Palashi

Also known as Plassey, Palasi

Key facts

Settlement.name: Palashi
Settlement.other_name: Plassey
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Plassey Railway Station display.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Plassey railway station
Settlement.pushpin_map: India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nadia
Settlement.governing_body: Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 17
Settlement.population_total: 19,984
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011

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Wikidata facts

Population: 17948
Elevation: 17
Image: Plassey Railway Station display.jpg
Households: 3418
Dialing code: 91 3474

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postal code: 741156
Commons category: Palashi
female population: 8488
male population: 9460
illiterate population: 10083
literate population: 7865

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Etymology
History
Geography
Location
Area overview
Demographics
Transportation
Culture and memorials
References

Palashi or Plassey () is a town on the east bank of Bhagirathi River, located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of Krishnanagar in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia district of West Bengal, India.

It is particularly well known due to the Battle of Plassey fought there in June 1757, between the private army of the British East India Company and the army of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal.