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.

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Label Occurrences
Bengal Subah canonical 46
Mughal Bengal 4
Bengal Subah of the Mughal Empire 1

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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

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Sher Afgan Khan deathPlace Bengal Subah