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The Bengal Presidency emerged from trading posts established in the Bengal province during the reign of Emperor Jahangir in 1612. The East India Company (HEIC), a British monopoly with a Royal Charter, competed with other European companies to gain influence in Bengal.
By the mid-18th century, the three principal trading settlements including factories and forts, were then called the Madras Presidency (or the Presidency of Fort St. George), the Bombay Presidency, and the Bengal Presidency (or the Presidency of Fort William)—each administered by a governor.
The presidencies in British India were provinces of that region under the direct control and supervision of, initially, the East India Company and, after 1857, the British government. The three key presidencies in India were the Madras Presidency, the Bengal Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency.
Introduction. Power and Preachers comprises 6 diverse primary source collections which detail the political, economic, and spiritual realities of British colonial rule in India. The featured collections include records from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, from the establishment of the East India Company and the India Act to the emergence of ...
Berhampore is situated on the Hooghly River, around 120 miles upstream of Calcutta. It was one of the early HEIC factories and a British cantonment. It was the headquarters of the Murshidabad District in the Rajshahi division of Bengal during the British period.
- 18 m (59 ft)
- Baharampur
- 24.1°N 88.25°E
- West Bengal
Aug 1, 2020 · A brief history of the extraordinary role of Bengal Presidency in shaping the destiny of modern India
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Sep 27, 2007 · Abstract. Early British rule in India was built on Indian foundations. In Bengal the British were able to build on the foundations of a well-established state and a flourishing economy. Above all, the new East India Company rulers could tap Bengal's wealth through a system of taxation collected from the countryside.
