Question

The Battle of Buxar was fought between __________ and the combined forces of Mir Qasim
A Hector Munro
B Cornwallis
C Dalhousie
D John Shore

Answer 1

Hint:
1 The Battle of Buxar was the decisive battle that established the British as a ruler between the English Forces and the united army of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal, the Nawab of Oudh, and the Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam II.
2 The claim of Mir Kasim as the Nawab of Bengal, the dispute with the English over the declaration of Shah Alam II as the Mughal emperor, the handing over of Ram Narain, the Naib Diwan to the Nawab by the English and above all, the dispute between the two concerning the right of the English to trade without payment of tax.

Complete answer:
1 On October22/23,1764, the Battle of Buxar was fought between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal until1764; the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula; and, accompanied by Raja Balwant Singh of Kashi, the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. The battle was fought at Buxar, a "small fortified town" within the tea town.

2 For the British East India Company, it was a decisive victory. By the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765, the war was brought to an end.

3 For their decisive defeat, the lack of basic cooperation among the three disparate allies was responsible. The fight was lost by the Nawabs and Hector Munro prevailed.

Therefore , the correct answer is A

Note:
1 John Shore, $1^{st}$ Baron Teignmouth, was a British East India Company official who served as Bengal's Governor-General from 1793 to 1798. He was founded in the Peerage of Ireland in 1798 as Baron Teignmouth. The first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society, was him.

2 Charles Cornwallis, $1^{st}$ Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC, designed between 1753 and 1762 as Viscount Brome and known between 1762 and 1792 as the Earl Cornwallis, was a general and official of the British Army.