Bengal Subah
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Bengal Subah was a wealthy and strategically important Mughal province in eastern India, centered on present-day Bangladesh and parts of West Bengal, that became a major hub of trade and later British colonial expansion.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Mughal Bengal | 0 | 2 |
| Bengal Subah of the Mughal Empire | 0 | 1 |
Statements (78)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal province
→
former administrative division → historical region → |
| administrativeDivision |
parganas
→
sarkars → |
| administrativeHead |
nawab
→
subahdar → |
| borderedBy | Bay of Bengal → |
| capital |
Dhaka
→
Murshidabad → |
| conqueredBy | British East India Company → |
| country |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
→
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| currency | rupee → |
| declinePeriod | mid-18th century → |
| dissolved | 18th century → |
| economicStatus |
major hub of Indian Ocean trade
→
one of the wealthiest provinces of the Mughal Empire → |
| established | 1574 → |
| establishedBy | Akbar → |
| establishedUnder | Mughal administrative reforms → |
| event | Battle of Plassey → |
| eventDate | 1757 → |
| eventSignificance | beginning of British political control in Bengal → |
| governmentType | subah (Mughal provincial administration) → |
| historicalEra |
Early modern period
→
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) →
surface form:
Mughal era
|
| keyFigure |
Robert Clive
→
Siraj ud-Daulah → |
| knownFor |
fertile alluvial plains
→
high agricultural productivity → international maritime trade → muslin textiles → opium production → rice production → saltpetre exports → shipbuilding → silk production → textile production → |
| languageUsed |
Bengali
→
Persian language →
surface form:
Persian
|
| lastIndependentNawab | Siraj ud-Daulah → |
| legacy |
foundation of British rule in eastern India
→
precursor to modern Bengal region → |
| locatedIn |
eastern Indian subcontinent
→
present-day Assam → People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) →
surface form:
present-day Bangladesh
present-day Bihar → Orissa →
surface form:
present-day Odisha
present-day West Bengal → |
| majorCity |
Chittagong
→
Dhaka → Hughli → Murshidabad → Satgaon → |
| majorRiver |
Brahmaputra
→
Ganges → Hooghly River → Meghna → |
| notableGovernor |
Alivardi Khan
→
Murshid Quli Khan → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan → |
| partOf |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
→
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| predecessor |
Bengal Sultanate
→
Bengal Sultanate →
surface form:
Bengal Sultanate of Muhammad Shah II
|
| religion |
Hinduism
→
Islam → |
| strategicImportance |
access to Bay of Bengal
→
control of Ganges delta → gateway for European colonial expansion in India → |
| subsequentEntity | Bengal Presidency → |
| subsequentRuler |
British Crown
→
British East India Company → |
| taxSystem | Mughal revenue farming → |
| tradingPartner |
Armenian merchants
→
British East India Company → Dutch East India Company → French East India Company → Portuguese India →
surface form:
Portuguese Estado da Índia
|
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mughal Bengal
this entity surface form:
Bengal Subah of the Mughal Empire
this entity surface form:
Mughal Bengal