Siraj-ud-daula
n 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 (1728-1757)