Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
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The Presidency of Fort William in Bengal was a major British East India Company administrative division in eastern India, centered on Calcutta, that became the seat of the Governor-General and the core of British colonial rule in the subcontinent.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Presidency of Bengal | 4 |
| Presidency of Fort William in Bengal canonical | 2 |
| Politics of Bengal Presidency | 1 |
| Presidency system in British India | 1 |
| Presidency system of British India | 1 |
| বেঙ্গল প্রেসিডেন্সি | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3467009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Presidency of Fort William in Bengal Context triple: [Governor-General of Bengal, appliesToJurisdiction, Presidency of Fort William in Bengal]
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A.
Presidency of Fort St. George
The Presidency of Fort St. George was a major administrative division of British India centered on Madras (now Chennai), overseeing large areas of southern and eastern India during the colonial period.
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B.
Mughal Subah of Bengal
The Mughal Subah of Bengal was a wealthy and strategically important Mughal imperial province in eastern South Asia, centered on Bengal before its reorganization under British colonial rule.
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C.
Permanent Settlement of Bengal
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was a late 18th-century land revenue system introduced by the British that fixed land taxes permanently and created a class of hereditary zamindar landlords, profoundly shaping Bengal’s agrarian and social structure.
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D.
British administration in Awadh
The British administration in Awadh was the colonial governing authority established by the British after deposing the last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, and annexing the region into their Indian empire.
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E.
British conquest of Bengal
The British conquest of Bengal was the mid-18th-century process by which the British East India Company gained political and economic control over Bengal, laying the foundation for British colonial rule in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Presidency of Fort William in Bengal Target entity description: The Presidency of Fort William in Bengal was a major British East India Company administrative division in eastern India, centered on Calcutta, that became the seat of the Governor-General and the core of British colonial rule in the subcontinent.
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A.
Presidency of Fort St. George
The Presidency of Fort St. George was a major administrative division of British India centered on Madras (now Chennai), overseeing large areas of southern and eastern India during the colonial period.
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B.
Mughal Subah of Bengal
The Mughal Subah of Bengal was a wealthy and strategically important Mughal imperial province in eastern South Asia, centered on Bengal before its reorganization under British colonial rule.
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C.
Permanent Settlement of Bengal
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was a late 18th-century land revenue system introduced by the British that fixed land taxes permanently and created a class of hereditary zamindar landlords, profoundly shaping Bengal’s agrarian and social structure.
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D.
British administration in Awadh
The British administration in Awadh was the colonial governing authority established by the British after deposing the last Nawab, Wajid Ali Shah, and annexing the region into their Indian empire.
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E.
British conquest of Bengal
The British conquest of Bengal was the mid-18th-century process by which the British East India Company gained political and economic control over Bengal, laying the foundation for British colonial rule in India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British East India Company presidency
ⓘ
colonial administrative division ⓘ |
| administeredBy | British East India Company ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Persian (earlier period) ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bengali Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Bengal Renaissance
|
| capital | Calcutta ⓘ |
| colonialPower | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coreOf | British colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| currencyUsed | rupee ⓘ |
| economicRole |
hub of jute and tea export
ⓘ
key node in Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ major center of British trade in India ⓘ |
| educationCenter |
University of Calcutta
ⓘ
surface form:
Calcutta University
Fort William College ⓘ |
| establishedBy | British East India Company ⓘ |
| governingBody | Council at Fort William ⓘ |
| hadPortCity | Calcutta ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeCenter |
Fort William, Kolkata
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort William, Calcutta
|
| introducedSystem |
Permanent Settlement of Bengal
ⓘ
surface form:
Permanent Settlement in Bengal
|
| judicialSystem |
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William (historically)
ⓘ
surface form:
Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William
|
| languageUsed |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ Persian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | chartered territory of the British East India Company ⓘ |
| legalSystemInfluencedBy | English law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bengal
ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ |
| militaryRole | base for British military operations in eastern India ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Fort William, Kolkata
ⓘ
surface form:
Fort William, Calcutta
|
| officeHeldBy |
Governor of Bengal
ⓘ
Governor-General of Bengal ⓘ Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form:
Governor-General of India
|
| partOf | British Empire ⓘ |
| precededBy | Bengal Subah ⓘ |
| regionIncluded |
Assam
ⓘ
Bengal ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Orissa ⓘ parts of northern India ⓘ |
| religionInTerritory |
Buddhism
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Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment |
Viceroy of India
ⓘ
surface form:
Governor-General of India
|
| significantEvent |
became core administrative unit of British rule in India
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served as seat of the Governor-General after the Regulating Act of 1773 ⓘ |
| transportHub | Hooghly River ⓘ |
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Subject: Presidency of Fort William in Bengal Description of subject: The Presidency of Fort William in Bengal was a major British East India Company administrative division in eastern India, centered on Calcutta, that became the seat of the Governor-General and the core of British colonial rule in the subcontinent.
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