Siraj ud-Daulah
Historical Figure

Siraj ud-Daulah

Last independent Nawab (ruler) of Bengal from 1756 to 1757

About Siraj ud-Daulah

Mir Syed Jafar Ali Khan Mirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah, commonly known as Siraj-ud-Daulah or Siraj ud-Daula, was the last independent Nawab of the Bengal Subah. The end of his reign marked the start of the rule of the East India Company over Bengal and later almost all of the Indian subcontinent.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

War1757 CE – 1757 CE

Battle of Plassey

On June 23, 1757, Robert Clive's roughly 3,000-strong East India Company force defeated Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah's much larger Bengal army — largely through a pre-arranged betrayal by Mir Jafar. This battle transformed the British East India Company from a trading firm into a territorial power.