We all know Siraj-ud-daulah lost the Battle of Plassey. How did he escape afterwards? An excerpt from ‘Plassey: The Battle That Changed the Course of Indian History’, by Sudeep Chakravarti.

On this day, Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah was at the gates of Fort William in Calcutta with an army of 50,000 soldiers, 50 cannons and 500 elephants. By that time the British had retreated to the ...

On this day, news of Calcutta’s capture by Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah reached the East India Company in Madras (now Chennai) Chandrima S. Bhattacharya Published 16.08.24, 07:54 AM Siraj-ud-Daulah File ...

The HC directive came during the hearing of a PIL filed by the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah Smriti Surakkha Trust. The trust has sought the preservation of 9-10 bighas, which, it claimed, was left and ...