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    Bengal Subah (Persian: صوبه بنگاله), also referred to as Mughal Bengal, was the largest subdivision of Mughal India encompassing much of the Bengal region...
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    of Bengal (1742–1751), also known as the Maratha expeditions in Bengal, were the frequent invasions by the Maratha forces in the Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar...
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    Bengal (Bengali: বাংলার নবাব, bāṅglār nôbāb) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal...
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    including Agra (in Agra Subah) with up to 800,000 people, Lahore (in Lahore Subah) with up to 700,000 people, Dhaka (in Bengal Subah) with over 1 million...
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  • surpassed China to have the world's largest gross domestic product (GDP). Bengal Subah, the empire's wealthiest province, alone contributed to 12% of GDP and...
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  • A Subah is a term for a province or state in several South Asian languages. It was introduced by the Mughal Empire to refer to its subdivisions or provinces;...
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  • from Bengal Subah. Hostilities began in 1763 and ended in 1765. In 1717, Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar granted the EIC the right to trade within Bengal coupled...
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  • significant blow to the already weakened Mughal Empire; months later, the Bengal Subah was subjugated by the British in the Battle of Plassey. Ahmad Shah Durrani...
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    of the sultanate, Bengal came under the suzerainty of the Mughal Empire, as its wealthiest province. Under the Mughals, Bengal Subah rose to global prominence...
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    period, the Bengal Sultanate had its own military, and took part in various wars and armed conflicts. In 1576, the Mughal Empire conquered Bengal and turned...
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    trade in the wealthy Bengal Subah in the east. However, the power of the Mughal Empire declined from 1707, as the Nawab of Bengal in Murshidabad became...
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    Illahabad and Awadh and to the east by Bengal Subah. The suba of Bihar functioned as a link between Hindustan and Bengal. On its northern boundary, it reached...
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  • Jharkhand. It is situated at the banks of Ganges and was former capital of Bengal Subah under Mughal governor, Man Singh I. 15km 10miles R A J M A H A L H I...
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    Calcutta (now Kolkata) and south of Murshidabad in West Bengal, then capital of Bengal Subah. The belligerents were the British East India Company, and...
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    leader, philosopher, mystic poet and social reformer born in Jhenaidah, Bengal Subah. Regarded as an icon of Bengali culture, he inspired and influenced many...
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    Zamor (category People from the Bengal Subah)
    (Indians of African descent), who as a boy at 11 was taken from Chittagong, Bengal Subah, Mughal Empire (now Bangladesh) by British slave traders. Later, he was...
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  • rule in South Asia: Bengal Subah (1574–1765), Province (Subah) of the Mughal Empire until 1717 and Independent State after 1717 Bengal Presidency (1765–1947)...
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    Plassey in 1757. The company gained the right to collect revenue in Bengal subah (province) in 1765 with the signing of the treaty between the East India...
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    This is a list of rulers of Bengal. For much of its history, Bengal was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only several times...
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    global GDP, before fragmenting and being conquered over the next century. Bengal Subah, the empire's wealthiest province, had an advanced, productive agriculture...
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    (spiced minced meat) and/or egg. It is believed to have originated in the Bengal Subah during the time of the Mughal Empire as a derivative of the Turkish Gözleme...
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  • Nawabs of Bengal from 1717 onwards. Bengal was lost to British powers after 1772 which reorganised the borders of the former Bengal Subah. The Treaty...
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    The first Partition of Bengal (1905) was a territorial reorganization of the Bengal Presidency implemented by the authorities of the British Raj. The reorganization...
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    defeated by the forces of Emperor Akbar, and the establishment of the Bengal Subah. The eastern deltaic Bhati region remained outside of Mughal control...
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  • governor of Bengal 1324–1328 Mir Muhammad Baqir, Subahdar (governor) of Bengal Subah 1632–1635 Azam Khan Koka, Subahdar of Bengal Subah 1676–1677 Mohammad...
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    the Company to negotiate with the governor of the proto-industrialised Bengal Subah, Shaista Khan, and to obtain a firman, an imperial directive that would...
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    Mahabat Khan (category Subahdars of Bengal)
    Emperor Jahangir in 1626. He also served Subahdar of Malwa Subah from 1611 to 1623 and Bengal Subah during 1625–1626. He earned the title Khan-i-Khanan from...
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    population spoke Urdu at that time. He mentioned that the people of East Bengal could choose what would be its provincial language, and branded those who...
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    from 1576 to 1765 and was commonly known as Bengal Subah.[citation needed] The Mughal Emperors considered Bengal their most prized province. The Mughal emperor...
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    Mahal when the last reigning Sultan of Bengal was defeated by the forces of Akbar. The Mughal province of Bengal Subah was created. The eastern deltaic Bhati...
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