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Silver Rupee of the Bengal Presidency, struck in 'Muhammadabad Benaras', in the name of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II, depicting the famous Daroga's marks fish and inverted mace. The Bengal Presidency had the largest gross domestic product in British India. [55] The first British colonial banks in the Indian subcontinent were founded in Bengal.
Extent of the Bengal Presidency between 1858 and 1867, including the Straits Settlements. Through trade, settlements and the exchange of ideas; parts of Maritime Southeast Asia became linked with Bengal. [111] [112] Language, literature, art, governing systems, religions and philosophies in ancient Sumatra and Java were influenced by Bengal.
During the 1946 general election, Suhrawardy led the Bengal Provincial Muslim League (BPML) to a decisive victory. The Muslim League's biggest success was in Bengal where out of 119 seats for Muslims, the BPML won 113. Suhrawardy was supported by the League's chief Muhammad Ali Jinnah to assume the premiership of Bengal.
The chief institution of this criminal court system was known as the Ṣadr Nizami ʿAdālat ("Administrative Court of Justice") in Calcutta of Bengal Presidency. This chief Administrative Court in Calcutta Criminal oversaw criminal courts in outlying districts and in Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
The Bengal Presidency encompassed Bengal, Bihar, parts of present-day Chhattisgarh, Orissa, and Assam. [ 4 ] : 157 With a population of 78.5 million it was British India's largest province. [ 5 ] : 280 For decades British officials had maintained that the huge size created difficulties for effective management [ 4 ] : 156 [ 6 ] : 156 and had ...
Nurul Amin was born on 15 July 1893 in Shahbazpur, Sarail located in the Tippera District of the Bengal Presidency (now in Brahmanbaria District, Bangladesh). [1] He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Bahadurpur in Nandail, Mymensingh District. [2]
The term Bangabandhu means Friend of the Bengal in the Bengali language. [102] Several of Bengal's historic leaders were given similar honorary titles, including Sher-e-Bangla ( Lion of Bengal ) for A. K. Fazlul Huq , Deshbandhu ( Friend of the Nation ) for Chittaranjan Das , and Netaji ( The Leader ) for Subhash Chandra Bose .
People from the Bengal Presidency (5 C, 248 P) R. Bengal Renaissance (5 C, 23 P) S. State Assembly elections in the Bengal Presidency (2 P) Pages in category "Bengal ...