well knew that it was the Company's evils in India and loot and pillage that enabled the British to carry on their country's administration despite the government sinking in debts in the financial crises of 1773.

[@farhanahmed2508]

@@EuropeanAmericanGenZ_ND (Just on a side-note, you really shouldn't sympathise with any form of colonialism. İt looks really bad and brings into question whether you're biased towards a particular people or not.)

[@AnindyaMitraDigitalStoryteller]

@@EuropeanAmericanGenZ_ND Farhan wasn't spouting anti-white propaganda. Ilhan Omar and her squad seems to have taken up that gauntlet. Btw don't comment without background info it makes you sound stupid

[@neutralfellow9736]

@@EuropeanAmericanGenZ_ND But the company was not an empire, it was literally a corporation.

[@maxkennedy8075]

*When the mango trees start singing the Grenadier’s march*

[@intahermahim9084]

are u british

[@maxkennedy8075]

dark satan ye

[@ls200076]

@@maxkennedy8075 When the when the waters of Medway start speaking Dutch.

[@ndndsksnnd7889]

the pajeets today still worship their british overlords

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

"Tow row row row row for the British grenaidiers"

[@abcdef27669]

Benedict Arnold about Mir Jafar: "I already like this guy!"

[@Themain1ofall]

Just like Alexander Arnold - Liverpool

[@christophermercaldi8616]

Brutus: "Observe"

[@indoroyale7848]

Ouch 😢

[@kapildeshpande8731]

The amount of detailed research done for making the video is greatly appreciated.

[@sealofapoorval7437]

This is so frustrating to watch as an Indian. There were so many avenues were we could have turned things around and kept our sovereignty and watching this even animated breaks my heart. Thanks to Kings and Generals channel for making this video very detailed and accurate providing a good insight into what happened. Love the channel. If only I could go back in time...

[@Error111]

Mughals were turks

[@Persev444]

The seal icon has my "approval". The peoples in this region of world have been made to fight neighbor vs neighbor to the enrichment of others like Clive. Clive looted 200,000 lbs sterling and his East India co. extracted ~45 trillion pounds from your homeland. Billions of people were impoverished and millions of lives lost over 2 centuries lost to greed and warmongering against your own brothers. The people that capitalized on India divisions in the past have returned ( legacy heir). They offer similar cassus belli ( border lines, resources,jealousy, religion, form of gov. I.e. the usual reasons) to go to war again. No need to go back in time. The nawabs this time are not local governors but nations with surging economies. History is playing out again now. This time instead of subjugation and frustration the outcome will be extinction in the form of mushroom clouds. What can be done to resist the cycle of war on the behest of the overseer?

[@maltesimusfraterdemassimo7215]

@@Persev444 clive got about 240.000 pounds and a jagir of roughly 23.000 per annum. the 240.000 pounds are worth about 28-40 million pounds today.

[@davidthompson4383]

It's alright, the British made India great in the end.

[@dizzyb111]

​@@Error111 1. They were Turkic but not Turks. 2. At that point they had been in the country for hundreds of years, married local women and ruled a very diverse population. They became Indian just as the Aryans have thousands of years ago.

[@sharadowasdr]

Clive razed Chandernagore to the ground. That used to be the most prosperous European town there. Clive destroyed nearly all of the 2500 French and Bengali buildings. Only three structures still stand from that period.

[@AlcaturMaethor]

Huh, how? I mean he didn't have that many men, it seems e a daunting task for his force to destroy 2500 buildings in a reasonable amount of time.

[@adityaraman8901]

@david edbrooke-coffin Tell that to Arabs invading your land

[@muhammadeisa1459]

@@AlcaturMaethor if there are records of him doing that, then we can only speculate as to how.

[@marajevomanash]

How easy is it to destroy something!

[@EvanLax95]

“Armed with matchlock rifles” is a misnomer. Matchlock muskets are smoothbore and lack rifling in the barrel, and thus are just “guns”.

[@mcRydes]

probably the case, but theoretically there's no reason you can't rifle a matchlock. In fact such weapons really did exist, although I have no idea if they were used at this battle or not.

[@midshipman8654]

Michael Rhodes you are correct, though they may have been using just muskets, not rifled muskets in this engagement. However, the models kind of look like Jezails, and private individuals sometimes had rifled muskets around the world. (Not as much government made till later.) Think Kentucky long rifles, German Jagers and the aforementioned Jezails.

[@sakshampandey7342]

@@mcRydes Indian matchlocks were heavier and used larger bullets, much like the Jezail of the Afghans. This allowed for more range, stability and more damage. Using the rests attached to the guns, a soldier could further stabilise his gun, improving aim and effectiveness.

[@jameswills6320]

Muskets not guns

[@neutralfellow9736]

Erm, matchlock means just the firing mechanism, you can absolutely have a matchlock rifle. In fact, rifling was invented by Euros already in the late 15th century, when only matchlock ignition existed.

[@avidiptodey6498]

Please consider making this a series. Would like to have more videos on early modern indian history.

[@avidiptodey6498]

@@ndndsksnnd7889 The Englishmen made sure they didn't develop india . They were only interested in draining the wealth and natural resources of india. And also india has come a long way since then. How about knowing stuff before you make stereotypical comments and sound dumb? 99% of indian households now have access to toilets and basic sanitation. Grow up dude. Get you head out of your ass so at least you can poop. India already has places to poop.

[@chayanlaskar8856]

@@ndndsksnnd7889 which country are you from first tell me.... If you are from England then let me tell you we have 20times more toilets here in India than your country

[@chayanlaskar8856]

@@ot23234 now India has 99.99% toilet coverage

[@chayanlaskar8856]

@@ot23234 and looks like you guy's are very much concerned about India! Then try to help if there are some problems...stop taunting Get a life

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Only good thing happened to India by British is allowing education for lower castes

[@akarshsp6512]

Dear Kings and Generals team, It's nice to see that your team is are covering history of major battles or Dynasties of India, mentioned below are few of the interesting content you can create 1. Anglo Mysore wars 2. Gupta Empire 3. Vijayanagara empire 4. Maurya empire 5. Hoysala empire Looking forward for these interesting content. Thank you & Good Luck!!

