Siraj-ud-daula

Siraj-ud-daula [sɪˈrɑːdʒʊdˈdaʊlə]

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(Biographies / Siraj-ud-daula (?1728-1757) M, Indian, POLITICS: 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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Siraj-ud-daula - Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1728-1757)