Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar
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Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar was an 18th-century ruler of Bengal best known for his role in the Battle of Plassey and his controversial alliance with the British East India Company, which marked a turning point in colonial rule in India.
All labels observed (1)
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| Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7991800 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar Context triple: [Shuja-ud-Daula, conflictWith, Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar]
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Nawab of Bengal
The Nawab of Bengal was the hereditary ruler of the Bengal Subah under the Mughal Empire and later a semi-independent monarch who controlled one of the wealthiest and most strategically important regions in early modern South Asia.
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Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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Shuja-ud-Daula
Shuja-ud-Daula was the Nawab of Awadh in the mid-18th century, known for his significant role in North Indian politics and his alliance against the British East India Company.
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D.
Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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E.
Nawab of Dhaka
The Nawab of Dhaka was the hereditary aristocratic title of the leading Muslim noble family of Dhaka, historically influential in the politics and society of Bengal under British rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar Target entity description: Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar was an 18th-century ruler of Bengal best known for his role in the Battle of Plassey and his controversial alliance with the British East India Company, which marked a turning point in colonial rule in India.
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A.
Nawab of Bengal
The Nawab of Bengal was the hereditary ruler of the Bengal Subah under the Mughal Empire and later a semi-independent monarch who controlled one of the wealthiest and most strategically important regions in early modern South Asia.
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B.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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C.
Shuja-ud-Daula
Shuja-ud-Daula was the Nawab of Awadh in the mid-18th century, known for his significant role in North Indian politics and his alliance against the British East India Company.
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D.
Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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E.
Nawab of Dhaka
The Nawab of Dhaka was the hereditary aristocratic title of the leading Muslim noble family of Dhaka, historically influential in the politics and society of Bengal under British rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
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Instruction
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Subject: Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar Description of subject: Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar was an 18th-century ruler of Bengal best known for his role in the Battle of Plassey and his controversial alliance with the British East India Company, which marked a turning point in colonial rule in India.
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