[@abcdef27669]

Marathas raids in east be like: "But wait! There is more!"

[@Raut-warrior]

@Akar Acharya what has karwa chauth got to do with this

[@sealofapoorval7437]

@Akar Acharya I'm pretty sure they don't celebrate it in South India too. What's it got to do with anything?

[@Raut-warrior]

@Akar Acharya TN was not attacked but parts of it like Thanjavur and the Jingee Fort were captured and ruled by the Marathas

[@BIGMrighthere]

Those raids devasted the Bengal Subah. Nothing but mass rape and genocide.

[@мувн-ш4ы]

@AJ no

[@FaozulAzim]

After the execution of Nawab Siraj, his wife Lutfunnesa was imprisoned here in Bangladesh (my country) by the British fearing that she (or any of Siraj's family) could rebel against the British.... Siraj's descendants still live here in Bangladesh and their financial situation is not very good...

[@farhanhyder7304]

That's sad

[@umaransari9765]

Rafi la Rider do they hold any title? Here in Lucknow we still have Nawab of Awadh but they are like businessmen and hold no power

[@SHUBHAMSG]

There was no Bangladesh at that point of time

[@FaozulAzim]

@@farhanhyder7304 yes it is

[@FaozulAzim]

@@umaransari9765 they are now common people, and very few people know about them, their past history regarding Siraj Ad Dawlah

[@chinmaykanade]

Hume to apno ne loota,gairo me kahaan dum tha!Meri kashti bhi doobi wahaan jahaan paani kam tha! I was looted by my own people,the outsiders never had that power! My ship survived the deep water,but ironically sank where the water was shallow!

[@lukezuzga6460]

So good to still have videos from Kings and Generals coming during these trying times! Thanks Guys, keep making em and we'll keep watching!

[@ArunSKasrk]

Those who want a video on chola empire like here.

[@chronikhiles]

Yeah, that'd be incredible.

[@gobimurugesan2411]

Especially raids of South east Asia. Many people don't believe Indians had powerful navy during 11th century.

[@ArunSKasrk]

@@gobimurugesan2411 There were powerful navies in the erstwhile kingdoms of the present day parts of India. For example navy of chola, navy of the zamorin etc.

[@Neil6393]

Yea I would love to know more about south indian empires...I am from delhi and the only thing we learned in school were mongols or british empire. I get why we need to learn about mongols and british and they were very significant in our history but that doesnt mean the rest of history should be neglected.

[@rizwantalukder5659]

Nobidy

[@mdmahbubulalam2170]

Here in Bangladesh and all of indian sub continent Mir jafar(cursed be his soul) is the synonym of traitor while young nawab siraj is still a hero.

[@Tareltonlives]

"I'm off to fight in the French and Indian War" "Cool. Which one?"

[@jurtra9090]

Hahaha

[@babyyoda9954]

This comment deserves more attention

[@ericthompson3402]

Right?

[@godzilla981ify]

I love the India videos, there's always elephants and this time armoured elephants owo

[@umaransari9765]

@Александр nope they arent always useless, but since they advent of Gunpowder weapons and Artillery they are very dangerous to use

[@bluemountain4181]

@Александр If they were so useless why did people keep using them?

[@riseALK]

@@bluemountain4181 Prestige, availabilty, show-off. Joking aside, they were used as draught animals mainly to pull cannons, even by Europeans in WWI. Trains and motor vehicles is what made them finally useless on the battlefield.

[@milindgaikwad3498]

Elephants were the tanks before gunpowder arrived on the battlefield. When properly trained, manned by the right men and armored at sensitive areas they were killing machines with huge swards on each tusk. After gunpowder however, with thunder of a big gun they became a liability.

[@akashsasidharan9747]

@@milindgaikwad3498 exactly , even Seleucius used them to great effect , he was gifted 500 elephants by Chandragupta maurya who was his son in law. Seleucids were the successors of Alexander in Persia.

[@FaozulAzim]

After the death of Siraj, Mir Kashim, the Son in Law of Mir Jafar, attempted to fight off british in Buxer war (not chinese one) and he failed. And that was actually the very last nail to the coffin.

[@rrt_xoxo5632]

And the British took over India slowly and rest is history.

[@FaozulAzim]

@@rrt_xoxo5632 yes, it make me very sad

[@rrt_xoxo5632]

@@FaozulAzim As a Bangladeshi, indeed a treacherous history.

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

@@rrt_xoxo5632 Baqri az Karnatak Gharawi az Banaras Nang-e-Dein Nang-e-Mazhab Nang-e-Maslak Nang-e-Qaum Nang-e-Millat Nang-e-Dunya Nang-e-Akhirat

[@Aester]

The death of Mir Kashim is a grim one too. At his death bed the guy was so poor that his only property ( 2 shawls left) had to be sold just to afford his funeral

[@kellenkinzel6376]

I have personally always been curious about how the British were able to create such a stronghold in India, now I know. I knew that the British were in India for a very long time, I just didn't know how it all started. Simply incredible how strategic the British were at capturing land and keeping it for such long periods of time. Robert Clive simply out-mastered his opponents, which included the Bengali forces, the French forces, and the Dutch forces. Remarkable skill for sure.

[@daemonzap1481]

Mostly from this video it was Indians that ended up defeating themselves and handing themselves to the British. If they acted properly they would've easily won. I mean c'mon a force of 60,000 versus like 5,000?

[@zeeafraud7898]

Although we can validly remark at the victories and strategy of colonists, the implications of these victories on the people who were colonised must also be understood. Clive was a great commander, but away from the battlefield was an unpleasant man to say the least. For me that's what makes colonial history interesting; Plassey was a remarkable victory from Clive but also arguably the darkest day in Bengali history.

[@MyPunksta]

The English spent over a 100 years understanding the politics of the sub continent and only put in their foot forward when the subcontinent was in a state of flux. They didn't have superior military technology (infact they reverse engineered Indian rockets and used them in America) but used deception and diplomacy to win.

