BUXAR, or BAXAR  , a town of India, in the district of Shahabad, Bengal, on the south bank of the Ganges, and on the East Indian railway . Pop . (19o1) 13,945 . There is a dismantled fort of small size which was important from its commanding the Ganges . A celebrated victory was gained here on the 23rd of October 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, whenthe enemy gave way . Pursuit was, however, frustrated by Shuja-ud-Dowlah sacrificing a part of his army to the safety of the remainder . A bridge of boats had been constructed over a stream about 2 M. distant from the field of battle, and this the enemy destroyed before their rear had passed over .