Bengal Presidency

GPTKB entity

Statements (80)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:district
gptkbp:abolished 1947
gptkbp:area 531,993 km² (at its greatest extent)
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Calcutta
gptkbp:coatOfArms gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_British_India
gptkbp:country gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Indian_rupee
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Indian_independence
gptkbp:established 1765
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_British_India
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:British_Crown
gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:Governor_of_Bengal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bengal Presidency
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Assam_Province
gptkb:Bengal_Province
gptkb:Bihar_and_Orissa_Province
gptkb:Eastern_Bengal_and_Assam
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Murshidabad
gptkb:Calcutta
gptkb:Sylhet
gptkb:Chittagong
gptkb:Mymensingh
gptkb:Patna
gptkb:Port_Blair
gptkb:Dacca
gptkb:Cuttack
gptkb:Dibrugarh
gptkb:Rangoon
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Reunification_of_Bengal_(1911)
gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Sir_John_Woodburn
gptkb:Lord_Cornwallis
gptkb:Sir_Richard_Temple
gptkb:Lord_William_Bentinck
gptkb:Warren_Hastings
gptkb:Sir_Alexander_Mackenzie
gptkb:Lord_Wellesley
gptkb:Sir_Ashley_Eden
gptkb:Sir_Charles_Elliott
gptkb:Sir_Edward_Norman_Baker
gptkb:Sir_Frederick_John_Burrows
gptkb:Sir_George_Campbell
gptkb:Sir_Henry_Ramsay
gptkb:Sir_John_Shore
gptkb:Sir_Steuart_Colvin_Bayley
gptkb:Sir_Thomas_David_Gibson_Carmichael
gptkb:Sir_Andrew_Fraser
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Bengali
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Urdu
gptkb:Oriya
English
Assamese
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population over 80 million (early 20th century)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Bengal_Subah
gptkbp:region gptkb:Bengal
gptkb:Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands
gptkb:Assam
gptkb:Bihar
gptkb:Orissa
parts of present-day Assam
parts of present-day Bangladesh
parts of present-day Bihar
parts of present-day Myanmar
parts of present-day Odisha
parts of present-day West Bengal
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Dominion_of_Pakistan
gptkb:Dominion_of_India
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:Bengalis
gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:History_of_British_India
gptkb:Bengal_Subah
gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
gptkb:Young_Bengal_movement
gptkb:landowner
gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5