Bengal Subah

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Bengal Subah was a wealthy and strategically important Mughal province in eastern India, centered on present-day Bangladesh and parts of West Bengal, that became a major hub of trade and later British colonial expansion.

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Bengal Subah canonical 46
Mughal Bengal 4
Bengal Subah of the Mughal Empire 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal province
former administrative division
historical region
administrativeDivision parganas
sarkars
administrativeHead nawab
subahdar
borderedBy Bay of Bengal
capital Dhaka
Murshidabad
conqueredBy British East India Company
country Mughal Empire
currency rupee
declinePeriod mid-18th century
dissolved 18th century
economicStatus major hub of Indian Ocean trade
one of the wealthiest provinces of the Mughal Empire
established 1574
establishedBy Akbar
establishedUnder Mughal administrative reforms
event Battle of Plassey
eventDate 1757
eventSignificance beginning of British political control in Bengal
governmentType subah (Mughal provincial administration)
historicalEra Early modern period
Mughal era
keyFigure Robert Clive
Siraj ud-Daulah
knownFor fertile alluvial plains
high agricultural productivity
international maritime trade
muslin textiles
opium production
rice production
saltpetre exports
shipbuilding
silk production
textile production
languageUsed Bengali
Persian
linked to: Persian language
lastIndependentNawab Siraj ud-Daulah
legacy foundation of British rule in eastern India
precursor to modern Bengal region
locatedIn eastern Indian subcontinent
present-day Assam
present-day Bangladesh
present-day Bihar
present-day Odisha
linked to: Orissa

present-day West Bengal
majorCity Chittagong
Dhaka
Hughli
Murshidabad
Satgaon
majorRiver Brahmaputra
Ganges
Hooghly River
Meghna
notableGovernor Alivardi Khan
Murshid Quli Khan
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
partOf Mughal Empire
predecessor Bengal Sultanate
Bengal Sultanate of Muhammad Shah II
linked to: Bengal Sultanate
religion Hinduism
Islam
strategicImportance access to Bay of Bengal
control of Ganges delta
gateway for European colonial expansion in India
subsequentEntity Bengal Presidency
subsequentRuler British Crown
British East India Company
taxSystem Mughal revenue farming
tradingPartner Armenian merchants
British East India Company
Dutch East India Company
French East India Company
Portuguese Estado da Índia
linked to: Portuguese India

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Siraj ud-Daulah countryRuled Bengal Subah
Siraj ud-Daulah birthPlace Bengal Subah
Siraj ud-Daulah deathPlace Bengal Subah
Battle of Chandannagar countryAtTime Mughal Bengal
linked to: Bengal Subah
Battle of Chandannagar region Bengal Subah
Dhaka wasMughalProvincialCapitalOf Bengal Subah
Mir Jafar country Bengal Subah
Mir Jafar deathPlace Bengal Subah
Siege of Calcutta historicalRegion Bengal Subah
Siege of Calcutta countryAtTime Bengal Subah of the Mughal Empire
linked to: Bengal Subah
Battle of Buxar involvedEntity Bengal Subah
agents of Mir Jafar region Mughal Bengal
linked to: Bengal Subah
Najafi dynasty partOf Bengal Subah
Jagat Seth banking family basedIn Bengal Subah
Alivardi Khan countryRuled Bengal Subah
Mughal dynasty successorState Bengal Subah
Nawab of Bengal country Bengal Subah
British conquest of Bengal country Bengal Subah
Dutch Bengal historicalRegion Bengal Subah
Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan country Bengal Subah
Miran countryOfCitizenship Bengal Subah
Najm-ud-Daulah country Bengal Subah
Munny Begum country Bengal Subah
Mubarak Ali Khan country Bengal Subah
Jahangir Nagar locatedIn Bengal Subah
Jahangir Nagar capitalOf Bengal Subah
Mir Qasim country Bengal Subah
Battle of Baksar involvedEntity Bengal Subah
Buxar associatedWith Bengal Subah
Kingdom of Mrauk U hadConflictWith Bengal Subah
Sarfaraz Khan regionRuled Bengal Subah
Maratha invasions of Bengal historicalRegion Mughal Bengal
linked to: Bengal Subah
Mubarak ud-Daulah country Bengal Subah
Jagat Seth regionOfActivity Bengal Subah
Mirza Muhammad Madani activeIn Bengal Subah
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan region Bengal Subah
Bengal navy country Bengal Subah
Bengal navy appliesToJurisdiction Bengal Subah
Bengal navy appliesToJurisdiction Mughal Bengal
linked to: Bengal Subah
Murshid Quli Khan region Bengal Subah
Alivardi Khan countryRuled Bengal Subah
subject linked to: Mirza Muhammad Ali
Alivardi Khan placeOfBirth Bengal Subah
subject linked to: Mirza Muhammad Ali
Alivardi Khan placeOfDeath Bengal Subah
subject linked to: Mirza Muhammad Ali