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State of Honi^'.il -Ailmiiiiatnitiou ul J.-illit-r Kliau, Sliujah-u-din Khau, Serferaz Rlrtii,
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CITAPTER IX.
Stiijijah Dowlah, N.bob of Bengal — His early career — First acts of his government— A rival claimant — His expedition against Piirneah — His suHpicion and hatred of the East India Company — The factory of Cossimhazar seized and plundered — Calcutta besieged and taken — The horrors of the Black Hole, '/.iO
CHAPTER X.
Deliberations at Madras — Armament sails for Bengal — Recapture of Calcutta — Naval and military operations — Treaty of peace with the nabob — Capture of the French factory at Chaudernagore — Recommencement of Iiostilities — Conspiracy to depose the nabob — The battle of Plassey, 547
CHAPTER XI.
Position of affairs in the Caruatic — Desultory warfare — Arrival of a French squadron — Lally, commander-in-chief of French forces — Naval action — Siege and capture of Fort St. David — Siege of Taujore — Siege of Madras — French reverses — Forde in the Northern Circars —Battle of Waudiwash — Siege and capture of Pondicherry — Destruction of Fz-ench interests in the Deccan, ....... 594
CHAPTER XIT.
Meer Jaffier nabob, and Clive governor of Bengal — Attempt upon it by the Mogul'-s son — Hostilities with the Dutch— Departure of Clive— His successors, Holwell and Vansittart — Meer Jaffier deposed, and Meer Cossim appointed nabob — ^leer Cossim deposed, and Meer Jaffier reinstated — Nugum-ud-Dowlah titular nabob— Clive's second government — Dewannee of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa granted to the Company, .............. 645
