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In 1747 the Maratha Empire led by Raghoji I Bhonsle, began to raid, pillage and annex the territories of Alivardi Khan, the Nawab of Bengal.During the Maratha invasion of Odisha, its subedar Mir Jafar and Ataullah the faujdar of Rajmahal completely withdrew all forces until the arrival of Alivardi Khan and the Mughal Army at the Battle of Burdwan where Raghoji I Bhonsle and his Maratha forces ...
Following his death, Sadiq's body was mutilated, exhumed and defiled for over two weeks by the angered general public, including women and children, dismayed at his betrayal of Tipu Sultan, [citation needed] forcing the administration to impose "strong measures".
Some advised him to deliver himself up to the English, but Siraj equated this with treachery. Others proposed he should encourage the army with greater rewards, and this he seemed to approve of. Yet the numbers in his retinue were considerably diminished.
Neolithic: 7600 - 3300 BCE: Bronze Age: 3300 – 1200 BCE Pundra kingdom c.1280 – c. 300 BCE: Iron Age: 1200 – 200 BCE: Vanga kingdom: c.1100 – c. 340 BCE House of Vijaya
Treachery is the betrayal or violation of trust. It may refer to: Treachery (law), an offence in several countries, related to treason; Treachery , the eighth ...
He gave his last will to Umar ibn Sa'd by most accounts, asking him to inform Husayn about the treachery of the Kufans, pay his debts, and bury his corpse. [1] [20] He was then decapitated in public on the roof of the citadel, his head and torso thrown down. The executioner is named Bakr ibn Humran al-Ahmari, whom Muslim had apparently wounded ...
The Treachery Act 1940 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. c. 21) [ 5 ] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom effective during World War II to facilitate the prosecution and execution of enemy spies , suspended afterwards, and repealed in 1968 or 1973, territory depending.
Mir Qasim (d. 8 May 1777) was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. He was installed as Nawab with the support of the British East India Company, replacing Mir Jafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been supported earlier by the East India Company after his role in winning the Battle of Plassey for the British.