EMERGENCY COURT OF BENGAL
Agenda:
Addressing the Crisis of Governance and Foreign Enroachment in Bengal.
Freeze Date: 21st June, 1757
ABOUT COMMITTEE
“There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.”
The year is 1757.
The place is Bengal: the richest province of the Mughal Empire, the jewel of the subcontinent, and the prize every empire covets. In 48 hours, the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daulah will march to the fields of Palashi(Plassey) to confront the British East India Company and its commander, Robert Clive. He knows he will either obliterate the enemy or fight until a river of his blood separates the British Army and his heartland.
But what he does not know:
The Nawab’s court is poisoned by ambition.
His generals are divided.
His bankers have chosen profit over patriotism.
Mir Jafar, the Nawab’s most trusted commander, has already pledged his loyalty elsewhere. The powerful Jagat Seth banking house now finances British conspiracies behind closed doors. Silver moves faster than soldiers, and promises weigh heavier than swords. The British do not need to win the battlefield if they already own the court.
But history fractures here.
A sudden intelligence report reaches Bengal: the Afghan Durrani Empire, brutal, disciplined, and relentless, has already overrun Delhi and Punjab and now marches east. Within days, they will reach Bengal. They do not care who rules it. They intend to plunder it.
Caught between internal betrayal, colonial ambition, and now foreign invasion, Siraj-ud-Daulah convenes the Emergency Court of Bengal: a final attempt to negotiate, expose, manipulate, and survive.
This is where you enter.
You are compromised. Every delegate in this room carries a secret agenda. One of you fights for the Nawab's legitimacy. One of you conspires with the British for wealth and power. One of you hedges bets with the French. One of you sees opportunity in chaos. Each of you believes your survival depends on the others' defeat.
Your objectives are as follows:
● To decide if the sovereignty of a nation can be bought and sold in the backrooms of a bank.
● To navigate a landscape where a secret note is more lethal than a musket ball.
● To forge a unified front against an Afghan storm, or to let your greed condemn the wealthiest province on Earth to ruin.
In this room, flags will fall and legacies will be forged. Will you stand as a guardian of the soil, or will you be the architect of its downfall? The lions of the Company are circling, the wolves of the court are hungry, and as the monsoon clouds gather over the Bhagirathi, the chilling truth remains:
The enemy outside your gates is dangerous.
But the one beside you may be worse.
Welcome to the eye of the storm,
Welcome to the Emergency Court of Bengal.
And remember to keep your friends close,
But your enemies closer.
CHAIRPERSON'S ADDRESS
“The hardest choices require the strongest wills.”
Greetings Delegates,
These words resonate through the humid, tension-soaked air of June 1757. As you step into this Durbar, you are not merely entering a room of statecraft; you are entering a den of lions where the line between a patriot and a traitor has been blurred by Company silver. Expect a simulation that moves with the lethal speed of a cavalry charge. Alliances in this court are fragile, and a single secret cipher can be more devastating than a British broadside.
This committee demands that you look beyond surface-level diplomacy and confront the reality of this crisis: where fear outweighs principle, alliances are transactional, and survival often demands betrayal. Debate in the Emergency Court of Bengal will be fast-paced and unforgiving. Expect shifting alliances, sudden revelations, and crises that reward the most innovative ideas. This is a committee where paperwork carries as much weight as words, where foresight triumphs over volume, and where power belongs to those who can adapt when the ground shifts beneath them. You are not here to reenact history, you are here to reshape it.
“It’s not who you are underneath, but what you do that defines you.”
If you see someone solving an SAT problem with a CLAT handbook open in front of them, you have found your chairperson, Kaashvi Kamani. She’s the kind of person you will find hanging around, in any place but her physics classroom, talking to anyone and everyone, while still managing to top her exams. Kaashvi’s the most cultured person you will ever come across- from Marvel to Dan Brown to The Beatles- she’s seen/read/heard it all. She’s the type of person who wants dessert after every meal, even breakfast, and you will find her holed up in Fabbrica every Sunday. Her gaslighting skills are unmatched, so much so that she can even make Ross believe that they were not on a break. Specialised is not just a committee for her, it is her personality: be it coming up with the most creative ideas and loopholes for every crisis or procrastinating until the last second when she finally has her eureka moment, specialised is who she is. She is the chillest (more accurately laziest) person in every room, and yet will finish all her work, with perfection. A well-timed shayari, a controversial alliance change and a selfish betrayal are the ways to her heart. If you’re coming to Kaashvi’s committee, brace yourselves because she is going to make sure you have the (hardest) time of your life.
Until May,
Kaashvi Kamani,
Chairperson,
Emergency Court of Bengal,
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