[78] The Cossimbazar factory reported in 1742, for example, that the Marathas burnt down many of the houses where silk piece goods were made, along with weavers' looms. The promotion of Bengali literature under the dynasty led to Bengali replacing the strong influence of Sanskrit in the region. [71] The Portuguese were the earliest Europeans to settle in Bengal.[72]. [82] It received an official permission to trade from Mughal viceroy Shah Shuja in 1651. Even though Mir Jafar owed his position to the Company, he soon repented the bargain he had struck. Eventually, the Mughals subdued the zamindar rebellion and brought all of Bengal under imperial control. Lastly, the victory of Plassey enabled the Company and its servants to amass untold wealth at the cost of the helpless people of Bengal. The Ledo Road was constructed between Bengal and China through Allied controlled areas in northern Burma to supply the forces led by Chiang Kai Shek. [49] The last ruler of the Chandra Dynasty, Govindachandra, was defeated by the south Indian Emperor Rajendra Chola I of the maritime Chola dynasty in the 11th century. He, therefore, tried to prevent public disorder, to increase his income by removing corruption from revenue administration, and to raise a modern and disciplined army along European lines. Embassies were sent to Ming China during the reign of Emperor Yongle. From the 1850s, industry was centered around the capital Calcutta. It was the most fertile and the richest of India’s provinces. Its eastern boundary was formed by the Brahmaputra River. The Palas were responsible for the introduction of Mahayana Buddhism in Tibet, Bhutan and Burma. The inscriptional evidences show that his kingdom was extended up to the present-day Comilla–Noakhali–Chittagong region. [50], The Pala dynasty was replaced by the resurgent Hindu Sena dynasty which hailed from south India; they and their feudatories are referred to in history books as the "Kannada kings." The leader of the expedition was Maharaja Raghuji of Nagpur. In addition to this, the Company and its servants forced the Indian officials and zamindars to give them presents and bribes. In 1919, they created different electorates for Muslims, Hindus and for other distinctive communities. The settlement was established after the Bengal Sultanate granted permission to embassies from Portuguese India for the creation of a trading post. [40], Bengal's oldest inscription – the Mahasthan Brahmi Inscription – dates from the Mauryan period. People who refused were often flogged or imprisoned. Early Hindu numerals had only nine symbols, until 600 to 800 CE, when a symbol for zero was developed for the numeral system. 5. Ballala Sena, third ruler of the dynasty, was a scholar and philosopher king. One of the legacies of the dynasty is its gold coinage inscribed with the names of rulers such as Rajabhata. Bengal played a major role in the Indian independence movement (including the Pakistan movement), in which revolutionary groups such as Anushilan Samiti and Jugantar were dominant. His wife Maharani Bhavashankari defeated the Pathan resurgence in Bengal[65] and her reign brought power, prosperity and grandeur to Bhurishrestha Kingdom. Siraj rightly interpreted this action as an attack upon his sovereignty. The Roman Catholic Church was established in Bengal by the Portuguese in Chittagong, when the first Vicar Apostolic was appointed in the port city. 1, Macmillan Reference USA, 2006, pp. The Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta visited Sonargaon during the reign of Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah. The assembly was elected on the basis of the so-called "separate electorate" system created by the Communal Award. The Company had secured valuable privileges in 1717 under a royal Farman by the Mughal emperor, which had granted the Company the freedom to export and import their goods in Bengal without paying taxes and the right to issue passes or dastaks for the movement of such goods. The Gangaridai army was stated to have a war elephant cavalry of 6000 elephants. Fort William continued to be the capital of British-held territories in India. He crushed the Varendra Rebellion and tried to extend his empire farther to Kamarupa, Odisha and northern India. The citadel of Gauda served as capital of the Gauda Kingdom, the Buddhist Pala Empire (eighth to 11th century) and Sen Empire (11th–12th century). The dynasty was founded by Alivardi Khan. Divine and rule, however, continued as a British policy. The 1857 uprising against British rule led to scenes of intense combat. [83][84] In 1696, the English built Fort William on the bank of the Hooghly River. While Mir Qasim believed that he was an independent ruler, the English