give an account of Rise of the Bengal in the 18th century
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Administration by governors appointed by the court of the Mughal Empire court (1575-1717) gave way to four decades of semi-independence under the Nawabs of Murshidabad, who respected the nominal sovereignty of the Mughals in Delhi. The Nawabs granted permission to the French East India Company to establish a trading post at Chandernagore in 1673, and the British East India Company at Calcutta in 1690.
When the British East India Company began strengthening the defences at Fort William (Calcutta), the Nawab, Siraj Ud Daulah, at the encouragement of the French, attacked. Under the leadership of Robert Clive, British troops and their local allies captured Chandernagore in March 1757 and seriously defeated the Nawab on June 23, 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab's soldiers betrayed him. The Nawab was assassinated in Murshidabad, and the British installed their own Nawab for Bengal and extended their direct control in the south. Chandernagore was restored to the French in 1763. The Bengalis attempted to regain their territories in 1765 in alliance with the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, but were defeated again at the Battle of Buxar (1765).
The centre of Indian culture and trade shifted from Delhi to Calcutta when the Mughal Empire fell.
During British rule, two devastating famines were instigated costing millions of lives in 1770 and 1943. Scarcely five years into the British East India Company's rule, the catastrophic Bengal famine of 1770, one of the greatest famines of history occurred. Up to a third of the population died in 1770 and subsequent years.
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⏩Rise of British Power in Bengal During 18th century, Bengal was the richest province in India, attracted traders from Holland, France and England. Calcutta became a profitable base. Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar issued a farman, allowing East India Company a dury-free trade in Bengal. Siraj-ud-Daulah succeeded his grandfather Nawab Alivardi Khan to the throne of Bengal. He captured Fort William in June 1756. Robert Clive, the first Governor-General of Fort William conspired with Mir Jafar to overthrow Siraj-ud-Daulah. Clive defeated nawab in the Battle of Plassey, paved way for the establishment of the British rule in Bengal, transformed a trading Company into a political ...
Rise of British Power in Bengal During 18th century, Bengal was the richest province in India, attracted traders from Holland, France and England. Calcutta became a profitable base. Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar issued a farman, allowing East India Company a dury-free trade in Bengal. Siraj-ud-Daulah succeeded his grandfather Nawab Alivardi Khan to the throne of Bengal. He captured Fort William in June 1756. Robert Clive, the first Governor-General of Fort William conspired with Mir Jafar to overthrow Siraj-ud-Daulah. Clive defeated nawab in the Battle of Plassey, paved way for the establishment of the British rule in Bengal, transformed a trading Company into a political ...
Rise of British Power in Bengal During 18th century, Bengal was the richest province in India, attracted traders from Holland, France and England. Calcutta became a profitable base. Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar issued a farman, allowing East India Company a dury-free trade in Bengal. Siraj-ud-Daulah succeeded his grandfather Nawab Alivardi Khan to the throne of Bengal. He captured Fort William in June 1756. Robert Clive, the first Governor-General of Fort William conspired with Mir Jafar to overthrow Siraj-ud-Daulah. Clive defeated nawab in the Battle of Plassey, paved way for the establishment of the British rule in Bengal, transformed a trading Company into a political ...
Rise of British Power in Bengal During 18th century, Bengal was the richest province in India, attracted traders from Holland, France and England. Calcutta became a profitable base. Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar issued a farman, allowing East India Company a dury-free trade in Bengal. Siraj-ud-Daulah succeeded his grandfather Nawab Alivardi Khan to the throne of Bengal. He captured Fort William in June 1756. Robert Clive, the first Governor-General of Fort William conspired with Mir Jafar to overthrow Siraj-ud-Daulah. Clive defeated nawab in the Battle of Plassey, paved way for the establishment of the British rule in Bengal, transformed a trading Company into a political.
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