Battle of Buxar Memorial, Katkauliबक्सर युद्ध स्मारक, कटकौली
The field where the Company won Bengal and Bihar in 1764, marked by a lone pillar.
See what is open on your dateOpen in Google MapsWhereBuxar, Bihar
Shahabad & Kaimur
Shahabad & Kaimur
Kind of placeMonuments & Heritage, Villages & Hidden Gems
Best time to visit15 October to 15 March
Good seasonsPost-monsoon (October to November), Winter (December to February)
DifficultyEasy
Time needed1 hr
Base and nearbyKatkauli, Buxar
EntryFree
About Battle of Buxar Memorial, Katkauli
On 22 October 1764 Hector Munro and 7,000 Company troops beat the combined armies of Mir Qasim of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II on the plain here, and the treaty that followed handed Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the East India Company. Plassey is the famous name but Buxar was the decisive battle. A memorial pillar stands in open fields at Katkauli, 6 km from Buxar.
What to see and do
- Site of the decisive battle of 1764
- Memorial pillar in the fields
- The battle that gave the Company Bengal and Bihar
- Buxar town and Ramrekha Ghat nearby
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More places in Buxar
- ChausaBuxar, Bihar · Monuments & HeritageWhere Sher Shah routed Humayun in 1539 and India's oldest Jain bronzes were dug up in 1931.
- Baba Brahmeshwar Nath, BrahmpurBuxar, Bihar · Temples & ShrinesThe Shiva shrine of the Buxar countryside, packed with kanwariyas each Shravan.
- Ramrekha Ghat, BuxarBuxar, Bihar · Pilgrimage RoutesBuxar's Ganga ghat where Rama crossed, and the town-wide litti-chokha feast that ends the Panchkoshi.
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