demanded that he should act as a mere tool in their hands, for had they not put him in power? Many of the early proponents of independence, and subsequent leaders in movement were Bengalis. [91] Commonwealth forces included troops from Britain, India, Australia and New Zealand. This alliance made the Nawab a dependent of the Company. The beginnings of British political sway over India may be traced to the battle of Plassey in 1757, when the English East India Company’s forces defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal. He recovered control over all of Bengal and expanded the empire. [77] This devastated Bengal's economy, as many of the people killed in the Maratha raids included merchants, textile weavers,[77] silk winders, and mulberry cultivators. The Koch Bihar Kingdom in the northern Bengal, flourished during the period of 16th and the 17th centuries as well as weathered the Mughals and survived till the advent of the British. The Governor of Bengal, who was concurrently the Governor-General of India, often sat on the council. They met for battle on the field of Plassey, about 30 km from Murshidabad, on 23 June 1757. The medieval historical past of Bengal was dominated by the When British colonial rule ended in August 1947, two new countries—India and Pakistan—were born, and Bengal was split between them. The dynasty also ruled parts of Bihar and Orissa. The following table lists the geopolitical divisions of ancient Bengal. Some of these leaders, such as Netaji, did not subscribe to the view that non-violent civil disobedience was the only way to achieve Indian Independence, and allied with Japan to fight against the British. Provincial roots of Indian nationalism, however, may be traced to the beginning of the era of crown rule in Bombay, Bengal, and Madras. [62] From Bengal, saltpetre was also shipped to Europe, opium was sold in Indonesia, raw silk was exported to Japan and the Netherlands, and cotton and silk textiles were exported to Europe, Indonesia and Japan. Under the leadership of Robert Clive, British troops and their local allies captured Chandernagore in March 1757 and seriously defeated the Nawab on 23 June 1757 at the Battle of Plassey, when the Nawab's soldiers betrayed him. The earlier British struggle with the French in south India had been but a dress rehearsal. How could an independent ruler permit a private company of merchants to build forts or to carry on private wars on his land? The Portuguese settlers in Chittagong included bureaucrats, merchants, soldiers, sailors, missionaries, slave traders and pirates. Indian Society During British Rule! The British in Bengal were not unopposed. Nalanda, Vikramashila and Somapura Mahavihara flourished and prospered under the patronage of the Pala rulers. The exact origin of the word Bangla is unknown, though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang/Banga that settled in the area around the year 1000 BCE. Eventually, the French presence in Bengal was only restricted to the colony of Chandernagore, which was administered by the governor in Pondicherry. They created many temples and works of art as well as supported the important ancient higher-learning institutions of Nalanda and Vikramashila. They demanded the re-imposition of duties on Indian traders. The early Bengal Sultanate was notable for its diplomatic relationships. A relationship with Ming China flourished under the sultanate. In 1905, the colonial government divided Bengal into Hindu and Muslim sections; this division was revoked after strong protests. [77] The Maratha invasions of Bengal badly affected the economy of Bengal and it is estimated that 400,000 Bengali Muslims were butchered brutally by the Hindu Maratha bargis and many women and children gang raped.,[79] and the genocide has been considered to be among the deadliest massacres in Indian history.[80]. Maharaja Rudranarayan consolidated the dynasty and expanded the kingdom and converted it into one of the most powerful Hindu kingdom of the time. By this treaty the Nawab was to disband most of his army and to administer Bengal through a Deputy Subahdar who was to be nominated by the Company and who could not be dismissed without its approval. These included a realm led by Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (and later his son) in Sonargaon;[55] a realm led by Alauddin Ali Shah in Gauda (also called Lakhnauti);[56] and a realm led by Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah in Satgaon. There are also records of the sultans' relations with Egypt, Herat and some kingdoms in Africa. East Bengal was renamed East Pakistan, and later became the independent nation of Bangladesh after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. [47] The dynasty was powerful enough to withstand the Pala Empire to the northwest. Our mission is to provide an online platform to help students to discuss anything and everything about history. Bengal in particular was not to know peace again until it had been bled white. The river Hooghly became the northern boundary of the Odishan kingdom. A majority of members in the Bengal Legislative Assembly voted to keep Bengal undivided. Dharmapala extended the empire into the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent. 