Siraj-ud-daula

[ si-rahj-oo d-dou-luh ]

/ sɪˈrɑdʒ ʊdˈdaʊ lə /

noun

1728?–57, nawab of Bengal 1756–57.

Also Surajah Dowlah.

Example sentences from the Web for siraj-ud-daula

Siraj-ud-daula, though he did not yet know it, was a ruined man when he returned to his capital.

Three Frenchmen in Bengal |S.C. Hill
Siraj-ud-daula had not even yet learned the folly of his double policy.

Three Frenchmen in Bengal |S.C. Hill
As a foreigner, I was naturally more bold and said what I thought to Siraj-ud-daula.

Three Frenchmen in Bengal |S.C. Hill
Siraj-ud-Daula suffered great defeat at hands of Clive, 1757.

A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia |J. G. Bartholomew

We shall now pass to what went on in Siraj-ud-daula's Court and capital.

Three Frenchmen in Bengal |S.C. Hill

British Dictionary definitions for siraj-ud-daula

Siraj-ud-daula

/ (sɪˈrɑːdʒʊdˈdaʊlə) /

noun

?1728–57, Indian leader who became the Great Mogul's deputy in Bengal (1756); opponent of English colonization. He captured Calcutta (1756) from the English and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta. He was defeated (1757) by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive

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