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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
A mezzotint engraving of Fort William, Calcutta, the capital of the Bengal Presidency in British India 1735. The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In ...
The Bengal Legislative Council (Bengali: বঙ্গীয় আইন পরিষদ) was the legislative council of Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). [1] It was the legislature of the Bengal Presidency during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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 ...
The Council now had 6 officials, 5 nominated non-officials, 4 nominated by the provincial legislative councils of Bengal Presidency, Bombay Presidency, Madras Presidency and North-Western Provinces and 1 nominated by the chamber of commerce in Calcutta. The members were allowed to ask questions in the Council but not allowed to ask ...