Siraj ud-daula

has biography | a une biographie: Nawab Siraj ud-daula was the last independent ruler of Bengal. After the decline of the Mughal empire, several Mughal provinces had turned into autonomous kingdoms, paying ceremonial deference to the Mughal emperor but managing their own administration, revenues and external affairs. Bengal was one of them. Nawab Siraj ud-daula followed his able grandfather, Ali Vardi Khan, to the throne, and headed into conflict with various factions in his own family and court, powerful Hindu financiers and the increasingly ambitious British East India Company. In 1756, following several instances of diplomatic and legal conflicts with the East India Company, Siraj invaded Calcutta and took over the British settlement, set up in the 1690s with Mughal permission. During the capture, he ordered or neglected to prevent, the imprisonment of several dozen British individuals in a small room overnight, causing many die. This episode, which came to be known to the British as the 'Black Hole of Calcutta' provided justification for intrigue against Siraj, leading ultimately to his military defeat and death in June 1757.
was born | est né: 1733
died in | est mort par: 1757
has association with | a une association avec: Battle of Plassey