Original upload date: Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:28:04 GMT
The reign of Siraj-ud-daulla (1756-57) marked the entry of the British into the subcontinent's affairs. The nawab, peeved by the persistent British defiance of his wishes, marched to Calcutta and drov
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e the British out of Fort Williams to their ships offshore. What followed was the 'Black Hole' incident, in which numerous English captives died of suffocation in a jail cell. Months later, the British, led by Robert Clive, retook Calcutta and plotted with Mir Jafar, Siraj-ud-Daula's general, to overthrow and assassinate the nawab in 1757 after the battle of Plassey (now Palashi)
