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- 01Clive's force at Plassey numbered roughly 3,000; the Nawab's army stood at over 50,000, yet losses were fewer than 80 British dead.
- 02Mir Jafar's reward was the throne of Bengal — but the East India Company removed and reinstated him twice within six years.
- 03The Bengali term 'Mir Jafar' remains a living insult for traitor, used in political discourse to this day.