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Thanks to Sankar Kumar Ray for discussing quite a bit of history on my little comments on Siraz-ud-Doula. However, Mr. Ray did not really refute my statements that "Nawab Siraj-ud-Doula was a spoiled prince/king." and that "he was not a leader of the grass-root people of Bengal."
Of course, I was criticizing the video series that was showing Siraj and Mujib at the same level. My point was that Mujib was a people's leader, Siraj was not; and that in spite of all his limitations, Mujib was a much greater leader for Bengal than Siraj was. I have not gone beyond that point on Mujib/Siraj in my last post.
Now to discuss the history a bit more, I can see that the British found it advantageous to portray Siraj as a "spoiled prince/king." However, they and the Indians who say that do have a historical basis, as even some of the citations by Mr. Ray support that. By the way, not all Indians that think that Siraj was a "spoiled prince/king" were supporters of the British rule in India.
I am not a student of History. My knowledge of history is very limited. However, I try to be factual, and write less based upon my limited knowledge. By the way, Mr. Ray called me Professor Bain. To clarify, let me write a few sentences about myself.
I received a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1987, taught for about nine years at three universities, worked in the pharmaceutical industry for about nine years, and now work for the federal government; all in the USA. Thus, I have been away from my professorial credentials for quite a while. Calling me Dr. Bain is probably more appropriate than Professor Bain.
Now, going back to talking about Mujib and Siraj, I see Mujib's assassination in 1975 as a much bigger setback for Bangladesh than the murder of Siraj in 1757 was for Bengal. I would much appreciate if Mr. Ray would shed some light on that with historical facts, including correcting me if I am wrong.
Sukhamaya Bain
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