90 Notes on Sirdjuddaulali and the town of MursMddbdd. [No. 2, 



" Clive built Fort William in such a manner that, according to the 

 opinion of the English, it would be impossible to take it, even if 

 the whole of Hindustan united should fight against it." Regarding 

 the mint, he says — 



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" The first English coin was struck on the 19th August, 1757. 

 Although the coins were struck in the name of the Emperor of Hindu- 

 stan, a new method of preparing them, by means of a mould, reminded 

 people of the English. It may be that the coins were at first struck 

 without a mould, according to the custom of the land,* but a change took 

 place in the course of time. Now they have struck coins with the 

 likeness of their own King, William IV. But coins continued long 

 to be issued at their mint in the name of Shah 'Alain, the Indian 

 Emperor ' without hand and foot.' " 



The events before and after the battle of Plassey are described 

 as follows : 



A few letters written by Sirajuddaulah to M. Bussy, in the Dekhan, 

 had been intercepted by the English, and Sirajuddaulah was openly 

 accused of breach of faith. " The wrath of the Nawab at the 

 crooked dealings and slow but steady advance of these foreigners 

 increased daily." Mr. Watts, the English resident at Muishidabad, 

 was threatened. The Nawab went so far, as to tear up before him 



* V. Ain i Akbarf, the 8th Am. 



