The Turning PointThe Battle of Plassey ended with a treaty signed between Robert Clive and Mir Jaffar. Mir Jaffar was installed as the new Nawab. This is is considered as a Turning Point that established the era of British domination and further conquest of India and South Asia.
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"... Britain's victory at the battle helped ensure that they, rather than the French, would become the prime European power there. It also signaled that the Mughal Empire was in terminal decline and was finding it too difficult to impose its will and power over potential rivals without the support and aid of foreign powers..."
- Dr. Stephen Luscombe, Specialist of British Imperial History (Student Interview Quote)
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