Colonial Bengal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colonial_Bengal

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:administrativeDivision	gptkb:Presidency_of_Fort_William
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Calcutta
gptkbp:colonizedBy	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Indian_rupee Bengal Presidency rupee
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Governor_of_Bengal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Colonial Bengal
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Bengali English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Brahmaputra gptkb:Ganges gptkb:Padma gptkb:Hooghly
gptkbp:notableCity	gptkb:Murshidabad gptkb:Serampore gptkb:Chittagong gptkb:Dhaka gptkb:Howrah
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Plassey gptkb:Battle_of_Buxar gptkb:Bengal_famine_of_1943 gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1947)
gptkbp:notableIndustry	gptkb:café textiles jute
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Asiatic_Society gptkb:University_of_Calcutta gptkb:Indian_Museum
gptkbp:notableMovement	gptkb:Bengal_Renaissance gptkb:Brahmo_Samaj gptkb:Young_Bengal_movement gptkb:Swadeshi_movement
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Ishwar_Chandra_Vidyasagar gptkb:Rabindranath_Tagore gptkb:Bankim_Chandra_Chattopadhyay gptkb:Subhas_Chandra_Bose gptkb:Swami_Vivekananda
gptkbp:period	1757-1947
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Mughal_Bengal
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Hinduism gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Indian_independence_movement gptkb:Bengal_Renaissance gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal_(1905)
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:West_Bengal gptkb:East_Bengal
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Medieval_Bengal
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7