Murshidabad

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city historic city

Murshidabad is a historic city in West Bengal, India, that served as the capital of the Nawabs of Bengal and a major political and commercial center during the Mughal and early British periods.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Murshidabad district 2
Murshidabad court 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
administrativeDivision Murshidabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murshidabad district
associatedWith Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Nawabs of Bengal
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
colonialHistory came under British influence after the Battle of Plassey ⓘ
contains Hazarduari Palace ⓘ
Jafarganj Cemetery ⓘ
Katra Masjid ⓘ
Khoshbagh ⓘ
Nizamat Imambara ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage Bengali Hindu temples ⓘ
Bengali Islamic architecture ⓘ
Nawabi cuisine ⓘ
distanceFromKolkata approximately 200 km north ⓘ
economicActivity banking and finance during Nawabi period ⓘ
silk trade ⓘ
formerRole capital of the Nawabs of Bengal ⓘ
governingBody local municipal authorities ⓘ
heritageStatus important heritage tourism destination in West Bengal ⓘ
historicalEra Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal period

early British period ⓘ
historicalEvent decline in political importance after British shifted capital to Calcutta ⓘ
historicalStatus one of the richest cities in the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century ⓘ
knownFor Nawabi architecture ⓘ
historical monuments ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn eastern India ⓘ
locatedOn banks of the Bhagirathi River ⓘ
namedAfter Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
nearbyBattlefield Battle of Plassey ⓘ
surface form: Plassey
nearbyCity Berhampore ⓘ
partOf Murshidabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Murshidabad district
region Rarh region ⓘ
surface form: Rarh region of West Bengal
religion religiously diverse population ⓘ
role seat of the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ
significance major commercial center in eastern India ⓘ
major political center in eastern India ⓘ
state West Bengal ⓘ
tourism popular for historical tours ⓘ
riverfront views on the Bhagirathi ⓘ
transport connected by road to Kolkata ⓘ
served by nearby railway stations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murshidabad → administrativeDivision → Murshidabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murshidabad district
Mir Jafar → associatedWith → Murshidabad ⓘ
Jagat Seth banking family → basedIn → Murshidabad ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → birthPlace → Murshidabad ⓘ
Alivardi Khan → capital → Murshidabad ⓘ
Bengal Subah → capital → Murshidabad ⓘ
Najafi dynasty → capital → Murshidabad ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → capitalOfRealm → Murshidabad ⓘ
Bengal Presidency → contains → Murshidabad ⓘ
subject surface form: West Bengal
West Bengal → containsTown → Murshidabad ⓘ
Alivardi Khan → deathPlace → Murshidabad ⓘ
Mir Jafar → deathPlace → Murshidabad ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → deathPlace → Murshidabad ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → hasCapital → Murshidabad ⓘ
eastern India → hasHistoricalSite → Murshidabad ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Bengali Muslims → historicalCenter → Murshidabad ⓘ
Bengal Subah → majorCity → Murshidabad ⓘ
Murshidabad → partOf → Murshidabad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murshidabad district
Iskander Mirza → placeOfBirth → Murshidabad ⓘ
Najafi dynasty → powerBase → Murshidabad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murshidabad court
Lutfunnisa Begum → residence → Murshidabad ⓘ