The East India Company's First Bengal War 1756-57
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Before Plassey, there was the siege of Calcutta. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the little-known first Anglo-Bengal War of 1756-57, triggered when the young Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah captured the British settlement of Calcutta and shut them in the infamous Black Hole. Lucas explains how Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson recaptured Calcutta, then struck north to capture the French outpost of Chandernagore. The episode covers the Battle of Plassey's immediate prelude, including the conspiracy with Mir Jafar and the assassination of Calcutta's former governor William Watts. Lucas describes the 48-hour forced march from Calcutta to Plassey, the monsoon rains, and the turning point when Siraj's general Mir Mudan was killed by a stray cannonball. Listeners learn how the East India Company transformed from merchant to military power in Bengal, setting the stage for two centuries of British rule.
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