Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Question 1284

The name of this small village X is derived from the red flower Butea which is known as Polash in Bengali and flowers in the spring. In 1998, the Khaitan Group, which has a factory in this village X for making sugar, had tried to change the name to Khaitan Nagar. However, protests from the locals led the group to scrap the proposal.

Connect X to the two men shown below.




Answer: X is the village Palashi which goes by the anglicized name Plassey which is famous as the site for the Battle of Plassey between Robert Clive(1) of the British East India Company and the Nawab of Bengal Siraj Ud Daulah(2).

15 Answers:

Rishikesh said...

x= plassey
robert clive defeated siraj ud daulah here

Adi said...

Palashi or Plassey, where the epic battle was fought..Involved Robert Clive and Siraj-ud-Daula.

Anonymous said...

X is Plassey or Palashi Battle of Plassey fought between Robert Clive and Siraj ud Dulah picture 1 and 2 respectively

wheelsandwings said...

X: Palashi
The battle of Plassey was fought here, between the East India Company led by Robert Clive and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-daulah (the 2 men pictured)

abhimanyu said...

palashi..better known for the battle of plassey...robert clive and sir "roger dollar"....

trinetra said...

X is plassey
and the two men are robert clive(east india company ) and siraj ud daulah the nawab of bengal who fought the battle of plassey

Anonymous said...

Palashi , where the battle of Plassey was fought (clive vs siraj-ud-daulah)
- Sukanto

rishwin said...

battle of plassey ?

aswin said...

plassey..battle of plassey...the guys r robert clive n siraj-ud-daulah i gess..

kunal jha said...

X is plassey
the pics are of robert clive and nawab siraj-ud-daula between whom battle of plassey was fought in 1757

MJain said...

the plant is palash
battle of plassy

MJain said...

the battle of plassy

indian said...

robert clive - british forces commander and siraj ud doulah last independent nawab of bengal ---- connect battle of plassey.

Srikara said...

The village is Palashi or the anglicized Plassey. This is where Robert Clive(Picture 1) defeated Siraj-ud-daula(Picture 2) in 1757.

raghav said...

x-palashi
first pic-robert clive
second pic-sirajudaulah

connect-battle of plassey(derived from british pronunciation of palashi)fought between the forces of nawab of bengal sirajudaulah and the british troops led by robert clive.