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Noun: Siraj ud-Daulah
  1. Indian general and nawab of Bengal who opposed the colonization of India by England; he captured Calcutta in 1756 and many of his prisoners suffocated in a crowded room that became known as the Black Hole of Calcutta; he was defeated at the battle of Plassey by a group of Indian nobles in alliance with Robert Clive (1733-1757)
    - Siraj-ud-daula

Type of: full general, general

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