Siraj-ud-Daulah: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Siraj al-Dawlah • Mīrza Muḥammad
Born	c.1729
Died	July 2, 1757 or July 3, 1757

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Portrait of Siraj-ud-Daulah

Painting of the Battle of Plassey

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Walter Campbell Short

United States Army officer

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Richard S. Ewell

Confederate general

1st marquess of Hastings, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st marquess of Hastings

British colonial administrator

Tiger of Mysore

Tipu Sultan

sultan of Mysore

Portrait of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore with long wavy hair and a full beard, wearing a simple robe and looking directly at the camera.

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet

Mangal Pandey

Mangal Pandey

Indian soldier

Cariappa, Kodandera Madappa

Kodandera Madappa Cariappa

Indian military officer

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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Indian author

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Hyder Ali

emperor of India

Surendranath Banerjee

Surendranath Banerjee

Indian politician

Painting of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah dressed in opulent courtly attire, holding a falcon on his arm.

Muhammad Shah

Mughal emperor

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Qutb ud-Din Aibak

Muslim ruler of India

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Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām

Ghūrid ruler of India

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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg

American clergyman and politician

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Murtala Ramat Mohammed

head of state of Nigeria

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Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin

French general and diplomat

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William B. Travis

United States military officer

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Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

Mexican military officer

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Isaac Stevens

governor of Washington Territory, United States

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Artemas Ward

United States general