Bengal Presidency (unpartitioned)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bengal_Presidency_(unpartitioned)
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:district
gptkbp:abolished 1947
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:British_Crown
gptkb:East_India_Company
gptkbp:area over 500,000 sq km
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Calcutta
gptkbp:country gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Indian_rupee
gptkbp:established 1765
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Governor_of_Bengal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bengal Presidency (unpartitioned)
gptkbp:largestCity gptkb:Calcutta
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Reunification_of_Bengal_(1911)
gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
gptkb:Indian_independence_(1947)
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Bengali
gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Urdu
gptkb:Oriya
English
Assamese
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:population over 80 million (early 20th century)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Bengal_Subah
gptkbp:region gptkb:Meghalaya
gptkb:Sylhet
gptkb:Arakan
gptkb:Bengal
gptkb:Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands
gptkb:Assam
gptkb:Bihar
gptkb:Chittagong
gptkb:Jharkhand
gptkb:Manipur
gptkb:Mizoram
gptkb:Nagaland
gptkb:Odisha
gptkb:Sikkim
gptkb:Tripura
gptkb:Orissa
gptkb:Cooch_Behar
parts of Myanmar
parts of Nepal
parts of Bangladesh
parts of Chhattisgarh
parts of Uttar Pradesh
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Assam_Province
gptkb:Bengal_Province
gptkb:Bihar_and_Orissa_Province
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_1905
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7