Nawab Siraj-u-Daulah
Real name was mirza Mohammad. His grandfather Nawab Ali Wardi Khan who was the Nazim-e-Ala of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa in those days. I gave him the title of Siraj-ud-Dawla, after which he became more famous than his name. He was educated and trained in a very beautiful and excellent way. Nawab Wardi Ali Khan's ego was not big so he raised Siraj-ud-Daulah like his own children. In 1191/1748AH, Siraj-ud-Daulah's father was killed by the Pathans of Darbhanga, after which Ali Vardi Khan appointed him Nazim of Bihar and even before his death, Siraj-ud-Daulah was crowned on 9 April 1756. After the death of Ali Vardi Khan, As soon as Siraj-ud-Daulah took his seat, he supported his uncle solat jang's son Shaukat jang. Shaukat Jang was the chief of these forces, and called himself Bangal , Bihar and Urisa, but the British backed Shaukat Jang, which led Siraj-ud-Daulah to return to Fort William. Until then, the people did not have the right to fortify their occupied territories in Bengal, but after the British captured the fort of kolkata, they continued to take military action there. Recently, Krishan Das, the son of the Diwan of Dhaka, was also sheltered by the British even though he was accused of embezzling Rs. 53 lakh from the exchequer.
Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah also sent his letter to the Governor of Fort William on this occasion and demanded that Fort william council immediately stop further increase in fortifications that have been built around the city and send Krishna das back, but the British refused to accept the demands of its settlements. After that, the Nawab also banned the departure of British ships from the port of hagli And sent troops to besiege the Qasim Bazaar factory, which did its job well. On June 3, Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah himself reached the power port.
He wrote a letter to Waliam wats to appear before the Nawab, after which he appeared before Siraj-ud-Daulah. The Nawab rebuked the British. Watts took a pragmatic and accepted all the demands of the Nawab. But company refused to listen to him and Drake prepared the army and sent it to the Sikh Sagar and Qila police station. This army was defeated by both the armies of Jaga Nawab. Then, on 16 June, Nawab, accompanied by thirty thousand soldiers, appeared before Fort William. There was a fierce battle between the two armies. English troops retreated. The British escaped with their wives and children aboard. Drake himself ran away, after which Hallwell took the place of the drake and announced to join the Nawab. So on June 20, all the British troops surrendered. Thus the armies of Nawab Siraj al-Daulah easily entered Fort William. After conquering Fort William, on 16 October 1756, Siraj-ud-Daulah, with the help of Raja Ram Narain, defeated Shaukat Jang at Minhari. Shaukat Jang was killed in this battle. After this, the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah also conquered the territory of kolkata and Purnia but the internal and external enemies continued their activities. At the same time from madras to colonel clive and watson began to occupy different areas with land and sea army. Raja Manak Ram also did not resist the British. Similarly, it became easier to capture kolkata.
When Nawab wanted to turn to kolkata the traitors meer jaffar, dileep raam and bhagat saith started delivering these messages to the British. On the other hand, the news of Ahmad Shah Abdali's attack was enough to upset the Nawab. Therefore, Siraj-ud-Daulah signed Mujahid Ali nagar in February 1757, as a result of which all the possessions of Bengal were returned to his company. In addition, as a ransom, the British were given the rights of coinage and fortifications, but this proved to be temporary and five months later this agreement be finished. At that time war had started in Europe. Which lasted for seven years. The British began to occupy the French possessions against the will of the Nawab. Even after this, the French came to seek refuge with the Nawab, who was asked to return by the British. The Nawab refused to give them. During this time, the British completed the instrument with Mir Jafar. Thus, the British war with the Nawab was inevitable and on June 13, clive invaded the northern areas. Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah, in case of any resistance,Qutwa handed over to the British. Most of the army was under the traitor of Mir Jafar. The Nawab besieged the British army, but the besieged army was Mir Jafar's companion who had secretly met the british. Therefore, as soon as the war started, he had to suffer heavy losses. Nawab's confidant and salt colleague Meer meden was martyred while fighting. By evening, Nawab had also come to know about Mir jafar's betrayal. So he escaped and reached Murshadabad. Mir Jafar used the British and the famous water war came to an abrupt end. After this battle, Mir Jafar arrested Siraj-ud-Dawl and tortured him to death.
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