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Palashi, historic village, east-central West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just east of the Bhagirathi River, about 80 miles (130 km) north of Kolkata (Calcutta).

Palashi likely takes its name from the Palash tree, whose red flowers can be used to produce gulal, the colored powder thrown during the festival of Holi.

Palashi was the scene of the Battle of Plassey, a decisive victory on June 23, 1757, won by British East India Company troops, led by Robert Clive, against the forces of Sirāj al-Dawlah, the last independent nawab (ruler) of Bengal. Clive was dispatched from Madras (now Chennai) with reinforcements to reestablish the company’s trading stations in Bengal, and he succeeded in turning MÄ«r JaÊżfar, one of the nawab’s commanders, to the British side. The battle is often considered the starting point of British rule over the subcontinent. A monument marks the site of the battlefield, which has been partially washed away by a shift of the Bhagirathi.

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