'Escape of Suraja Dowla from Plassey', 1757 (c1912). Artist: Unknown.

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'Escape of Suraja Dowla from Plassey', 1757 (c1912). 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. From The Romance of India, edited by Herbert Strang. [Hodder & Stoughton, London, c1912]

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