The first Native Ruler who fought British Rule in India

Nawab Sirajuddaula, First Native Ruler who realized the menace latent in British expansion and tried to check it

 Sirajiddaula, Nawab of Bengal was the first native ruler who relised the menace latent in British expansion and tried to check it in its inception. The additional fortification of Calcutta by the British `Provoked the Nawab's wrath '. He marched to Calcutta and captured Fort William on 20, 1756. Due to the great betrayal by his unfaithful General Mir Jafar and a group of wealthy Businessmen and rich financers group under the leader ship of Big Banker Jagth Sethi, got defeat in the battle of Plassey. However Sirajuddaula stood in the annuals of history as a first ruled who challenged the expansionist trends of British and tried to avert the danger to Mother Land. After the battle of plassey, Nawab Mir Qasim fought against the British heroically and got defeat in 1764 at Buxar. The successes in these battles lead the British to capture the states of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. 

Taken from 

Retrieving the Forgotten History :

ROLE OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE 187-214http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1002/2008324065.html

Written by

Syed Naseer Ahamed 

(A historian and author of Several Books)

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