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4 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · At its greatest extent, the Bengal Presidency covered north and north-east India, as well as Burma, Singapore and Penang.
4 days ago · Between 1830 and 1867, the ports of Singapore and Malacca, the island of Penang, and a portion of the Malay Peninsula were ruled under the jurisdiction of the Bengal Presidency of the British Empire. These areas were known as the Straits Settlements, which was separated from the Bengal Presidency and converted into a Crown colony in 1867.
3 days ago · India - Partition, Bengal, 1905: The first partition of Bengal in 1905 brought that province to the brink of open rebellion. The British recognized that Bengal, with some 85 million people, was much too large for a single province and determined that it merited reorganization and intelligent division.
Jun 27, 2024 · The 1905 Partition of Bengal, ordered by Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, restructured Bengal Presidency, dividing it into East Bengal for Muslims and West Bengal for Hindus.
Jun 24, 2024 · The Partition of Bengal was the masterpiece of Curzon’s internal policy. The Partition of Bengal was carried out on 16 October 1905 under Viceroy Lord Curzon’s presidency. which resulted in the division of Bengal into Eastern Bengal and Western Bengal.
4 days ago · Thus, the Bengal Presidency, as the province was known, had powers of superintendence over the other British presidencies, those of Madras (now Chennai) and Bombay (now Mumbai). Britain was not, however, the only European presence in Bengal.