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But the Delhi Sultanate managed to suppress Bengal's Muslim separatists for a century. The largest seaport in British Bengal was the Port of Calcutta, one of the busiest ports in the erstwhile British Empire. In return, the Company gave him a subsidy of 26 lakhs of rupees and secured for him the districts of Kora and Allahabad. They are Bengal, Madras, and Bombay. Both sides realised that a war to the finish would have to be fought between them. It boosted British prestige and at a single stroke raised them to the status of a major contender for the Indian empire. One of the notable properties of the French included the land of the Ahsan Manzil, where the French administrative building was located. It paved the way for the British mastery of Bengal and eventually of the whole of India. [28] Remnants of Copper Age settlements, including pit dwellings, date back 4,000 years. The 13th century onward, the region was controlled by the Bengal Sultanate, Hindu kings and Baro-Bhuyan landlords under the suzerainty of the Mughal Empire, until the British East India company took control of the region from the Mughals in the late 18th century. (10 Vols. The centre of Indian culture and trade shifted from Delhi to Calcutta when the Mughal Empire fell. [31] Alexander Cunningham, the founder of the Archaeological Survey of India, identified the archaeological site of Mahasthangarh as the capital of the Pundra Kingdom mentioned in the Rigveda. The French transferred sovereignty in 1952. In this tutorial, we had discussed the Modern history of Bengal and its related popular movements. In contrast to the Pala dynasty who championed Buddhism, the Sena dynasty were staunchly Hindu. The Bengali calendar traces its origin to Shashanka's reign. Vijaya Sena, second ruler of the dynasty, defeated the last Pala emperor, Madanapala, and established his reign formally. The empire reached its peak under Emperor Dharmapala (770–810) and Devapala (810–850). Most of all they disliked the Nawab’s attempts to check the misuse of the Farman of 1717 by the Company’s servants, who demanded that their goods whether destined for export or for internal use should be free of duties. Modern education began in India under British rule. [32][33], The ancient Bengal region features prominently in legendary history of India, Sri Lanka, Siam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Burma, Nepal, Tibet, China and Malaya. Under the patronage of Sultans like Alauddin Hussain Shah, Bengali literature began replacing the strong influence of Sanskrit in the region. An independent Bengal Sultanate was formed in 1352 and ruled the region for two centuries, during which a distinct form of Islam based on Sufism and the Bengali language emerged and the region was known as a major trading nation in the world. [41], The Gupta Empire is regarded as a golden age in subcontinental history. Ashoka sponsored the spreading of Buddhist missionaries to various parts of Asia. [43] The peace and prosperity created under leadership of Guptas enabled the pursuit of scientific and artistic endeavours in the empire. The Indian Rebellion of 1857 replaced rule by the Company with the direct control of Bengal by the British Crown. There were only two full-fledged universities in Bengal during British rule, including the University of Calcutta and the University of Dacca. Here is a list of some major famines during British rule in India. Under the Mughal Empire, Bengal was an affluent province with a Muslim majority and Hindu minority. This plunder of Bengal is well documented in the British records as Lord Clive and Warren Hastings, the first two governors of Bengal, were both tried in the British Parliament for corruption, though they were exonerated – due largely to wealth induced influence peddling by the rich BEIC. It was during the Pala period Bengal became the main center of Buddhist as well as secular learning. In 1763, the British had restored Mir Jafar as Nawab and collected huge sums for the Company and its high officials. These abuses ruined the honest Indian traders through unfair competition and deprived the Nawab of a very important source of revenue. They