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Buxar
 
 
or Baksr (both: bksär´) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 55,660), Bihar state, E central India. A British victory at Buxar in 1764 assured British control of the Bengal area. In Hindu mythology, it is connected to the god Rama.
 
 
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