[@jbstarkiller4626]

@@MyPunkstaSounds like your coping🤣

[@jbstarkiller4626]

@@daemonzap1481numbers don’t always win battles🤦🏻‍♂️ the Europeans defeated vastly larger forces then themselves all the time.

[@rohandanielisaac8107]

Do more of these Kings and Generals! Indian battles have so much intrigue and tension!!

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've always heard of this battle. But I have no idea of the details behind it. Wow the British sure got lucky. I wonder what if this battle had gone differently. The history of India would have been quite different. My compliments to those who made this video a reality.

[@Naeem7222]

These white people would have stormed the subcontinent for jobs

[@nkl7345]

Probably even more street-defecation

[@ShahanshahShahin]

@@nkl7345 lol British made India like that

[@gk4578]

@@ShahanshahShahin lol yeah British still force Indians to shit in their streets

[@HaggisOfDeath]

@@indiafirst3676 The only 'glorious' areas of India are those that had their infrastructure built by the British. We might all find Imperialism distasteful these days, but the rampant lies spread about Colonial powers irritate me to no end. As with most things it was not all bad, nor was it all good. The intelligent person would take what was good and leave what was bad (and that actually might be why Britain prospered so much in those days, there are countless examples of the British simply 'stealing' good ideas from other cultures; from military doctrine and Martello towers to a tea based beverage and the humble curry, they took the good achievements of others and combined them to make themselves GREAT ... Britain).

[@Boatswain_Tam]

Yes! More 18th century warfare please! So many interesting battle to cover.

[@Sharma-o2n]

*Read the battle of assaye* it was harder than the battle of waterlloo

[@maxschaeffner9005]

Great video! As an American i hate how we never learn about these British pre revolutionary war conflicts, because they add so much info about Britains geopolitical situation and how the colonies fit into it

[@ramz_teccyz2055]

This was more to do with a private company in Britain the EIC rather than the established military britain had led by the monarchy.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@@ramz_teccyz2055 But it did all get so colossal that the Crown had to eventually assume control as far as I'm aware.

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

The situation in the American colonies was much different to Asia because we classed the colonies as literally an extension of England/Britain.

[@chezburger1781]

@@Anglo_Saxon1 yes victoria became empress of india and the company was disbanded, i remember it being due to the power the company had

[@Anglo_Saxon1]

@@chezburger1781Yes,EIC Having a private army etc.

[@ayeshajaved6098]

Thank you kings and generals I am a huge fan of yours. This battle is discussed in my 7 grade history book. Love from Pakistan

[@muhammadmunim4530]

@Brock Lesnar yes we knew about maratha empire ,we also knew at that time there were also nawabs of hyderbad, nawab of bengal,nawab of audh etc, tipu sultan of mysore ,sikh empire , durrani empire and a small area under mughals

[@UniquePicsels]

@@swapanzameen6302 and how they captured land till peshawar

[@nktthegreat]

And hence came the term "Mir Jafar" in the subcontinent implying a traitor. Troubling times laid ahead for India. Troubling times indeed.

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Baqri az Karnatak Gharawi az Banaras Nang-e-Dein Nang-e-Mazhab Nang-e-Maslak Nang-e-Qaum Nang-e-Millat Nang-e-Dunya Nang-e-Akhirat

[@anantambisht4895]

@@mohammedhassanakbari6722 kya back raha hai mulle.

[@Torus2112]

I get the feeling Clive would've been right at home commanding a Roman legion.

[@Pitbull00000]

@ASCALON He didnt

[@lukehaddad5185]

@@swapanzameen6302 he committed suicide? Why and how?

[@tylerdurden3722]

@@swapanzameen6302 ...like on a suicide mission? Seems legit

[@iuliusconstantcornelio2018]

@@lukehaddad5185 He felt grief for all the atrosicities he committed in India, so he killed himself.

[@mayur4305]

@@iuliusconstantcornelio2018 he committed suicide because he was found guilty of corruption with private trades so he yeeted himself out before govt hanged him

[@JohnnyElRed]

"... that saw Britain and France, the two largest colonial powers..." Portugal: "Excuse me?!" Spain: "I beg your pardon?"

[@Liquidsback]

Talking about the new powers.

[@Tareltonlives]

"Go back to bed, old man!"

[@RodolfoGaming]

The thing i rate here is the absence of a 'am i a joke to you'

[@liamlecarpentier2973]

JohnnyElRed Spanish and Portugal was declining by this time and GB and France were the new super powers

[@anjusanal]

@@DCDVassili no

[@1337codaddict]

Man I swear this channel reads my mind. Whenever I’m looking battles up this channel has always *just* released a relevant video

[@dukelord9005]

Only Maratha could defeat the Britishers in a full fledged war. Maratha and Mysore forces under a Persian managed to defeat British in battles.on the other hand the Overwhelming majority of British victories in India depended on strong participation of its local Indian allies. A unified India under Maratha or the Mughals would have made the subjugation of India a very very difficult prospect.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

