• because the English forces were much stronger than those of the Nawab

  • because of Clives conspiracy with the Nawabs Commander- in- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal

  • because of Siraj-ud-Daulahs retirement from the battlefield

  • because of the capture of a band of Frenchmen under the Nawabs service by the English


because of Clives conspiracy with the Nawabs Commander- in- Chief Mir Jafar and rich bankers of Bengal