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  1. Wiki/Biography. Suchitra Sen was born on Monday, 6 April 1931 ( age 82 years; at the time of death) in Bhanga Bari village of Belkuchi Upazila, Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Siraj Ganj District, Greater Pabna, Bangladesh). Her zodiac sign is Aries. After the partition of India in 1947, her family came to Bengal as a refugee.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › British_RajBritish Raj - Wikipedia

    India 1858–1947 Anthem: "God Save the King/Queen" Political subdivisions of the British Raj in 1909. British India is shown in two shades of pink; Sikkim, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Princely states are shown in yellow. The British Raj in relation to the British Empire in 1909 Status Imperial political structure (comprising British India [a] and the Princely States [b] Capital Calcutta [c] (1858–1911) New Delhi (1911/1931 [d] –1947) Official languages English [e] Hindustani (Urdu) [f] Other ...

  3. Some of the Governors of Bengal Presidency are given below. Robert Clive. Robert Clive acted as the English Governor of Bengal from 1758 to 1760. Harry Verelst. Harry Verelst is documented in the pages of Indian history as a colonial administrator with the British East India Company and the governor of Bengal from 1767 to 1769. John Cartier.

  4. 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. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia. Bengal proper covered the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. Calcutta, the city which grew around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. For many ...

  5. Nov 5, 2019 · The outcome was the eastern part of the Bengal Presidency of British India becoming East Pakistan. And that’s when the tragedy of Hindus in East Bengal or East Pakistan started. The creation of Pakistan as the homeland of sub-continental Muslims and the departure of British colonial power completely changed the power equation in East Bengal.

  6. May 22, 2024 · Bihar and Orissa: separated from Bengal in 1912. Renamed Bihar in 1936 when Orissa became a separate province. Delhi: Separated from Punjab in 1912, when it became the capital of British India. Orissa: Separate province by carving out certain portions from the Bihar-Orissa Province and the Madras Province in 1936.