बंगाल के नवाब || सिराजुद्दौला || की अनसुनी कहानी || Nawab || Siraj || Ud-Daulah || plassey war ||
बंगाल का इतिहास बदलने वाले प्लासी युद्ध के बारे में कम लोग ही जानते होंगे. इस युद्ध में भयानक हार के बाद नवाब सिराजुद्दौला, आजाद बंगाल के अंतिम नवाब और उनके परिवार के किसी भी सदस्य की जानकारी महज एक रहस्य बन कर रह गयी है. क्या हमने कभी सोचा है कि उनका परिवार जिन्दा बच पाया था या नहीं? क्या सिराज के वंशज इस युद्ध के साथ ही ख़त्म हो गये थे? यह कुछ ऐसे सवाल हैं, जिन पर चर्चा जरुरी है. तो आईये बात करते हैं नवाब सिराजुद्दौला और उनके परिवार के अनसुने इतिहास के बारे में:
Mirza Muhammad Siraj ud-Daulah (Urdu: میرزا محمد سراج الدولہ, Bengali: নবাব মীর্জা মোহাম্মেদ সিরাজউদ্দৌলা), more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah[a] (1733 – 2 July 1757), was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal and later almost all of South Asia.
Siraj succeeded his maternal grandfather, Alivardi Khan as the Nawab of Bengal in April 1756 at the age of 23. Betrayed by Mir Jafar, then commander of Nawab's army, Siraj lost the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. The forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive invaded and the administration of Bengal fell into the hands of the Company.
Siraj, as the direct political disciple of his grandfather, was aware of the global British interest in colonization and hence, resented the British politico-military presence in Bengal represented by the British East India Company. He was annoyed at the company's alleged involvement with and instigation of some members of his own court in a conspiracy to oust him. His charges against the company were mainly threefold. Firstly, that they strengthened the fortification around the Fort William without any intimation and approval; secondly, that they grossly abused the trade privileges granted to them by the Mughal rulers, which caused heavy loss of customs duties for the government; and thirdly, that they gave shelter to some of his officers, for example Krishnadas, son of Rajballav, who fled Dhaka after misappropriating government funds. Hence, when the East India Company started further enhancement of military preparedness at Fort William in Calcutta, Siraj asked them to stop. The Company did not heed his directives, so Siraj-ud Daulah retaliated and captured Kolkata (Shortly renamed as Alinagar) from the British in June 1756.The Nawab gathered his forces together and took Fort William. The captives were placed in the cell as a temporary holding by a local commander, but there was confusion in the Indian chain of command, and the captives were unintentionally left there overnight, and many died. A British account of the number who died may be overstated.
Sir William Meredith, during the Parliamentary inquiry into Robert Clive's actions in India, vindicated Siraj ud-Daulah of any charges surrounding the Black Hole incident: A peace was however agreed upon with Siraj ud -Dowlah, who generously condoned and pardoned the aggressive excesses of the officials and subordinates of the British East India Company, towards the authority and power of the Nawab Of Bengal, and the persons who went as ambassadors to confirm that peace, formed a conspiracy, by which he was deprived of his kingdom and his life.[5]
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