Siraj ud-Daulah

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Nawab historical figure monarch

Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nawab of Bengal	2
Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah	1
Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah	1
Siraj	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nawab ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ
allegiance	nominal vassal of the Mughal Emperor ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Siege of Calcutta ⓘ surface form: Black Hole of Calcutta controversy
battleDate	23 June 1757 ⓘ
battleLocation	Palashi ⓘ near Murshidabad ⓘ
birthPlace	Bengal Subah ⓘ Murshidabad ⓘ
birthYear	1733 ⓘ
capitalOfRealm	Murshidabad ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
countryRuled	Bengal Subah ⓘ
currencyUsed	rupee ⓘ
deathDate	2 July 1757 ⓘ
deathPlace	Bengal Subah ⓘ Murshidabad ⓘ
defeatedBy	British East India Company ⓘ Robert Clive ⓘ
dynasty	Najafi dynasty ⓘ
era	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire (late period)
fullName	Siraj ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah
givenName	Siraj ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Siraj
grandfather	Alivardi Khan ⓘ
grandmother	Shah Khanum ⓘ
historicalSignificance	his defeat at Plassey marked the beginning of British political control in Bengal ⓘ his fall is considered a turning point in the establishment of British rule in India ⓘ
honorific	ud-Daulah ⓘ
killedBy	agents of Mir Jafar ⓘ
knownFor	being the last independent Nawab of Bengal ⓘ conflict with the British East India Company ⓘ
languageSpoken	Bengali ⓘ Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
lastIndependentRulerOf	Bengal ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Plassey ⓘ
opponent	British East India Company ⓘ Jagat Seth banking family ⓘ Mir Jafar ⓘ
positionHeld	Nawab of Bengal ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
predecessor	Alivardi Khan ⓘ
reignEnd	23 June 1757 ⓘ
reignStart	9 April 1756 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch	Sunni Islam ⓘ
spouse	Lutfunnisa Begum ⓘ
successor	Mir Jafar ⓘ
territoryIncluded	Bengal ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Orissa ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palashi → battleInvolvedParty → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Battle of Plassey → belligerent → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of Bengal

Battle of Plassey → commander → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Siege of Calcutta → commander → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Siraj ud-Daulah → fullName → Siraj ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah

Siraj ud-Daulah → givenName → Siraj ud-Daulah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siraj

Shah Khanum → grandmotherOf → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Alivardi Khan → grandson → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Shah Khanum → hasRelative → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Nawab of Bengal → hasTitleHolder → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Bengal Subah → keyFigure → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Bengal Subah → lastIndependentNawab → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Najafi dynasty → notableMember → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Mir Jafar → opponent → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Robert Clive → opponent → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Jagat Seth banking family → opposed → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

agents of Mir Jafar → opposed → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

British conquest of Bengal → participant → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Mir Jafar → predecessor → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Siege of Calcutta → primaryOpponentOf → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah

Lutfunnisa Begum → spouseOf → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Alivardi Khan → successor → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

Bengal → wasRegionOf → Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of Bengal