Part of Buxar fort, showing a shrine and ghat below, with people bathing and drawing water from the river--Artist: White, George Francis (1808-1898) Medium: Wash Date: 1830

epia wash drawing of part of Buxar fort, showing a shrine and ghat below, with people bathing and drawing water from the river by George Francis White (1808-1898) sometime between the 1820s and 1840s. The image is inscribed: 'Buxar Ghaut. Ganges R. G.F.W. delt'.

Buxar, also spelled Baksar, is an ancient town located in north eastern India just south of the Ganges River. It is a place of Hindu pilgrimage having connections with the god Rama. The small fort here was of importance due to its position commanding the Ganges. An important battle took place here on 23rd October 1764 when the British defeated the combined forces of Shuja-ud-Dowlah and Kasim Ali Khan and became the paramount power in Bengal.
HISTORY:-
The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor[1]. The battle fought at Buxar (currently in Bihar state, India), a town located on the bank of the Ganges river, was a decisive battle won by the forces of the British East India Company.
[edit]The battle and booty

British troops engaged in the fighting numbered 7,072 comprising 857 British, 5,297 Indian sepoys and 918 Indian cavalry. The number of the native forces were estimated to be around 40,000. Lack of co-ordination among the three desparate allies, each with a different axe to grind, was responsible for their decisive debacle.
British losses are said to have been 1,847 killed and wounded, while the three Indian allies accounted for 2,000 dead; many more were wounded. The victors captured 133 pieces of artillery and over 1 million rupees of cash.