Siraj-ud-daula

[ si-rahj-ood-dou-luh ]

noun

1. 1728?–57, nawab of Bengal 1756–57.

Siraj-ud-daula

/ sɪˈrɑːdʒʊdˈdaʊlə /

noun

1. Siraj-ud-daula?17281757MIndianPOLITICS: leader ?1728–57, Indian leader who became the Great Mogul's deputy in Bengal (1756); opponent of English colonization. He captured Calcutta (1756) from the English and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta. He was defeated (1757) by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive

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We have seen in a previous chapter the real reasons why Law was unable to rejoin Siraj-ud-daula in time for the battle.

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Siraj-ud-Daula suffered great defeat at hands of Clive, 1757.

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As a foreigner, I was naturally more bold and said what I thought to Siraj-ud-daula.

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Siraj-ud-daula, though he did not yet know it, was a ruined man when he returned to his capital.

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We shall now pass to what went on in Siraj-ud-daula's Court and capital.

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