There is a difference between fighting thousands of miles away from home and on your home field with all the advantages the home field gives. The British and other Europeans e.g. French were fighting at very long range relying on _ridiculously_ long communication lines back to Europe. The British were relying on a few generals and admirals to keep control of the situation. 18th century strategy for European Empires was difficult, more difficult than it might first appear. The news relaying back to their home capitals was very slow; for example, it was a month or longer round trip for news to get back and to from New York to London in the 1770's. It was the age of sail, and you were only as fast as 18th century naval architecture and wind power allow you to be (and that is before considering losses to storms, uncharted rocks, pirates, tornadoes, typhoons, uncharted reefs, disease outbreaks and navigational problems) They were doing very well to even seen a small fraction of their true military power. If the entire British Army arrived in Maratha and Mysore territory, game over. Sorry but what you said is deluded and wrong. The British only had to ''rely'' on local native forces because they could not send their full strength to one place. They were scattered all over the world. It is a problem they had in the American War of Independence. If it were just the rebels they were fighting in the world, it wouldn't be a question of victory or defeat. They'd just obliterate Washington easily (and to be fair they had kicked his backside thoroughly for years and had him on the run from New York, chasing him all over the place, nearly catching up with him like ten times; kept giving them the slip though, living to fight another day, which is all he needed to do really) The British had to keep massive forces elsewhere, and also at least *half the British Army* in England, in case France and Spain invaded (which yes, they were planning; see Treaty of Aranjuez 1779) Britain often had to keep large forces at home just in case their rivals in Europe tried any shit while their main armies were away. Ironically, they learnt that lesson *the other way round* e.g. they once sent almost their entire army to what is now West Germany, fighting the French. It was a large conflict, which Britain was just one of many allies in. The problem was, when Britain's main armies were away, Scottish Jacobite rebels attacked England and got as far as Derby in the Midlands of England, before turning back. For a while, it looked like London itself might fall to the Jacobite clan warriors, and some rich people in London panicked thinking the city was lost. Stories of thousands of Scottish warriors burning through England, reached London (that didn't really happen, mostly the Jacobites just got drunk half way down the country, argued about what their strategy was then went home whereas Bonnie Prince Charlie - whom was more Italian than he was anything to do with Scotland, particularly not Highland Scottish lol - then had to go back to Scotland with his army) He wanted to take the throne back for his dethroned familial line. He was a prince in exile, wanting to use the Jacobites to get the throne. He failed. Anyway, the British government realised it didn't have enough regular soldiers to defend London, and so it sent spies out to infiltrate the Jacobite camps, and learn information as well as to spread misinformation. Soon, the Jacobite rebels thought it was true that 10,000 redcoats were waiting for them outside the gates of London. That was a force which would have likely destroyed their 7,000-8,000 strong host, if it caught them on a field of it's choosing; so the clan chiefs convened and then decided to go home, with what loot they already had. Problem was, it wasn't true lol The British *were* bringing back multiple regiments from Germany, and this would eventually be like 20,000-25,000 soldiers coming home as soon as possible (which would have absolutely annihilated the Jacobites anyway) The main worry was that the Jacobites would have burnt down the capital and humiliated the British government, so they raised as many militia troops as they could (about 5,000-6,000) and drew in every last soldier they had around in Southern England to defend the capital. Defences were improved etc. Ironically, they'd probably have enough armed yeomanry/militia and garrison soldiers to mount a pretty sturdy defence if the Jacobites came (but most likely, the fighting ferocity of the Highlanders in melee, would overrun the defences in a general overview of tactical situations) The government was rushing regiments back home, and with a furious vengeance and anger. However, it would take time to sail them back to Britain. It was a lesson that Britain took very seriously, always making sure it had strong garrisons that would be enough to crush rebellions or repel invaders, while other field armies fought around the world. It worked well for Britain (but obviously the catch, was that they had to keep large forces at home, training but otherwise being taken out of Britain's offensive capabilities, standing idle) It was not helpful when Britain urgently needed to send more men elsewhere. Britain later absolutely crushed the Jacobites at Culloden, though the victory was mostly won by Lowland Scots serving in the British Army. Most of the English regiments were still either in West Germany or were on the way home from there. The Duke of Cumberland (called, ''Butcher Cumberland'' to this day by some Scots, and certainly by many Highlanders back then) led over 8,000 government troops into the Highlands to crush the rebels. He did, and Culloden ended it. But not before the Highlanders spent weeks leading the government forces on a wild goose chase through the rainy glens and hills of the Highlands. They'd melt away, into the heather and hills, and avoid giving battle. When battle came, the Jacobites fought fiercely, though the new model bayonet drills, superior organisation, equipment and training of the British troops, made it a very one-sided British victory. The terrifying Highland Charge, did some damage but the British lines held bravely and they defeated the Highlanders. Cumberland's brutality against the Jacobite survivors remains very controversial (he basically just said bayonet anyone whom identifies themselves as Jacobites) His troops went over the battlefield, shooting and stabbing any Highlanders who declared their allegiances to their rebel cause. Then Cumberland went after their homesteads and destroyed many Highland residences, and banned kilts, tartans and bagpipes. Later British governments would allow the Scottish to celebrate those cultural heritages and Queen Victoria famously loved Scotland, promoting tartans, kilts and bagpipes and often staying at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, as part of a public relations exercise to improve Anglo-Scottish unity. The Victorians were keenly aware of how harsh Cumberland had been, and wanted to right some wrongs. In fairness, though, the Jacobites had *invaded England* so it's pretty obvious how the British government in the mid 18th century would react to that - with fire and blood. Anyway, there you go. Learn history properly before making such comments.The British were not at full force. If they were, the Marathas and Mysoreans would lose anyway. Making up for numerical shortages, they obviously turned to native Sepoys. So? Every European Empire did in India. They were all dealing with the same logistical nightmares and had to find ways to solve the problems they had with manpower. They were better trained, better-equipped and better armed then the Mughals, Marathas and Mysoreans. Britain had *four* wars with Mysore. Yes, Mysore did better earlier on but it didn't last forever. Britain destroyed the Mysorean Sultanate, dissolving it after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Mysore couldn't even stop a fraction of Britain's true strength. Most of it's successes were against smaller British forces and during times when Britain was fighting on a global scale against 5 different major powers plus their smaller satellite allies e.g. in the Second Anglo-Mysore War, during the broader timeline of the events of the American War of Independence, there were 80,000 Mysorean warriors of the Sultan, basically joining thousands of French troops in attacking British outposts and forts. The British were busy in North America, the Caribbean, the North Sea, West Africa, Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Indian Ocean, the Far East and in India. Everywhere the British and French met, they fought. Plus Britain was fighting Spain, the Dutch Republic and many others. Pirates constantly threatened British shipping in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Far East. So Britain had to devote a lot of naval power to that. Speaking of which, most British warships never even went anywhere near India. They were busy elsewhere. 2nd or 3rd line units like smaller 3rd rates, 4th rates, 5th rates, 6th rates, gun-brigs and sloops etc would be sent. The biggest and best ships in the Royal Navy were saved for elsewhere. It was up to the EIC to deal with most problems, until they were reprimanded and absorbed by the British government much later on.