controlled the port of Chittagong and forced all merchant ships to acquire a Portuguese trade licence. The Bengal Sultanate-Jaunpur Sultanate War ended after mediation from China and the Timurids. [6] This era saw the introduction of the taka as monetary currency, which has endured into the modern era. [15][16][17] Kolkata (or Calcutta) served for many years as the capital of British controlled territories in India. The Company thus gained supreme control over the administration (or nizamat) of Bengal. No ruler could possibly accept this position. Coins were inscribed in gold with the Sanskrit inscription Gaudiya Vijaye, meaning "On the conquest of Gauda (Bengal)". Sirajul Islam (edited) (1997) History of Bangladesh 1704–1971(Three Volumes: Vol 1: Political History, Vol 2: Economic History Vol 3: Social and Cultural History), 2nd Edition (Revised New Edition), The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Pages: 1846. Ancient Bengal was the site of several major Janapadas (kingdoms), while the earliest cities date back to the Vedic period. King Shashanka is considered by some scholars to be the pioneering king of a unified Bengali state. Moreover, the two signed an alliance by which the Company promised to support the Nawab against an outside attack provided he paid for the services of the troops sent to his aid. British India During World War I 8. The earliest reference to "Vangala" (Bôngal) has been traced in the Nesari plates (805 CE) of Rashtrakuta Govinda III which speak of Dharmapala as the king of Vangala. This Farman was a perpetual source of conflict between the Company and the Nawabs of Bengal. According to economic historian Indrajit Ray, it was globally prominent in industries such as textile manufacturing and shipbuilding. The settlement was established after the Bengal Sultanate granted permission to embassies from Portuguese India for the creation of a trading post. The dynasty was founded by the first Nawab of Bengal Murshid Quli Khan. ADVERTISEMENTS: Read this article to learn about the partition of Bengal British and their failure. The Bengal Sultanate's territory reached its greatest extent under Alauddin Hussain Shah, founder of the Hussain Shahi dynasty. The Mughal absorption of Bengal began with the Battle of Ghaghra in 1529, in which the Mughal army was led by the first Mughal emperor Babur. [19][20] Other accounts speculate that the name is derived from Venga (Bôngo), which came from the Austric word "Bonga" meaning the Sun-god. Before sharing your knowledge on this site, please read the following pages: 1. The records of Rajendra Chola I of the Chola dynasty, who invaded Bengal in the 11th century, use the term Vangaladesa. His reign lasted between 590 and 625. The Pala dynasty lasted for four centuries and ushered in a period of stability and prosperity in Bengal. The first settlement of the Danish East India Company in Bengal was established in Pipli in 1625. Ancient Bengal was often divided between various kingdoms. Raghoji was able to annexe Odisha and parts of Bengal permanently as he successfully exploited the chaotic conditions prevailing in the region after the death of their Governor Murshid Quli Khan in 1727. [5] The Sultans exerted influence in the Arakan region of Southeast Asia, where Buddhist kings copied the sultanate's governance, currency and fashion. This injured the Indian merchants as they had to pay taxes from which the foreigners got complete exemption. The Ostend Company of the Austrian Empire operated a settlement in Bankipur, Bengal during the 18th century. Sirajul Islam (Chief Editor) (2003) Banglapedia: A National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. He decided to make them obey the laws of the land. There were several Hindu states established in and around Bengal during the medieval and early modern periods. One subedar was Prince Shah Shuja, who was the son of Emperor Shah Jahan. 7.”Bengal famine of 1943″. Members of the imperial family were often appointed to the position of Subedar. Henceforth known as British India, it was thereafter directly ruled as a colonial possession of the United Kingdom, and India was … List of British Governors Generals during British Period in India . Led by Bakhtiar Khilji, an army of several thousand horsemen from the Ghurids overwhelmed Bengali Hindu forces during a blitzkrieg campaign. The Chandra kingdom covered the Harikela region, which was known as the Kingdom of Ruhmi to Arab traders. Control over Bengal played a decisive role in the Anglo-French struggle. 