British Bengal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_Bengal
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:administrativeDivision gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:area about 230,000 km² (1941)
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Nepal
gptkb:Assam
gptkb:Bay_of_Bengal
gptkb:Bihar
gptkb:Sikkim
gptkb:Orissa
Burma
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Calcutta
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Indian_rupee
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:Indian_Independence_Act_1947
gptkbp:existedDuring 1765
gptkbp:existedUntil 1947
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_British_India
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:British_Crown
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British Bengal
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Calcutta
gptkb:Chittagong
gptkb:Dhaka
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bengal_Famine_of_1943
gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey_(1757)
gptkb:Battle_of_Buxar_(1764)
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Robert_Clive
gptkb:Warren_Hastings
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Bengali
English
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:population over 70 million (1941 census)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Mughal_Bengal
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Reunification_of_Bengal_(1911)
gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
gptkb:Partition_of_India_(1947)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkb:East_Bengal
gptkb:East_Pakistan
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nobles_of_Bengal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7