[@dukelord9005]

@@ThePalaeontologist you took the trouble to type such a long reply mentioning lil bits of history which is known to almost all. I considered all that when I said about unified India being strong enough to fend off small to mid sized EIC forces . There's no way whole British army would have been transported to east indies for capturing trade ports, colonial factories or far away spice lands. One has to be the moron of the highest order to think that was logically possible.i never said Maratha or mysorean forces were better than regular English professional soldiers or they had better tactics or training. Britain arguably had the best trained army during the 17th to 19th century but that did not mean that they would be all deployed to India. So I standby on my comment that a unified India under a India imperial rule like the Marathas or Mughals would have better thwarted British encroachments. For a historical example one can see British conduct in India during the reign of Jahangir , Shahjahan or Aurangzeb. The British could mostly harm Mughal shipping lines through piracy. But on land mughal dominated.

[@curious_one1156]

Did a faction of the Marathas not turn against Mysore ? 1799 ?

[@BS-cc4ks]

To be honest, India being unified under the Maratha or Mughals seemed like a more unlikely and impossible concept than Britain unifying India. Their organizational problems were severe.

[@ghuzh2398]

Mir jafar now means traitor in Subcontinent. Talk about legacy.

[@Liquidsback]

Basically the U.S. equivalent is Benedict Arnold.

[@salmaaktar2547]

And in Bangladesh, Siraj means Idiot.

[@kaloyannikolchev5482]

Love Kings and Generals . Been subscribed since y’all had 20 k subscribers

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for being with us

[@featherlessbiped593]

Yes this channel is so big now. Now I am finally graduated and will get a job and then become a Patreon , that is my wish since last two years.

[@rudman97]

Wow! As a Indian Bengali, I feel proud that a piece of Bengal history is presented today....GREAT পলাশীর যুদ্ধ...... "বণিকের মানদণ্ড পোহালে শর্বরী দেখা দিল রাজদণ্ড রূপে"

[@mohammedhassanakbari6722]

Baqri az Karnatak Gharawi az Banaras Nang-e-Dein Nang-e-Mazhab Nang-e-Maslak Nang-e-Qaum Nang-e-Millat Nang-e-Dunya Nang-e-Akhirat

[@queenelizabethii4331]

I hate Indians, just like Churchill.

[@bhabanishankarbehera6908]

@@queenelizabethii4331 nobody cares

[@queenelizabethii4331]

@Aidda Stop pooping where you sleep.

[@queenelizabethii4331]

@Aidda That is why we conquered you.

[@waverider1674]

Need to appreciate the bold and daring moves of Robert Clive which secured the victory at overwhelming odds against larger armies

[@cypher1308]

I don't think Clive won because of his skills, he won because of treachery of Mir Jafar & the lightening, lucky dude !

[@Fuad_]

@@cypher1308 Thats also a skill

[@MyPunksta]

Yes lying and bribing is a skill not many have

[@TheBucketSkill]

@@cypher1308 Either way his monumental win meant subjugation for CENTURIES. A crazy feat!

[@waverider1674]

​@@MyPunksta In war no one is an angel. Remember even Krishna too lied and tricked the Kauravas into many missteps like naming an elephant as Ashwathamma, asking Bhim to kill it and shout that he had killed Ashwathama thereby making Drona come to grief and drop his bow, blah blah blah. You can be lucky once but not many times. Robert Clive is no angel but clearly he had sheer courage and balls. He began the ending of the Islamic rule in India inadvertently.

[@Cancoillotteman]

So a man named "Jafar" actually was a traitor plotting against his sultan ? Who might have guessed ? XD

[@salmaaktar2547]

As a Bengali I would say, if you read history, you will understand that Siraj is one of the stupidest creatures on earth.

[@harshkulshrestha9440]

@@salmaaktar2547 true

[@YAZ13786]

@@salmaaktar2547 what is his stupidness🤔

[@saadadantor808]

The Thing is Shiraj Was Helpless His Grand Vizier,His Own Aunt Ghoshati Begum conspired Against him! What could he do? And it was not a long time that he was on the throne! He had no idea that the 2 closest person of his would betray him!

[@YAZ13786]

@@saadadantor808 the invisible enemy is more dangerous than visible enemy . It is very hard to detect cheatings . u know that many rulers and great people like Tippu sultan , Bahadur shah , bagat singh , and many freedom fighters are caugt and executed by traiting .

[@Hi5Ripon]

RIP Sirajudaulah as a last great independent ruler of Bengal 💔

[@kangkanlahkar9045]

Not at all there were Maratha, Mysore and Punjab who fought bravely

[@kangkanlahkar9045]

@md ziden FYI-Not my Maratha. There was not alliance between Maratha and Bengal. However in 2nd Anglo Mysore war, Maratha did allied with Mysore against British

[@Hi5Ripon]

@Hernando Malinche Of course he might have been imperfect, but at least better than that demon called Mir Jafar

[@intahermahim9084]

@Hernando Malinche ur a idiot

[@khurmiful]

Great? Tell me any Great ruler who couldn’t hang on to his army?

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

It's all fun and games until you hear "RULE BRITANNIA" playing over the horizon

[@aquilatempestate9527]

Yep, then you stop the games to sing-along.

[@karandullet380]

The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind well and your ministers starts betraying you and starts rupturing your supply lines

[@bhaskarbharali5853]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jasjrock6424]

the mugals were muslims that conquered the place originally you left that bit out

[@karandullet380]

Aidda that gotta hit him hard

[@shekontekon9799]

02:52 "Honorable" East India Company?

[@yllbardh]

good catch....lol nothing honourable about that....

[@blacktemplar9499]

That's the official name of the company, the Honourable east India company

[@MrKirmajerelod]

one of the best in those times.

[@HumaTheGreat]

Honorable? LOL

[@Daneclaw]

@yllbardh The official name was the Honourable East India Company stoopid.

[@poeticider]

Local to me is Powys Castle, Clive of India's estate. If you ever visit there you can find Clive's impressive collection of Indian (mostly Mughal) arms and armour. Thank you for bringing alive the history of an iconic local figure!