237–240, World History in Context. [29] Rivers such as the Ganges and Brahmaputra were used for transport while maritime trade flourished in the Bay of Bengal. The largest mosque in India was built in Bengal to project the new sultanate's imperial ambitions. Provincial roots of Indian nationalism, however, may be traced to the beginning of the era of crown rule in Bombay, Bengal, and Madras. It is interesting to note that earlier, the city of Calcutta was the capital of India during the British Rule in the year 1772. The Islamic conquest of Bengal began with the capture of Gauda from the Sena dynasty in 1204. The major part of the Nawab’s army, led by the traitors Mir Jafar and Rai Durlabh, took no part in the fighting. After victory, the Delhi Sultanate maintained a strong vigil on Bengal. Governors of Fort William in Bengal (1757-1772) 1. The capital of this dynasty was Bikrampur in present-day Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. [24][25][26] Bangalah was the most widely used term for Bengal during the medieval and early modern periods. ", "The Long Globalization and Textile Producers in India", Bengals plunder gifted the British Industrial Revolution, "Facts about the Ancient Greeks: who was Homer, which gods did the ancient Greeks believe in, what was life like in Ancient Greece? Under Mauryan rule, the economic system benefited from the creation of a single efficient system of finance, administration, and security. Roger Drake (1757) 2. While the monarchs were Buddhists, land grants to Brahmin agriculturalists was common. Last Updated: 11th January, 2020 23:31 IST History Written During British Rule, After Independence Overlooked Several Major Aspects: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi said several important aspects of the country's history were overlooked by historians who wrote about it during the British rule and after Independence, and it seemed that the indigenous people of India did not exist at all. There was extensive shipping with British Burma. In Ptolemy's world map, the emporium of Sounagoura (Sonargaon) was located in Bengal. Bengal was divided by the British rulers for administrative purposes in 1905 into an overwhelmingly Hindu west (including present-day Bihar and Odisha) and a predominantly Muslim east (including Assam). However, Mahipala rejuvenated the reign of the Palas. The plunder of Bengal made direct significant contributions to the Industrial Revolution in Britain,[15][16][17][18] with the capital amassed from Bengal used to invest in British industries such as textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and greatly increase British wealth, while at the same time leading to deindustrialisation in Bengal. He was also the head of state of a parallel regime named 'The Provisional Government of Free India' or Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, that was recognised and supported by the Axis powers. A confederation of twelve zamindar families resisted the expansion of the Mughal Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Varman dynasty of Kamarupa ruled North Bengal and the Sylhet region. After Mahipala I the Pala dynasty again saw its decline until Ramapala (1077–1130), the last great ruler of the dynasty, managed to retrieve the position of the dynasty to some extent. [19][28] Archaeological evidence confirms that by the second millennium BCE, the Bengal delta was inhabited by rice-cultivating communities, with people living in systemically-aligned housing and producing pottery. As a result, Bengal was divided into the state of West Bengal of India and the province of East Bengal under Pakistan, renamed East Pakistan in 1955. Before the British, India had its own educational systems like the Gurukulas and the Madrassas. Content Guidelines 2. Ancient Bengal was often ruled by dynasties based in the Magadha region, such as the Shunga dynasty. It also received the zamindari of the 24 Parganas near Calcutta. [63], Bengal had a large shipbuilding industry. The British also created "divide and rule" policies, pitting Hindu and Muslim Indians against one another. However, Bengalis were also divided by religion due to the political situation in the rest of India. Dutch territories in Bengal were ceded to Britain by the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. Chandernagore was restored to the French in 1763. An Afghan dynasty was the last royal house of the Bengal Sultanate. Hindu – Muslim conflict became stronger through this partition. [86] Several rail companies were established in Bengal during the 19th century, including the Eastern Bengal Railway and Assam Bengal Railway. The Governor of Bengal was concurrently the Governor-General of India for many years. The reign of Ashoka ushered an era of social harmony, religious transformation, and expansion of the sciences and of knowledge. During the second half of the nineteenth century, particularly after […] British Rule In India MCQ Questions and answers with easy explanations. It was created by the Indian Councils Act 1861 and reformed under the Indian Councils Act 1892, the Indian Councils Act 1909, the Government of India Act 1919 and the Government of India Act 1935. As British historians, Edward Thompson and G.T. The Ilyas Shahi reign was interrupted by an uprising orchestrated by the sultan's premier Raja Ganesha, a Hindu aristocrat. Fort William served as the British headquarters in India for centuries. The name Pala (Bengali: পাল) means protector and was used as an ending to the names of all Pala monarchs. Nationalism emerged in 19th-century British India both in emulation of and as a reaction against the consolidation of British rule and the spread of Western civilization. The Danish also operated colonies on the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The colonial capital developed in Calcutta's municipality, which served as the capital of India for decades. This amounted to a direct challenge to the Nawab’s sovereignty. [10], Following the decline of the sultanate, Bengal came under the suzerainty of the Mughal Empire, as its wealthiest province. It was also a bastion of regional kingdom. It was also understood that British merchants and officials would no longer be asked to pay any taxes on their private trade. [29], The Iron Age saw the development of coinage, metal weapons, agriculture and irrigation. He was an able, efficient, and strong ruler, determined to free himself from foreign control. Gopala reigned from about 750–770 and consolidated his position by extending his control over all of Bengal. Famine had been a recurrent feature of life the Indian sub-continental countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, most notoriously during British rule.Famines in India resulted in more than 60 million deaths over the course of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. 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. Bengal was also the fostering ground for several prominent revolutionary organisations, the most notable of which was Anushilan Samiti. This era saw the development of Bengali language, script, literature, music, art and architecture. One of the sultans, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah, kept a correspondence with the renowned Persian poet Hafez. The three allies clashed with the Company’s army at Buxar on 22 October 1764 and were thoroughly defeated. During theBritish rule in India there were approximately 25 major famines spread through states such asTamil Nadu in South India, Bihar in the north, and Bengal in the east; altogether, between 30and 40 million Indians were the victims of famines in the latter half of the 19th century (Bhatia1985). The short lived province of Eastern Bengal and Assam provided impetus to a growing movement for self-determination among British-Indian Muslim subjects. All this naturally annoyed and angered the young Nawab who also suspected that the Company was hostile to him and was favouring his rivals for the throne of Bengal. ", Momtazur Rahman Tarafdar, "Itihas O Aitihasik", Bangla Academy Dhaka, 1995, Encyclopaedia of North-East India by T. Raatan p.143, Nadia' Jillar Purakirti by Archaeological Survey of India, West Bengal, 1975, Imperial Gazetteer of India, New Edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908–1931), Vol. In 1666, the Mughal conquest of Chittagong resulted in the expulsion of Portuguese and Arakanese forces in the port city. Hindu principalities included the Koch Kingdom, Kingdom of Mallabhum, Kingdom of Bhurshut and Kingdom of Tripura; and the realm of powerful Hindu Rajas such as Pratapaditya and Raja Sitaram Ray. They compelled the Indian artisans, peasants and merchants to sell their goods cheap but buy dear from them. It had acknowledged the British government’s right to control all its activities; it had quietly accepted restrictions on its trade and power imposed in Britain by the British government; its right to trade with the East had been extinguished by the Parliament in 1693 when its Charter was withdrawn; it had paid huge bribes to the King, the Parliament, and the politicians of Britain (in one year alone, it had to pay £80,000 in bribes). He expanded the empire beyond Bengal into Bihar, Assam, Odisha and likely Varanasi. [11], Bengali farmers and agriculturalists were quick to adapt to profitable new crops between 1600 and 1650. Ganesha installed his son Jadu to the throne but his son was influenced to convert to Islam[citation needed] by the court's Sufi clergy. At times, the region was unified into a single realm; while it was also ruled by pan-Indian empires. 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