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Thus, by 1877, the Bengal Presidency included only modern-day Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Bengal. In 1905, the first partition of Bengal resulted in the short-lived state of Eastern Bengal and Assam which existed alongside the Bengal Presidency. In 1912, the state was merged back with the Bengal Presidency while Bihar and Orissa became a ...
The Governor of Bengal was the head of the executive government of the Bengal Presidency from 1834 to 1854 and again from 1912 to 1947. [1] [2] The office was initially established on 15 November 1834 as the "Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal" and was later abolished on 1 May 1854 and the responsibility of the government of the Presidency was vested in the two Lieutenant ...
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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 ...
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.
Khwaja Nooruddin was a member of the Dhaka Nawab family, journalist and politician. [1] [2] He was the founder of The Star of India, The Musalman, and The Morning New.[3] [4] He was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. [5]
Fazlul Huq was the president of the Midnapore Session of the Bengal Provincial Conference in 1920. [5] During the Khilafat movement, Fazlul Huq led the pro-British faction within the Bengal Provincial Muslim League, while his rival Maniruzzaman Islamabadi led the pro-Ottoman faction. Fazlul Huq also differed with the Congress leadership during ...
Syed Shamsul Huda completed primary education at home. His father taught him Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, and Islamic ideology. For higher education, he went to Hooghly Madrasah at Calcutta. He became a BA from Presidency College in 1884, a BL from Calcutta University in 1886 and a MA in Persian, privately from Presidency College in 1889.