[@fishnujish1511]

263 years before I was born, a man went off to war to fight the East India Company. He left with his brother. The man saw the Black Hole of Calcutta, then the Battle of Plassey. At Plassey, he was hit by a British musket ball. Yet he fought and was killed in hand-to hand combat with bayonets. His brother was one of the Bengalis retreating under Mir Jafar. He escaped back home, founded a family with a Bengali woman in the quiet river village of Mathbaria. There they lived until the Bangladeshi Independence movement, My grandad had to move because he was Hindu. He moved away to Calcutta, the same place where his ancestor's Prince had locked up the British nearly 2 centuries ago. My dad grew up there, and he lived there till I was born. Now I live in Britain. This story means nothing to you, random viewer, but to me, it's the reason I walk the Earth today. And to me, if that one guy had decided to stay with his brother in battle, I would have not been born. So I thank him.

[@Muigai-i5e]

whats up with indians loving white men after all they put you through

[@bigmoose7]

@@Muigai-i5e thats just racism we arent in 1783 anymore dumbass

[@Mephisto43]

Top ten Anime Betrayals. 😭

[@OptimusDelta]

As Bengali we still use his name as a slang who threw our freedom at the feet of the british people.

[@NoName-sz5lu]

@Hernando Malinche by freedom it means our wealth was contained in our land. Not directly transferred to London.

[@NoName-sz5lu]

@Hernando Malinche I think you'll find the answer if you search about the industrial Revolution and from where the money and other materials came from mostly. And the famines after famines in Bengal for lack of wealth and crops as they were forced to cultivate specific crops needed for the British. We can go on and on but I don't want to. Just wanting to point out that it is much better to be ruled by a dictator of your country than of a far off land on so many levels.

[@NoName-sz5lu]

@Hernando Malinche that's why the British spent a lot of time not sailing all over the world and fighting for lands. Because, they were not profitable.

[@kamrulhasan3468]

lol Siraj knew Jafar is a conspirator but as he was a big fat teddy bear he tried to hug their conflicts out and thought something would hit Jafar at the last moment and he will fight for Siraj

[@ghanshyam1990]

Beautiful narration and illustration. Thank you for covering the military history of the sub-continent. As per the combatants; Nawab Shiraj-ud-Daula is remembered as a young patriot who fought to maintain sovereignty and Independence but as you pointed out was trapped in a den of snakes. And as for the traitor Mir-Jaffar, he's widely remembered and synonymous with treason, conspiracy and fifth columnism.

[@redrose-gd8fu]

Nawab was a looser

[@ghanshyam1990]

@@redrose-gd8fu - No doubt he lost, however, sometimes losing a battle can make one a hero also. It was a matter of principle.

[@Khalistan999]

Should do a video on the Anglo-Sikh wars

[@gursimarsingh5505]

Yes! We would see how traitor, totally sold dogras led to defeat of sikh army, the army which had capability to capture delhi, and even Calcutta.

[@mohammedHassan-nn9iv]

Please make a video on four Anglo-Mysore wars. Very interesting wars, one of which (1st Anglo-Mysore war) being the first and the only defeat by the British in Indian subcontinent. ( If you exclude 1st Anglo- Afghan war)

[@kangkanlahkar9045]

You should see the other side of coin. 1st Anglo Maratha war resulted in Maratha's victory. Ranjit Singh defended his kingdom.

[@abhisheknanda9956]

1st anglo-mysore, 2nd anglo-mysore, 1st anglo-maratha and 1st anglo-afghan war were the one where British were defeated.

[@LKG644]

@@abhisheknanda9956 lol even chero a small kingdom have defeated British in Jharkhand

[@jevinliu4658]

I just realized that the Maratha tokens look like pacman figures going to eat everyone up. Somewhat accurate, I guess.

[@ShahanshahShahin]

Actually the Flag of Maratha Empire was all Orange/Saffron (Sacred colour of Hinduism/Bhuddism) you can quick search on the browser "Maratha flag".

[@cypher1308]

@@ShahanshahShahin Hindus all over the India usually had same flags. That was the Flag of "Hindu Swaraj", Hindu Self Rule.

[@brucewayne4128]

@@ShahanshahShahin Wrong, Hinduism adopted Maratha flag not the other way around.

[@ssm7593]

@@brucewayne4128 correct 👍

[@experimentsandunboxing9845]

Please make video on Third battle of Panipat.

[@themoneyman8011]

This is one of your best! I love how you handle potentially controversial topics with humble neutrality. Please create more videos on Great Britain's imperial wars.

[@farabi1217]

For us bengalis that day 23june 1757 was the last day of our independent and also the most shameful and heroic day . We lost our freedom because of our own people's betrayal. But still our nawab fought till the end but he just got berated by his own family members specially his auntie ghoshate bagum.

[@amitr4385]

Bangladesh came into existence in 1947..dnt cry

[@AverageHandEnjoyer-jp3xu]

​@@amitr4385Bengal was independent during the period of Bengal sultanate and Nawab rule. 🤓

[@amitr4385]

@@AverageHandEnjoyer-jp3xu I think u were rules by East India ..that should explain u what is independence....

[@davidwoods7408]

That was great. Something else I didn't know! Keep em coming!

[@jayeshkukreti3330]

One can still feel the presence of French in Pondicherry , such a magnificent city!

[@heronofalexandria91]

10:53 when that music plays you know it’s going down.

[@gajiburrahman7378]

8:45 Allivardi Khan was actually a very competent ruler of Bengal. He defeated six invasions by the Hindu marathas. But the constant invasions had such a terrible impact on the economy of Bengal, that eventually he concluded it would be easier just to pay tribute to the marathas instead of defeating another invasion.

[@gajiburrahman7378]

@@ayansengupta6592 He paid them tribute and gave them Orissa in order to stop them from continually attacking Bengal. Repelling all those maratha invasions had a bad impact on the population and economy of Bengal. Allivardi Khan decided it would be just better to pay them off and give them Orrisa. That way at least they would be left alone. It worked.

