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    The Bengal Subah, also referred to as Mughal Bengal, was the largest subdivision of Mughal Empire encompassing much of the Bengal region, which includes...
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  • of Bengal (1742–1751), also known as the Maratha expeditions in Bengal, were the frequent invasions by the Maratha forces in the Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar...
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    Bengal (Bengali: বাংলার নবাব, bāṅglār nôbāb) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal...
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    including Agra (in Agra Subah) with up to 800,000 people, Lahore (in Lahore Subah) with up to 700,000 people, Dhaka (in Bengal Subah) with over 1 million...
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  • become the largest and surpassed Qing dynasty and Europe, where from Bengal Subah alone, the province statistically has contributed to 12% of Gross domestic...
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    trade in the wealthy Bengal Subah in the east. However, the power of the Mughal Empire declined from 1707, as the Nawab of Bengal in Murshidabad became...
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  • A Subah was the term for a province (state) in the Mughal Empire. The term was also used by other polities of the Indian subcontinent. The word is derived...
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    period, the Bengal Sultanate had its own military, and took part in various wars and armed conflicts. In 1576, the Mughal Empire conquered Bengal and turned...
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    of the sultanate, Bengal came under the suzerainty of the Mughal Empire, as its wealthiest province. Under the Mughals, Bengal Subah rose to global prominence...
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    (spiced minced meat) and or egg. It is believed to have originated in Bengal Subah during the time of the Mughal Empire as a derivative of the Turkish Gözleme...
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    Calcutta (now Kolkata) and south of Murshidabad in West Bengal, then capital of Bengal Subah. The belligerents were the British East India Company, and...
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    Plassey in 1757. The company gained the right to collect revenue in Bengal subah (province) in 1765 with the signing of the treaty between the East India...
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    was the capital of Bengal Subah for 75 years. In 1666, the Mughals expelled the Arakanese from the port of Chittagong. Mughal Bengal attracted foreign...
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    The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization...
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    Zamor (category Habshis of Bengal)
    French revolutionary from Bengal possibly of African descent, who, as a boy of 11, was taken from Chittagong, Bengal Subah, Mughal Empire (now Bangladesh)...
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    Azim-ush-Shan (category Subahdars of Bengal)
    (viceroy) of Bengal Subah, Bihar Subah and Orissa Subah from 1697 to his death in 1712. In 1697, Azim-ush-Shan was appointed the viceroy of Bengal Subah, Bihar...
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    This is a list of rulers of Bengal. For much of its history, Bengal was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only several times...
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    from 1576 to 1765 and was commonly known as Bengal Subah.[citation needed] The Mughal Emperors considered Bengal their most prized province. The Mughal emperor...
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    global GDP, before fragmenting and being conquered over the next century. Bengal Subah, the empire's wealthiest province, that solely accounted for 40% of Dutch...
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  • Jharkhand. It is situated at the banks of Ganges and was former capital of Bengal Subah under Mughal governor, Man Singh I. 15km 10miles R A J M A H A L H I...
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    leader, philosopher, mystic poet and social reformer born in Jhenaidah, Bengal Subah. Regarded as an icon of Bengali culture, he inspired and influenced many...
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    the Company to negotiate with the governor of the proto-industrialised Bengal Subah, Shaista Khan, and to obtain a firman, an imperial directive that would...
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    centuries. The region forms the eastern part of the historic region of Bengal. The muslin trade at one time made the Ganges delta and what is now Bangladesh...
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    Murshidabad (category Capitals of Bengal)
    the Bengal Subah in the Mughal Empire for seventy years, with a jurisdiction covering modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar...
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    Mahal when the last reigning Sultan of Bengal was defeated by the forces of Akbar. The Mughal province of Bengal Subah was created. The eastern deltaic Bhati...
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    of Bengal (Lakhnauti) under the Tughlaq Delhi Sultanate Munim Khan, 1st Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah Khan Jahan I, 2nd Mughal Subahdar of Bengal Subah...
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  • Nawabs of Bengal from 1717 onwards. Bengal was lost to British powers after 1772 which reorganised the borders of the former Bengal Subah. The Treaty...
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  • Qutubuddin Koka (category Subahdars of Bengal)
    subahdar (provincial governor) of Bengal Subah during the reign of the emperor Jahangir. He was appointed governor of Bengal on 2 September 1606 and died in...
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    population spoke Urdu at that time. He mentioned that the people of East Bengal could choose what would be its provincial language, and branded those who...
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    Mahabat Khan (category Subahdars of Bengal)
    Emperor Jahangir in 1626. He also served Subahdar of Malwa Subah from 1611 to 1623 and Bengal Subah during 1625–1626. He earned the title Khan-i-Khanan from...
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