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Major James Rennell FRS FRSE FRGS (3 December 1742 – 29 March 1830) was an English geographer, historian and a pioneer of oceanography.Rennell produced some of the first accurate maps of Bengal at one inch to five miles as well as accurate outlines of India and served as Surveyor General of Bengal.
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India is a federal constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] All states, as well as the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Puducherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi, have elected legislatures and governments, both patterned on the Westminster model. The ...
Detail of Sikh territory from a map of India, by James Rennell, 1 January 1788. Due to the decline of the Mughal and Afghan empires in the Punjab, the cis-Sutlej chiefs were de facto ruling independently, yet were often engaged in localized conflicts.
With the acquisition of new territory, it employed several explorers and cartographers to provide maps and other information on its territories, most notably James Rennell, from 1767 in Bengal. As Rennell proceeded to make maps, the lack of precise measurement was noticed. [1]
Mallabhum (The country originally known as Mallabhoom or Mallabani [3] Bengali: মল্লভূম or Bishnupur kingdom [4]) was the kingdom ruled by the Malla kings of Bishnupur, primarily in the present Bankura district in Indian state of West Bengal.
James Rennell's 1776 map showing the Midnapore district area, as ceded to the East India Company in 1760. In 1756, Alivardi Khan died and his successor was Siraj-ud-daulah. On 20 June 1757, he was betrayed by Mir Jafar to the East India Company under the command of Lord Robert Clive at Plassey. This consolidated the company's hold on Bengal and ...