Bengal Presidency

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The Bengal Presidency was a major administrative division of British India, encompassing much of eastern and northeastern India and serving as a key political and economic center under colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial administrative division
presidency of British India
administrativeCentre Calcutta
appliesToJurisdiction Assam
Bengal
Bihar
Ceylon (at certain early periods)
linked to: British Ceylon

Orissa
Straits Settlements (at certain periods)
linked to: Straits Settlements

parts of present-day Arunachal Pradesh
parts of present-day Assam
parts of present-day Bihar
parts of present-day Chhattisgarh
parts of present-day Jharkhand
parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh
parts of present-day Meghalaya
parts of present-day Mizoram
parts of present-day Myanmar
parts of present-day Nagaland
parts of present-day Odisha
parts of present-day Pakistan (Sind and Punjab at various times)
parts of present-day Tripura
parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh
parts of present-day West Bengal
present-day Bangladesh
capital Calcutta
contains Bhagalpur
Burdwan
Calcutta
Chittagong
Cuttack
Dacca
linked to: Dhaka

Dinajpur
Hooghly
linked to: Hooghly River

Jessore
Midnapore
Murshidabad
Mymensingh
Noakhali
Pabna
Patna
Rajshahi
Rangoon (during certain periods)
linked to: Yangon

Sylhet
Tripura (as a princely state under its political influence)
linked to: Tripura
country British India
currency Indian rupee
dissolved 1947
economy center of jute trade
center of tea trade
major exporter of indigo
major exporter of opium
major exporter of raw cotton
major exporter of rice
endTime 1947
establishedBy British East India Company
followedBy Assam Province
linked to: Assam

Bihar and Orissa Province
East Bengal and Assam
Orissa Province
linked to: Orissa

Province of Bengal
linked to: Bengal Presidency

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh (for some transferred territories)
governingBody British Crown
British East India Company
headOfGovernment Governor of Bengal
Governor-General of India (after 1833)
linked to: Viceroy of India
highestCourt Calcutta High Court
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically)
inception 1765
knownFor Permanent Settlement land revenue system
early center of British colonial administration in India
major political and economic center of British India
role in early Indian nationalist movement
languageUsed Assamese
Bengali
English
Hindi
Oriya
linked to: Odia

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
legalSystem Anglo-Indian law
locatedIn South Asia
eastern India
northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India
militaryUnit Bengal Army
Bengal Artillery
linked to: Bengal Army

Bengal Cavalry
linked to: Bengal Army

Bengal Native Infantry
linked to: Bengal Army
partOf British Empire
precededBy Mughal Subah of Bengal
Nawab of Bengal
significantEvent Annulment of Partition of Bengal 1911
Battle of Buxar
Battle of Plassey
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Partition of Bengal 1905
Permanent Settlement of Bengal
transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911
significantPerson Aurobindo Ghosh
linked to: Sri Aurobindo

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Chittaranjan Das
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Lord Cornwallis
linked to: Charles Cornwallis

Lord Curzon
Lord Wellesley
Rabindranath Tagore
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Robert Clive
Subhas Chandra Bose
Surendranath Banerjee
Warren Hastings
startTime 1765
subdivisionType commissionership
district
division

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Central Provinces borderedBy Bengal Presidency
Vande Mataram region Bengal Presidency
Calcutta locatedInCountrySubdivision Bengal Presidency
Lord Roberts placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Rabindranath Tagore placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Rabindranath Tagore placeOfDeath Bengal Presidency
Satyendra Nath Bose placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
British East India Company foundedCity Bengal Presidency
Satyendranath Tagore placeOfActivity Bengal Presidency
Bengal Army operatedIn Bengal Presidency
Mangal Pandey deathPlace Bengal Presidency
Mangal Pandey regionOfActivity Bengal Presidency
Surendranath Banerjee birthPlace Bengal Presidency
Surendranath Banerjee region Bengal Presidency
Sri Aurobindo birthPlace Bengal Presidency
Swadeshi movement location Bengal Presidency
All India Muslim League foundedIn Bengal Presidency
Swami Vivekananda placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Bengal Presidency followedBy Province of Bengal
linked to: Bengal Presidency
Nabaneeta Dev Sen placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Anandamath firstPublishedIn Bengal Presidency
Fazlur Rahman Khan birthPlace Bengal Presidency
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh partOf Bengal Presidency (earlier administrative framework)
linked to: Bengal Presidency
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay birthPlace Bengal Presidency
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay deathPlace Bengal Presidency
Writers’ Building locatedIn Bengal Presidency (historical)
linked to: Bengal Presidency
Satyajit Ray placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Odisha (parts) relatedTo Bengal Presidency
Kazi Nazrul Islam birthPlace Bengal Presidency
North-Western Provinces partOf Bengal Presidency
Jibanananda Das placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Bihar and Orissa Province predecessor Bengal Presidency
Bihar and Orissa Province predecessor Bengal Province
linked to: Bengal Presidency
Bihar and Orissa Province borderedBy Bengal Province
linked to: Bengal Presidency
Vivien Leigh placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Mrinalini Devi region Bengal Presidency
Debendranath Tagore birthPlace Bengal Presidency
Debendranath Tagore deathPlace Bengal Presidency
EIC governedTerritory Bengal Presidency
Charter Act 1853 regionAffected Bengal Presidency
Satyendra Nath Bose placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
subject linked to: Satyendra
Direct Action Day location Bengal Presidency
Company rule in India appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Presidency
Iskander Mirza placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
Champaran historicallyPartOf Bengal Presidency
Gyanadanandini Devi placeOfActivity Bengal Presidency