Battle of Phulwari
| Battle of Phulwari | |||||||||
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| Part of Capture of Odisha (1741) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Bengal Subah | Odisha Subah | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Alivardi Khan Sayyid Ahmad Khan Manikchand (AWOL) Mir Jafar Qasim Ali Khan Musaheb Khan Dilir Khan Aslat Khan |
Lutfullah Tabrizi Agha Baqer Khan (WIA) Allauddin Muhammad Khan Abed Khan Mukhlis Ali Khan Muqarrab Khan Mujtaba Ali † Mir Ali Akbar † Mir Abdul Aziz † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 10,000 or 12,000 |
Unknown soldiers 300 cannons | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
300 killed All artilleries captured | ||||||||
The Battle of Phulwari on 3 March 1741 was a decisive engagement at the plains of Phulwari, near Balasore in present-day Odisha in Eastern India. In 1740 A.D. Alivardi Khan became the Nawab Bengal Subah deposing Sarfaraz Khan in the Battle of Giria. Lutfullah Tabrizi also known as Rustam Jang and Murshid Quli II, the Deputy Governor of Odisha, refused to accept Alivardi's suzerainty. He sought to avenge his brother-in-law Sarfaraz Khan and asserted independence. This ensued conflict between the two and Alivardi's forces clashed with Lutfullah Tabrizi's in a battle in the plains of Phulwari. Faced with betrayals, and a fierce counterattack led by Mir Jafar, the battle ended in Lutfullah Tabrizi's defeat, the death of key commanders, and the severe wounding of his son-in-law Mirza Baqar, solidifying Alivardi's control over Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha.