Yesterdate: This day from Kolkata’s past, February 5, 1757
In the early hours of this day, Robert Clive led a British army attack on the forces of Nawab Siraj-ud- Daulah in Calcutta ...
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Difference Between Battle of Plassey and Battle of Buxar
The Battle of Plassey occurred on June 23, 1757, between the forces of the British East India Company under Robert Clive and the Bengal Army of the Mughal Empire led by Siraj-ud-Daulah ...
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Who was Fort William in Kolkata named after, and why it needed renaming
Fort William in Kolkata, the headquarters of the Indian Army's Eastern Command, has been renamed Vijay Durg. The fort was ...
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RA Collections Decolonial Research: Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Pocket Books
Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of ...
‘Beggar’s Bedlam’: Nabarun Bhattacharya’s defiant, magic realist novel about class clashes in Bengal
Rijula Das’s translation brings alive Bhattacharya’s carnivalesque, ensuring the reader does not miss either the nuances or ...
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KS3 History: The Seven Years War
In 1756, his great adversary was the Moghul ruler, or Nawab, of Bengal. Siraj ud Daulah an ally of the French - loathed the British and bitterly resented the Company’s hold on Calcutta.
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Reetwika Banerjee: A Trailblazer in Cyber Security and Creative Excellence
Reetwika said to us. Reetwika’s most critically acclaimed book, The Secret Murder Witness of Siraj-ud-Daulah, is a historical thriller that revolves around a pivotal moment in Indian history—the 1757 ...