Consider the following statements about the significance of the Battle of Plassey:

1. The Battle established the military supremacy of the English in Bengal.

2. The English obtained a grant of territories for the maintenance of a properly equipped military force.

3. It exposed the sub-continent’s internal conflicts, destroying the native dynasties then in power and also the economy of imperial Bengal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

• The Battle of Plassey was fought between Siraj-ud-daula, the nawab of Bengal, and the English Company in 1757.
• The Battle of Plassey had political significance for it laid the foundation of the British Empire in India. It has been rightly regarded as the starting point of British rule in India.
• The battle established the military supremacy of the English in Bengal. Their main rivals, the French, were ousted. They obtained a grant of territories for the maintenance of a properly equipped military force and their prestige increased manifold. But, there was no apparent change in the form of government, though the supreme control of affairs passed to Clive, on whose support the new nawab, Mir Jafar, was entirely dependent for maintaining his newly acquired position.
• The sovereignty of the English over Calcutta was recognised and the English posted a Resident at the nawab’s court.
• It also exposed the sub-continent’s internal conflicts, destroying the native dynasties then in power and also the economy of imperial Bengal.

Note: Much propagated ‘Black Hole Tragedy’ is related to the Battle of Plassey. Siraj-ud-daula is believed to have imprisoned 146 English persons, who were lodged in a very tiny room due to which 123 of them died of suffocation.