 The honorific title "Mirza" was added before his name and "Baig" as a suffix.This was the historical naming convention for the descendants of the Mughal dynasty.The Mughal Empire was defeated by the East India Company in the Battle of Plassey of 1757, and an anti-British sentiment was common among the natives of the Indian subcontinent and especially those related to and being descended from the noble dynasty such as Reza.