[@flashldn155]

They should have slaughtered the Marathas

[@vizviz72405]

​@@gajiburrahman7378 hmmmm i understand economy is extremely important in same way Marathas lost to abdali in 1761

[@EthGemsnStuff]

This comment might get some hate but i feel like it was Britain that united India u need a common enemy to get together! Love the channel!

[@faizanraogaming]

haha, basstaards looted everything

[@wondertraveller9928]

Well mughals were our common enemy before the British. So technically we were United but not as a single nation.

[@B0lld]

I think video should titled invasion rather then conquest.

[@ridwanrahman6063]

Britan created India as a modern state before that I don’t think there was a United Indian identity

[@nihitshrivastava2502]

But it did get divided into three(not counting Afganistan) so yes... But actually No.. it was the hardwork of a lot of leaders ( specially Sardar Patel) that the modern India shape the way it is.. even some states Join India after it's Independence like Sikkim and Goa. So I would say you are half Correct. Peace.

[@rudman97]

Sirajuddaula was caught on the night of that battle at a place near his capital Murshidaabad, called 'Bhogobangolar ghat', which is a ferry site on the Bhagirathi (Ganga) river. Folklore is that, he was escaping in disguise of simple dresses but guards caught him by seeing his royal shoe, which he forgot to change after fleeing the battle.

[@aikalahamjie7079]

Nice and informative...i skipped some crusade videos but this really caught my interest...cant wait for more...Love it

[@hobo8420]

mir jafar's betrayal of the nawab was eerily similar to the betrayal of Maharana Sanga by Silhadi, who defected with 35k troops to the moghuls. Wack

[@hobo8420]

@alauddin husain shah lmfao seethe

[@MrJames8475]

“He suspected the British of being part of a coup to overthrow him, though in fairness he was probably right about that” Historians: Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

[@hamzasubhani9780]

Fun fact: The first Pakistani President Iskandar Mirza was grandson of Mir Jafar.

[@anantambisht4895]

That is why pakistan is a snake no doubt.

[@hamzasubhani9780]

@@anantambisht4895 In what sense?

[@Mahfuz-kc7qe]

Stop spreading fake news stupid.. Mir Jafars descendents as still in kalkatta. Living in humiliation till date

[@hamzasubhani9780]

@@Mahfuz-kc7qe You can google it

[@mayukhmitra5819]

@@Mahfuz-kc7qe Yes but no. Mir Jafar had many wives. If Nawabate of Bengal was still there, then the person living in Calcutta (Abbas Ali Mirza) would have been the rightful heir. But, Iskander Ali Mirza was a Bengali (He was from East Pakistan) and descendant of Mir Jafar

[@pierrerust2423]

Very detailed and well-documented video once again ! Congratulations Kings and Generals ! Looking forward to watching the next episodes.

[@chiranjitsaha3140]

I live in Calcutta.....this is thing I was waiting eagerly....Battle of Plassey was really the most important turning point for british.........Thank u very much😄.....Please cover the whole Indian war history.

[@anandraosindhe]

Chiranjit Saha if British would have not arrived all Bengali’s would have been Muslims by now. Already now 70% of Bengalis are Muslims including Bangladesh and West Bengal population

[@mr.profundis3804]

@@anandraosindhe and that's had nothing to do with arrival of British. Muslim population suppressed hindus in 1840s, due to higher population growth.

[@22vx]

Thus began the Anglo-Indian tradition of enjoying a plate of sliced mango fruit after a military victory. Good stuff, K&G - Thanks! OK I may have made up the sliced mango thing.

[@Tareltonlives]

It's the Company: it's all about the tea

[@abhisheknanda9956]

Next plz do anglo-maratha wars,anglo-mysore wars,anglo-sikh wars,anglo-nepal war,anglo-bhutan war,anglo-afghan wars,paika rebellion and Indian rebellion.

[@captaintyrrell6428]

*Indian Mutiny

[@gobimurugesan2411]

It will be like countries in a new continent fighting each other. Wait it's subcontinent... 😁

[@rechalnorbu4740]

What about Anglo sikkim war

[@pradeepchoudhary1627]

@@captaintyrrell6428 Indian war of independence* speak the right term you brit.

[@Isnapthesky]

That's the thing about betrayal, it never comes from your enemy but from the one you trust the most.

[@akibislam5656]

Muslim mir madan and hindu mohanlal That was a heart touching line. Imagine the brotherhood in 1757 compared to that of now in India

[@kshatriyapa]

It wasn't brotherhood. It was just a temporary political alliance.

[@mayanksinghsikarwar72]

@@kshatriyapa loyalty doesn't know any religion, my friend.

[@123kanad]

The Clive House in Dum Dum Cantonment, Kolkata is in ruins now

[@okishira927]

It's sad thing

[@aaravtulsyan]

@@okishira927 its a bloody great thing

[@jpweek5885]

Clive slit his own throat in the end. That is also a bloody great thing.

[@flyingafrinak6958]

Good news

[@bclassic2474]

Mir jafar has become synonymous for traitor here in bengal.

[@amaantariq2348]

all over south asia pakistanis call nawaz sharif as mir jafar lol

[@abhinavbhat5882]

All muslims are mir Jafar trailtors and two faced

[@amaantariq2348]

@@abhinavbhat5882 okay jai chand

[@amaantariq2348]

@Ęxtřəmé Hűñteŕ everyone forgets the treasonous hindus of bengal the bhadralok

[@bclassic2474]

@@amaantariq2348 with mir madan only Mohan lal a hindu general of nawab died fighting while covering yhe retreat of siraj.

[@napoleonbonapartelempereur9502]

I am from Murshidabad. My Bengal was at that time RICHER than Entire Britain.Bengal contributed 12%World GDP according to the Economic Statistics or British Economist Angus Madison. Victory at Plassey made the fortune of British. British were opened to ENORMOUS WEALTH of BENGAL. This Wealth aided them to win over the French in Seven Years War and in their Industrial Revolution. Love to French people for always helping us to fight against the British. J'aime la France ,les français et la langue française beaucoup ❤️ ❤️❤️❤️ Vive la France 🇫🇷🇫🇷 Vive l'Inde🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@inderpreetsingh7429]

Um that might be a little bit exaggerated

[@trollhippo8365]

@@inderpreetsingh7429 It isn't . Bengal Subah during Mughal Rule was the richest area in the world .

