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Mir Madan

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Mir Madan
Tomb of Mir Madan
Died(1757-06-23)23 June 1757
Palashi
BuriedFarid Khan's Dargah, Faridpur, Murshidabad District, India

Mir Madan (died 23 June 1757) was one of the most trusted officers and chief of the artillery of Nawab Siraj Ud Dowla of the Bengal Subah.[1] He died in the Battle of Plassey.[2][3]

Early life

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At first, Mir Madan worked in Jahangirnagar under Hossain Kuli Khan's nephew, Hasan-Uddin Khan. Nawab Alivardi Khan preferred him due to his good performance, trustworthiness, and brought him in Murshidabad.[4] Here, he got the title of 'Bakshi' (Paymaster of the army). Subsequently, he occupied the post of Chief Artillery in Nawab Siraj-Ud-Doula's army.[2][5]

ASI display board of Tomb of Mir Madan

Death

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On 23 June 1757, in the infamous Battle of Plassey, Mir Madan and Diwan Mohanlal fought for the Nawab whereas Commander-in-chief Mir Jafar and others remained standstill. In fact, Madan's troop caused a serious pressure on the force of the East India Company. At 2 pm on that day, he was mortally wounded by a British cannonball and died.[6] His two fellow fighters, Nawe Singh Hajari and Bahadur Khan, also died.[2]

Tomb

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Some cadres of his troop buried him secretly in what is now called the Tomb of Mir Madan in Faridpur village, Murshidabad district (P.S. Rejinagar) near the Palashi battlefield. This place is known as Farid Shah's Dargah (Mosque).[7][8] At present, his tomb is under supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India.[9][10]

References

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  1. ↑ Wilson, Charles Robert (1906). Old Fort William in Bengal: A Selection of Official Documents Dealing with Its History. J. Murray.
  2. 1 2 3 Subodhchandra Sengupta; Anjali Basu (2002). Sansad Bengali Charitavidhan (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 417. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
  3. ↑ Visvanathan Sivam. "Battle of Plassey June 1757". Salem-News.Com. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  4. ↑ Khan, S. Md Reza Ali (1975). The Murshidabad Guide: A Brief Historical Survey of Murshidabad, from 1704 to 1969. Sk. Pear Mohammed.
  5. ↑ "In Plassey, West Bengal, Whose Mir Jafar Lives on in Politics". The Wire. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  6. ↑ "Post-Plassey Retaliation And Recent Violent Change In Three South Asian States". Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Amin, Sk Abdul (2019-07-02). "The Real 'Heroes' of the Battle of Plassey". PeepulTree Live History India. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
  8. ↑ Calcutta Review. University of Calcutta. 1892.
  9. ↑ Atul Ch. Roy (1996). Bharater Itihas (in Bengali). Kolkata: Prantik. p. 234.
  10. ↑ Circle, Archæological Survey of India Eastern (1915). Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, Eastern Circle, for ... Bengal Secretariat Book Departmentôt.
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