Omichund

Omichund
ਆਮਿਰ ਚੰਦ
উমিচাঁদ
The Ghost of Omichund, January 1773 engraving
Born
Amir Chand

Akbarabad, Mughal Empire
(now Agra, India)
Died1767
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
(now Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
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Omichund, Omichand, or Umichand (Punjabi: ਆਮਿਰ ਚੰਦ, Bengali: উমিচাঁদ; died 1767) was a merchant and broker during the Nawabi period of Bengal. He was one of the principal authors of the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daulah and associated with the treaty negotiated by Robert Clive before the Battle of Plassey in 1757.

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