Nawab Sirajuddaulah

Bengali folk drama

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In South Asian arts: Bangladesh
…example of the latter is Nawab Sirajuddaulah, which deals with the fall of the last Muslim ruler of Bengal in 1757 through betrayal by his ambitious brother-in-law Mīr Jaʿfar, who joined the British. This jatra is popular with both rural and urban audiences. Tales of Muslim kings and lovers from…
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