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The 1760 Battle of Udaynala: Bengal's Last Afghan Stand
When the Mughal Empire crumbled in Bengal, a clan of Afghan chieftains carved out their own dominion in the dense forests of the Sundarbans. In 1760, as the British East India Company tightened its grip after Plassey, these 'Mughal bandits' made a desperate last stand at the fortress of Udaynala. This episode tells the story of the Khwaja family — Khwaja Askar, Khwaja Wajid, and the warrior-poet Khwaja Haider — who for a decade ruled a riverine kingdom from their mud-walled fort, minting their own coins and defying both the Nawab of Bengal and the Company. We explore their alliance…
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