COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Shah Alam II
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Mir Jafar
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Shuja-ud-Daulah
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shuja-ud-Daula (b. 19 January 1732 – d. 26 January 1775) was the Subedar and Nawab of Oudh and the Vizier of Delhi from 5 October 1754 to 26 January 1775.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shuja-ud-Daula served as the Subedar and Nawab of Oudh as well as the Vizier of Delhi from 5th October 1754 until his death on 26th January 1775. He was born on 19 January 1732. Ahmad Shah Bahadur selected Shuja-ud-Daula, a son of Mughal Grand Vizier Safdarjung.
Detailed explanation-3: -Saadat Ali Khan I, the first Nawab of Awadh, who laid the foundation of that state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wajid Ali Shah, the then Nawab, was imprisoned, and then exiled by the company to Calcutta (Bengal). In the subsequent Revolt of 1857, his 14-year-old son Birjis Qadra son of Begum Hazrat Mahal was crowned ruler, and Sir Henry Lawrence killed in the hostilities.