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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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