Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.372

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c8.372

Palāśī.—It is in the Nadia district, 93 miles from Calcutta. The name of this place is derived from the Palāśa trees (Butea Frondosa) which were plenty there. The battlefield, where the British under Lord Clive defeated the army of Siraj-ud-daula, the last independent ruler of Bengal, on the 23rd June, 1757, is situated about two miles to the west of the railway station. The historic battle in the mango-grove has been ably described in verses in Nabincandra’s Palāśir Yuddha. About four or five miles from Palāśī stands the tomb of Mir Madan, the general of Siraj-ud-daula (Introducing India, Pt. I, p. 74).

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