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 ⓘ