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 Siraj-ud-daula
      n : 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)