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Updated: May 23, 2025
The Nawab, on February 11th, began his return march to his capital, previously commissioning Omichand, in whose garden the late battle had been fought, to propose a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, with the English.
Desmond entered the room just in time to hear Clive say to Scrafton: "It is now time to undeceive Omichand." Mr. Scrafton went up to the Sikh, and said quietly in Hindustani: "Omichand, the red paper is a trick: you are to have nothing." Omichand stood for a moment dazed: then he fell back in a faint and was carried by his attendants from the room.
He therefore descended to a trick which, whatever may be urged in its defense the proved treachery of Omichand, the customs of the country, the utter want of scruple shown by the natives in their dealings must ever remain a blot on a great man's fame.
There is some ground, however, for supposing that the original suggestion emanated from Jaggat Seth, a wealthy banker, who had received personal insults from the Nawab. Another person of considerable weight who was also implicated in the plot was Omichand, the wealthy Hindu in whose garden the Nawab's camp had been pitched on that foggy night in February when Clive marched through it.
But before Clive could open hostilities, he was required, by an old arrangement with the Mogul, to obtain permission from the Nawab. This permission was at length got from him by Omichand. The sack of Calcutta by the Nawab had caused Omichand great loss, and, hoping in part to retrieve it, he made his peace with Clive and the Council, and was then selected to accompany Mr.
Merriman is ignorant of it: Coja Solomon has lately become the agent of Omichand, whose peons have been seen to visit him, then passing on to Murshidabad. I happen to know also that he has communicated with Coja Wajid: do you know anything of him?" "No, sir; I have never heard his name." "He's a rich Armenian trader in Hugli, and acts as agent between the Nawab and the French and Dutch.
The men are badmashes; Calcutta is unhappily in a disturbed state." "Badmashes or not, they came from your house if this is your house." "It is my house, sahib. My name is Omichand. I must inquire how the badmashes came to be in my compound. "And what about the two men?" "The two men, sahib?" "Yes, the two Europeans who came first from the house, and were protected by these ruffians?"
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