BUXAR or BAXAR, a sub-divisional town of northeastern India, in the Shahabad district of Bihar and Orissa, Bengal, on the south bank of the Ganges, with a station on the East Indian Railway. Pop. (1921) There is a dismantled fort of small size which was important from its commanding the Ganges. A celebrated victory was gained here on Oct. 23, 1764, by the British forces under Major (afterwards Sir Hector) Munro, over the united armies of Shuja-ud-Dowlah and Kasim Ali Khan. The action raged from 9 o'clock till noon, when the enemy gave way. Pursuit was, however, frustrated by Shuja-ud-Dowlah sacri ficing a part of his army to the safety of the remainder. A bridge of boats had been constructed over a stream about 2m. distant from the field of battle, and this the enemy destroyed before their rear had passed over. Through this act 2,000 troops were drowned, or otherwise lost ; but destructive as was this proceeding, it was, said Maj. Munro, " the best piece of generalship Shuja-ud-Dowlah showed that day, because if I had crossed the rivulet with the army, I should either have taken or drowned his whole army in the Karamnasa, and come up with his treasure and jewels, and Kasim Ali Khan's jewels, which I was informed amounted to between two and three millions." See C. E. A. W. Oldham, "The Battle of Buxar," Journal of Bihar and Orissa Research Society (1926) .