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The British East India Company was led by whom in the Battle of Buxar?

  1. ARobert Clive
  2. BWarren Hastings
  3. CHector MunroCorrect answer
  4. DLord Cornwallis
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C. Hector Munro

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Hector Munro commanded the East India Company’s forces at Buxar in 1764. They defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II.

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