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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:district
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gptkbp:abolished
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1947
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gptkbp:area
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531,993 km² (at its greatest extent)
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gptkbp:capital
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gptkb:Calcutta
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gptkbp:coatOfArms
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gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_British_India
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:British_India
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:Indian_rupee
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gptkbp:dissolved
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gptkb:Indian_independence
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gptkbp:established
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1765
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gptkbp:flag
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gptkb:Flag_of_British_India
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gptkbp:governedBy
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gptkb:British_Crown
gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkb:Governor_of_Bengal
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Bengal Presidency
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:Assam_Province
gptkb:Bengal_Province
gptkb:Bihar_and_Orissa_Province
gptkb:Eastern_Bengal_and_Assam
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gptkbp:notableCity
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gptkb:Murshidabad
gptkb:Calcutta
gptkb:Sylhet
gptkb:Chittagong
gptkb:Mymensingh
gptkb:Patna
gptkb:Port_Blair
gptkb:Dacca
gptkb:Cuttack
gptkb:Dibrugarh
gptkb:Rangoon
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Reunification_of_Bengal_(1911)
gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
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gptkbp:notableLeader
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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
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gptkbp:officialLanguage
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gptkb:Bengali
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Urdu
gptkb:Oriya
English
Assamese
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:British_Empire
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gptkbp:population
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over 80 million (early 20th century)
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Bengal_Subah
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gptkbp:region
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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
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Dominion_of_Pakistan
gptkb:Dominion_of_India
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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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
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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