[@napoleonbonapartelempereur9502]

@@inderpreetsingh7429 There is nothing exaggeration here. Go nd Search about the Angus Madison Historical Economic Statistics and Bengal Subah. India was always the RICHEST CIVILIZATION of the world along with China. Bengal was heart of her contributing half of Indian GDP in 18 th Century.Because of British Colonization India became so poor. India used to be called 'The Jewel in the Crown of British Empire'. This might still be an exaggeration to them who always believe in white supremacy but in reality it is not.

[@vip129870]

World has changed a lot since then. Jagat Seths (Jain Bankers) were the richest in India and the World.

[@mf11210]

I agree Bengal was quite rich at that time. This is why Bengal was under attack by the Mughals (13th - 18th century) and their Indian Army again and again!

[@jabronjunklove760]

"Mir, Jafar, wherever you are I believe that the Siraj does go on" . -- Celine Dion. . . . .of Bengal

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

this battle is just so majestic and aweful. Reading the way that the battle played out is just so wondrous

[@metalheadtaz]

Robert Clive was a brilliant general. Astute military leader. What a guy! What a battle!

[@disrxt]

The 'Honourable' East India Company? That bunch of homicidal maniacs seems to have had a dry sense of humor.

[@saptsagn3697]

@Talûn-karkû The Warchief yeah, traders totally need to build Forts in India.

[@jamesturner4478]

@@saptsagn3697 It's called conquest. Are Europeans supposed to apologise because we're better?

[@jamesturner4478]

@anonymous opinions The overall effect of European colonization especially on India was positive.

[@saptsagn3697]

@@jamesturner4478 That's what Western media tells you

[@rogerreyne1877]

@@jamesturner4478 white guilt can be dreadful

[@DavidSaintloth]

Did you just say "honorable eat India company" without vomiting??? Impressive.

[@KingsandGenerals]

It was the official name

[@tentathesane8032]

that was literally their name lmao. only the english could be so ostensible

[@EnoshII]

who would win, an Indian fort or one drunken Englishman?

[@khalilderbali6628]

One drunken Englishman of course

[@abhisheknanda9956]

Who would win an alliance of Indian empires with the British or one tiger boy. Spoilers if they ever made videos on anglo-mysore wars(1st,2nd,3rd and 4th)

[@anjusanal]

Well it's just a story but hey, stories are fun!

[@shoshankosen1280]

Both will win. But naive Bengali will lose!

[@SteymarStark]

@Ęxtřəmé Hűñteŕ what about Plassey? :D

[@batoorkhan4026]

Thank you Kings and generals. Was waiting eagerly for videos on subcontinent. ♥️

[@saebaryo8293]

I am a resident of kolkata or you can say Calcutta. Amazed to see you did good research in making these videos . Continue making these...we're in support of you.

[@shoshankosen1280]

Most of the Bengali people around the world learned a hard lesson from this and moved on. I have met many English people in my life and none of them is anything like Captain Clive or any other English warrior at that time in Bengal. They are mostly nice, intelligent & peace loving people. Painful events like Battle of Plassey tore us apart but it also made us more resilient. Let's continue to live with peace and love for all races. Whether you are Bengali, English or Spanish, all races are equal in the eyes of God. God bless us!

[@nathanremix5800]

British Empire In World History Book : 🙂 British Empire In British History Book : 🙂 British Empire In India History Book : 👹

[@ahzam2862]

Which world history book praised British? Or any colonials for that matter?

[@nathanremix5800]

@@ahzam2862 most of the west

[@Dustz92]

@@nathanremix5800 Change that to English speaking west please. Certainly not in lots of European countries

[@samichaudhry9929]

Charlie Read *the British weren’t needed in India*

[@ahzam2862]

@@nathanremix5800 I asked about world history not the self obsessed countries.

[@golazomedia531]

Hello Kings and Generals. It's always exited to see your new video comes out. Could you please deliver the memorable Battle of Surabaya (against the Great Britain)? It was probably the toughest, hardest, and bloodiest war in history of Indonesia in the aim of protecting its independence. Indonesian, which is just declared their freedom, fought with very limited armament but precisely it evokes a sense of nationalism. We commemorate it every November 10 as Hero's Day and remind it as "the rise of the wounded bull".

[@curious_one1156]

Also, the Anglo-Mysore wars.

[@arijitbiswas2237]

Very nicely presented.... Kudos to the creator of this video

[@ztemaxgaming8620]

Was waiting for this for forever!

[@jaforreza4339]

This is a very small battle compared to others! But this small battle is so much significant that it changed the history of Indian subcontinent for the next 200 Years approximately

[@rdatta]

Excellent video and treatment of the battle and the Carnatic wars leading up to these events. What has always bothered me is the incredible discrepancy between the force sizes and the small scale of losses. Clive only lost 22 men in a whole day of fighting and the Bengals losses were less than 2% of forces. Mir Jafar's actions clearly influenced the day but wouldn't the Bengals also had reconnaissance, scouts and an understanding of the lay of the land. They seemed to have quit far too easily.

[@mayankkamboj4025]

Exactly my observation too. From watching many medieval war videos, and playing some games like EU4, I felt that having such a decisive numbers advantage meant you'd almost certainly win. Seems like that's not the case here.

[@Bostonite1985]

I am from Madras (called Chennai now). It is really sad to see people of Madras taking sides with Robert Clive on his mission from Madras to Calcutta as part of his army. Back then no one in South gave a damn about what happened in the North, East or Western part of India and the consequences of taking sides with the British. But then we did not have a choice as we needed British support to fight against the French who were hell bent on colonising South India.

[@Aeyekay0]

Great video, interesting as always, keep up the good work

[@aliabdullahanik600]

Thankx for accepting my request