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Mir Jafar's Double Betrayal: The Nawab Who Shaped Bengal's Fate
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the tangled legacy of Mir Jafar, the Nawab of Bengal whose deals with the British East India Company at Plassey and Buxar redrew the map of South Asia. They trace his rise from a soldier in the Mughal army to the man who betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah, his brief restoration under the Company, and his final, bewildering switch to the Mughal side at the Battle of Buxar. How did a man so often branded a traitor become a pivot on which empire turned? The conversation digs into the politics of succession, the jagirdari system, and the British policy of…
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