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The Tiger of Bengal: Mughal-Born Rebel Siraj-ud-Daulah
We've talked around Siraj-ud-Daulah in several episodes—as Alivardi Khan's grandson, as the nawab who lost Plassey, as the figure in the Black Hole controversy. But who was he actually? This episode pulls together the fragmentary Persian and British accounts to trace his life from a Mughal prince born in Murshidabad to a twenty-three-year-old ruler facing a conspiracy of his own court, the East India Company, and the Jagat Seth banking family. We walk through the siege of Calcutta, the famous 'Black Hole' (and what really happened), the betrayal at Plassey, and the murky…
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