Siraj-ud-daula

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. Hill
Siraj-ud-Daula suffered great defeat at hands of Clive, 1757.
A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia|J. G. Bartholomew
As a foreigner, I was naturally more bold and said what I thought to Siraj-ud-daula.
Three Frenchmen in Bengal|S.C. Hill
Siraj-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. Hill

We 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

Siraj-ud-daula

/ (sɪˈrɑːdʒʊdˈdaʊlə) /

noun

?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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