| Names |
MIR JAFAR |
| Date of
Birth |
1691 (Date not
known) |
| Date of
Death |
February 5, 1765 |
| Identity |
His name is
synonymous with TRAITOR |
| General |
- His full name is Mir Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur.
- He is the second son of Sayyid Ahmad Najafi, the first
Nawab of Bengal under Company rule in India.
- He rose to power after betraying Nawab Siraj-Ud-Daulah
at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
- His rule is widely considered the start of British rule
in India and was a key step in the eventual British
domination of the subcontinent.
- His lust to become Nawab of Bengal led him to make a
secret pact with Robert Clive and surrender to slaughter the
Army of Bengal in Plassey, withholding his division from the
fighting.
- Thus the British won the battle and established their
rule in India.
- For this act the word "Mir Jafar" is now synonymous with
"traitor" and he has been infamously called Gaddar-e-Abrar
("Betrayer of the true Faith") in Hindi and Urdu.
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