Mir Jafar - Story Of Filthy Traitor

Mir Jafar served as the commander of the Bengali army under Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, but betrayed him during the Battle of Plassey and succeeded Daulah after the British victory in 1757.

Mir jafar did not take part in the battle of plassey because he was promised by britishers that they will made him the nawab.

Mir Jafar became ruler of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. With the assistance of the British under Robert Clive, Jafar succeeded Siraj-Ud-Daulah as the eighth Nawab of Bengal. In return for British help in the plot that brought him the throne, Mir Jafar was obliged to cede some territory around Calcutta, to confirm and strengthen British commercial privileges, and to make huge public and private payments as rewards and indemnities to his British allies. These payments led to the state's financial ruin and his authority quickly eroded. After Clive's departure in 1760, Jafar made concessions to the British that led to his financial and political downfall. At his death he was addicted to opium and suffered from leprosy.