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  !colspan "2" style="text-align: center background:#B0C4DE"Battle of Palashi
  Colspan "2" '''Conflict''': Seven Years' War
  Colspan "2" '''Date''': June 23 , 1757
  Colspan "2" '''Place''': Palashi , West Bengal , India
  Colspan "2" '''Outcome''': Victory for British East India Company
  !colspan "2" style="text-align: center background:#B0C4DE"Combatants
  width "50%" British East India Company
  width "50%" Siraj Ud Daulah , Nawab of Bengal , Bihar and Orissa , La Compagnie Des Indes Orientales
  !colspan "2" style="text-align: center background:#B0C4DE"Commanders
  width "50%" Colonel Robert Clive (later Governor of Bengal and Baron of Plassey)
  width "50%" Mir Jafar Ali Khan , Commander-in-chief of the Nawab, M Sinfray, French Secretary to the Council
  !colspan "2" style="text-align: center background:#B0C4DE"Strength
  width "50%" 800 officers (European), 2,200 native sepoys, 9 cannons (eight six-pounders, and a howitzer)
  width "50%" 15,000 cavalry, 35,000 foot soldiers, 53 cannons
  !colspan "2" style="text-align: center background:#B0C4DE"Casualties
  width "50%" 22 killed (seven Europeans, 16 natives), 53 wounded (13 Europeans and 36 natives) {Link without Title}
  width "50%" Approximately 500