317 of you were the nawab of Bengal, how
would you deal with the situating
created because of the treachery of
Mio Jafar ?
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Answer:
He bears the burden of his name like a cross. Two centuries after his forefather Mir Jafar earned the sobriquet of namak haram for handing over Bengal to the British, Syed Mohammed Reza Ali Khan, 48, is fighting to erase the stamp of treachery from the family name.
An influential aide of Siraj-ud-daulah, Bengal's last independent nawab, Mir Jafar refused to help the besieged nawab during the Battle of Plassey in 1757, paving the way for British rule in India.
Nearly 250 years later, the ignominy still stings. Derisive remarks are often made about Khan being a traitor. Conversation stops when acquaintances hear about Khan's background. And tourists to the historical sites in Murshidabad flock to his doorstep only to mock him contemptuously.
When he was young he often lost his temper when tourists would spit on Mir Jafar's grave. So universally defiled has the name become that anyone accused of betrayal is now dubbed Mir Jafar