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Mirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah (1733 – 2 July 1757), commonly known as Siraj-ud-Daulah or Siraj ud-Daula, was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of the rule of the East India Company over Bengal and later almost all of the Indian subcontinent .
Jul 21, 2018 · Siraj ud-Daulah was one of the most famous and the last self-governing Nawab of Bengal. Under his reign, which lasted from April 9, 1756 to June 23, 1757, Siraj ud-Daulah stood his ground against the ‘British East India Company,’ which had begun capturing parts of Bengal.
Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah, more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah (1733 – July 2, 1757), was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of British East India Company 's rule over Bengal and later almost all of South Asia .
Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at Plassey in 1757 and captured Calcutta. [2] The battle was preceded by an attack on British-controlled Calcutta by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah and the Black Hole massacre. The British sent reinforcements under Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson from Madras to Bengal and recaptured Calcutta.
Siraj-ud-Daulah, who reigned for around 15 months, was assassinated in prison days later at the instruction of Mir Jafar, his general and the leader of the conspirators whom the British placed on...
The Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, aimed to seize Calcutta to punish the company for the unauthorised construction of fortifications at Fort William. Siraj ud-Daulah caught the Company unprepared and won a decisive victory.
Jan 21, 2020 · We all know Siraj-ud-daulah lost the Battle of Plassey. How did he escape afterwards? An excerpt from ‘Plassey: The Battle That Changed the Course of Indian History’, by Sudeep Chakravarti.
May 2, 2024 · In June 1757, a battle played out between the British and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah along the banks of the Hooghly River in Bengal and became a turning point in the history of modern India.
Mîrzâ Mohammad Sirâjud Dawla, more popularly known as Siraj-Ud-Daulah, (1733 – July 2, 1757) was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The end of his reign marks the start of British East India Company rule in India.
Siraj-ud-daulah was to acquire much notoriety both among the British and the Indians. He was to succeed as the Nawab of Bengal in April 1756 at the age of 27. “Siraj-ud-daula has been pictured”, says the biographer of his vanquisher, Lord Clive, “as a monster of vice, cruelty and depravity.
