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A hotbed of the Indian independence movement through the early 20th century, Bengal was partitioned during India's independence in 1947 along religious lines into two separate entities: West Bengal—a state of India—and East Bengal—a part of the newly created Dominion of Pakistan that later became the independent nation of Bangladesh in 1971.
Sir Frederick Chalmers Bourne was the first governor of East Bengal. Partition resulted in making many Hindus to leave East Bengal while Muslims from different parts of the Indian subcontinent migrated to East Bengal. The East–West Bengal border did not see as much violence as seen in the Punjab border between North India and Pakistan.
(Local history of Burdwan, West Bengal, India says that Qutub-ud-din Kokah died in a battle against Ali Quli Istajlu alias Sher Afgan in 1610 CE. The tomb where both of them were buried is presently under the surveillance of Archaeological Survey of India.) Jahangir Quli Beg: 1607–1608 In early life, a slave of Akbar's brother, Mirza Muhammad ...
The eastern Bengal delta was the rice basket of the Indian subcontinent. It produced 80% of the world's jute , and dominated supply in the once thriving global jute trade . The Assam and Sylhet Valleys were home to the largest tea plantations in the world, and became famous for producing high-quality Assam tea .
The treaty marked the political and constitutional involvement of the British in India. [3] Based on the terms of the agreement, Alam granted the East India Company Diwani rights , or the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Emperor from the eastern province of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
The governor of Bengal was concurrently the governor-general of India for many years. The East India Company maintained control with its private armies and administrative machinery. Nevertheless, the East India Company was a quasi-official entity, having received a Royal Charter from Queen Elizabeth I in 1600.
Rumors quickly spread that the British East India Company was amassing forces in Chennai with the intentions of invading Bengal.By the end of May 1757, a large army of 50,000 men had been gathered under the command of Raj Durlabh, and the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daula, sent a formal declaration of war to the British authorities in Calcutta.
Gauḍa (also known as Gaur, Gour, [1] Lakhnauti, Lakshmanavati and Jannatabad) is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, [2] and one of the most prominent capitals of classical and medieval India, being the capital city of Bengal under several kingdoms.