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The Siege of Krishnanagar: Bengal's Forgotten Tragedy
In 1763, just two years after the Battle of Plassey, the British East India Company faced a crisis that nearly destroyed its rule in Bengal. While historians focus on Mir Qasim’s defeat at Buxar, fewer remember the brutal siege of Krishnanagar, where Nawab Mir Kasim sought refuge with his ally, Maharaja Krishna Chandra Roy. The city fell to Robert Clive’s forces in a massacre that left thousands dead and shattered the remaining political autonomy of Bengali nobility. This episode explores the human cost of imperial consolidation through the eyes of those who survived it. We examine the…
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