Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Siraj-ud-Daulah
The correct answer is Siraj-ud-Daulah. - Black Hole incident of Calcutta (Kolkata) describes how British prisoners were held captive by the army of the Nawab of Bengal, for one night, in the 'black hole' of Fort William in Calcutta.
- The total of prisoners shut in the black hole was probably 64, of whom 21 came out alive.
| Mir Zafar | - Mir Zafar was the first Nawab of Bengal under British influence.
- In the Battle of Plassey (1756) he conspired with the British to depose Siraj-Ud-Daulah to become the Nawab himself.
- He also is known as Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa (Nawab of Bengal).
- He signed a pact with Robert Clive to slaughter the Bengal army in the Battle of Plassey to become the Nawab of Bengal. Thus the British won the battle and Mir Zafar became known as Gaddar-e-Abrar, meaning a traitor.
| | Mir Qasim | - His full name was Mir Qasim Ali Khan. He 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 Zafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been supported earlier by the East India Company after his role in the Battle of Plassey.
- Mir Qasim was defeated during the Battle of Murshidabad, Battle of Gherain, and the Battle of Udhwa Nala.
| | Alivardi Khan | - He was the nawab of Bengal who reigned from 1740 to 1756.
- He was one of the Mughal leaders who is known for the victory in the Battle of Burdwan against Maratha at the time of the Maratha invasions of Bengal.
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