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Mir Jafar

1691 - 1765

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Mir Jafar (c. 1691 – 5 February 1765), was a commander-in-chief or military general who reigned as the first dependent Nawab of Bengal of the British East India Company. His reign has been considered by many historians as the start of the expansion of British control of the Indian subcontinent in Indian history and a key step in the eventual British domination of vast areas of pre-partition India. He is best known for his betrayal of Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah (Nawab of Bengal, Murshidabad, Bengal, now West Bengal) in the Battle of Plassey (Nadia district, Bengal, now West Bengal). Mir Jafar served as the commander of the Bengali army under Siraj ud-Daulah, but betrayed him during the Battle of Plassey and ascended to the masnad after the British victory in 1757. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mir Jafar is the 10,958th most popular politician (down from 7,423rd in 2019), the 401st most popular biography from India (down from 244th in 2019) and the 131st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mir Jafar ranks 10,958 out of 19,576. Before her are Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara, Florencio Campomanes, Ismail II of Granada, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine, Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland, and Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha. After her are Azem Galica, Charles J. Guiteau, Michael Sata, Obelerio degli Antenori, Aznar Galíndez II, and Eloy Alfaro.

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Among people born in 1691, Mir Jafar ranks 8. Before her are Philip Miller, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Edward Cave, and Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz. After her are Francesco Feo, Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Alessandro Galilei, and George Lillo. Among people deceased in 1765, Mir Jafar ranks 17. Before her are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Carl Alexander Clerck, Edward Young, Johan Agrell, and Johann Melchior Molter. After her are William Stukeley, Richard Pococke, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, and Prokop Diviš.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mir Jafar ranks 401 out of 1,861. Before her are Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), K. Kamaraj (1903), Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794), Jaimini (-390), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), and Lahiri Mahasaya (1828). After her are Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), P. Chidambaram (1945), Suriya (1975), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), M. Karunanidhi (1924), and Tarun Gogoi (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Mir Jafar ranks 131. Before her are Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861), Guru Hargobind (1595), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), K. Kamaraj (1903), Nasir-ud-Daulah (1794), and Lahiri Mahasaya (1828). After her are P. Chidambaram (1945), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), Tarun Gogoi (1936), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), Rana Sanga (1482), and Motilal Nehru (1861).

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