Siraj-ud-daula
1728?–57, nawab of Bengal 1756–57.
- Also Surajah Dowlah.
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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.
Three Frenchmen in Bengal | S.C. HillSiraj-ud-daula suffered great defeat at hands of Clive, 1757.
A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia | J. G. BartholomewAs a foreigner, I was naturally more bold and said what I thought to Siraj-ud-daula.
Three Frenchmen in Bengal | S.C. HillSiraj-ud-daula, though he did not yet know it, was a ruined man when he returned to his capital.
Three Frenchmen in Bengal | S.C. HillWe shall now pass to what went on in Siraj-ud-daula's Court and capital.
Three Frenchmen in Bengal | S.C. Hill
British Dictionary definitions for Siraj-ud-daula
/ (sɪˈrɑːdʒʊdˈdaʊlə) /
?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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