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Learn about the history, geography and administration of the Bengal Presidency, the largest and oldest of the three presidencies of British India. Find out how it evolved from a Mughal province to a British colony and later a province of India and Bangladesh.
Learn about the origins, evolution and legacy of British India, the colonial possession of the United Kingdom that ruled over most of the Indian subcontinent from 1612 to 1947. Explore the three historical periods, the presidencies and provinces, and the princely states of British India.
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In 1644 Gabriel Boughton, procured privileges for the East India Company which permitted them to build a factory at Hughli, without fortifications. In 1650, the factories of Balasor and Hughli were united. On 14 December 1650, James Bridgman was appointed as the chief of the factories. However, in 1653, Bridgman left suddenly and Powle Waldegrave a...
Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
The Regulating Act of 1773replaced the office of the Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal with Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal. The office of the Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal was restored in 1833.
1834–1854 – Governors of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
By an Act of 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. lxxxv. Section lvi), it was enacted " that the Executive Government of each of the several Presidencies of Fort William in Bengal, Fort St. George, Bombay, and Agra shall be administered by a Governor and three Councilors, to be styled the Governor-in-Council of the said Presidencies of Fort William in Bengal , Fort St. George, Bombay, and Agra respectively, and that the Governor General of India for the time being shall be Governor of the Presidency of Fo...
1912–1935 – Governors of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
On 12 December 1911 at the Delhi Durbar, Emperor George V announced the transfer of the seat of the Government of India from Calcutta to Delhi and the reunification of the five predominantly Bengali-speaking divisions into a Presidency (or province) of Bengal under a Governor. On 1 April 1912 Thomas Gibson-Carmichael was appointed the Governor of Bengal. Sir Frederick Burrows became the last Governor of Bengal followed by the Partition of India.
Lieutenant-Governors of the Bengal Division of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
Under the Government of India Act 1853 the Governor-General of India was relieved of his concurrent duties as Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal and a separate Governor was decided to be appointed. Until then a Lieutenant Governor was to be appointed. F. J. Hallidaybecame the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. William Duke served as the last lieutenant governor after which the office was superseded by the restored office of the Governor of the Presidency of Fort William in...
Lieutenant-Governors of the North-Western Provinces of the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal
The Government of India Act of 1833 had intended that there be four presidencies comprising India – that of Fort William in Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Agra. The new Presidency of Agra was to be created from the Ceded and Conquered Provinces of the Bengal Presidency. However the presidency was never fully created. Instead a new Act of Parliament in 1835, dissolved the new presidency and established the lieutenant-governorship of North-Western Provinces within the Bengal Presidency. The lieuten...
In 1947, the British rule over India came to an end, and India was partitioned into two independent dominions of the Indian Union and Pakistan. Bengal Province was partitioned into the province of West Bengal in India, and province of East Bengal (later East Pakistan) in Pakistan. East Pakistan later become independent in 1971 as Bangladesh.
Learn about the history and evolution of the office of the Governor of Bengal, from 1644 to 1947, and the list of its holders. The web page also covers the precursors, the formation, the abolition and the restoration of the office.
Learn about the history and evolution of the three major presidencies in British India: Bombay, Madras, and Bengal. Bengal was the last and most lucrative of the presidencies, founded in 1690 and ruled by the East India Company from 1757.
Aug 1, 2020 · Learn how Bengal became the centre of British colonial power in India after the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Explore the economic, social and cultural changes that transformed the region and its people under the East India Company.
Learn about the colonial region of British India that covered undivided Bengal and other areas. Find out which states of India and Pakistan are part of the former presidency today.
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India.
