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Kona village, Bengal Presidency ( adjacent to Halisahar-Kanchrapara; her birthplace is marked by a ghat and temple in CharNandanbati, Kalyani, Nadia) Died 19 February 1861 (1861-02-19) (aged 67)
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. [5]
Bengal happened to be the richest part of Medieval India and hosted the subcontinents most advanced political and cultural centers during the British Raj. The cultural capital of India has been the home to several stalwarts belonging from various fields.
By the mid-18th century, the three principal trading settlements including factories and forts, were then called the Madras Presidency (or the Presidency of Fort St. George), the Bombay Presidency, and the Bengal Presidency (or the Presidency of Fort William)—each administered by a governor.
Rani Rashmoni of Janbazar, Kolkata was a pillar of strength in the mid-nineteenth century, amidst the male dominated society. Born in 28th Sept. 1793, the Bengali year being 1211. At the tender age of 11, Rashmoni was married to Babu Rajchandra Das of Janbazar.
The presidencies in British India were provinces of that region under the direct control and supervision of, initially, the East India Company and, after 1857, the British government. The three key presidencies in India were the Madras Presidency, the Bengal Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency.
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Aug 1, 2020 · The history of Calcutta and the Bengal Presidency reflects too the changing face of imperial colonialism. Fuelled and built on the spoils of corporate ambition, the Raj ultimately couldn’t sustain an agenda of asset-stripping and mindless profiteering like it did in the early days of the Bengal conquest.
