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UPSC 1995: 91. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? (a) Battle of Buxar .............. Mir Jafar vs. Clive (b) Battle of Wandiwash .............. French vs. East India Company (c) Battle of Chilianwala .............. Dalhousie vs. Marathas (d) Battle of Kharda .............. Nizam vs. East India Company
(a)Battle of Buxar — Mir Jafar vs. Clive
(b)Battle of Wandiwash — French vs. East India Company
(c)Battle of Chilianwala — Dalhousie vs. Marathas
(d)Battle of Kharda — Nizam vs. East India Company
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) Battle of Wandiwash — French vs. East India Company
The Battle of Wandiwash (22 Jan 1760) was fought between the French forces under Lally and the British East India Company under Eyre Coote, making option (b) correct. The Battle of Buxar was fought against the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II—not Mir Jafar; Chillianwala (1849) pitted the British under Gough against the Sikh Empire, not Dalhousie vs Marathas; Kharda (1795) was between the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Confederacy, not the East India Company. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wandiwash?utm_source=openai))
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