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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.
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 ...
Sir Andrew Fraser (Western Bengal); Sir Bampfylde Fuller (Eastern Bengal and Assam) 1905–1906; Francis Slacke (Western Bengal) 1906–1908; Lancelot Hare (Eastern Bengal and Assam) 1906–1911; Sir Edward Baker (Western Bengal) 1908–1911; Sir William Duke (Western Bengal); Sir Charles Stuart Bayley (Eastern Bengal and Assam) 1911–1912
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 ...
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 ...
In 1861, the Government of India was directed to set up a representative legislature in Bengal and the proceedings of the Bengal Legislative Assembly began. 1862: 1 February: The proceedings of the Bengal Legislative Assembly began. The number of members was 12. But in 1892, the number of member increased to 21.
1992 Satyajit Ray (Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, now West Bengal, India) 1997 Aruna Asaf Ali (Kalka, Punjab, British India,(now in Haryana, India) By Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Bharatiya Janata Party, NDA. 1999 Amartya Sen (Shantiniketan, Bengal Presidency, now Bolpur, West Bengal, India)
West Bengal's mills became less dependent on East Bengal for raw materials. Pakistan also set up new factories to process its local produce instead of exporting to India. [57] The following table shows jute production details in both countries in 1961: [56]