<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a>: Three thousand British troops under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a> defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_ud-Daulah" id="mwXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siraj ud-Daulah">Siraj ud-Daulah</a> at <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plassey" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plassey">Plassey</a>.