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The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India. [ 5 ] At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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The three key presidencies in India were the Madras Presidency, the Bengal Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency. Those provinces were centered on the cities of Madras (now Chennai), Calcutta (now Kolkata), and Bombay (now Mumbai), respectively, and each city played a key role in the spread of British trade and commerce in India.
Jun 27, 2023 · The genesis of the museum movement in India can be traced to the founding of the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Sir William Jones in 1784. In 1796 the society founded a small museum to house curiosities collected by members in Calcutta. This moved to bigger premises in 1814 and finally to its present imposing site in 1875.
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Berhampore (Bengal Presidency) 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)
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- West Bengal
A map of the British Indian Empire in 1909 during the partition of Bengal (1905–1911), showing British India in two shades of pink (coral and pale) and the princely states in yellow. At the turn of the 20th century, British India consisted of eight provinces that were administered either by a governor or a lieutenant-governor.
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Aug 1, 2020 · Discovery of India – The Birth of the Bengal Presidency, Calcutta & the British Raj. Hindustan under the Great Mughals was an economic superpower, and Bengal was its most glittering, coveted, asset. Aurangzeb bestowed upon it the title of ‘paradise among nations’ because the province boasted every advantage of nature and industry.
