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Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance
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Banglapedia traces the anti-Company alliance of Muslim fakirs and Hindu sannyasis in Bengal from 1760 onward.
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Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance
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Sannyasi Rebellion
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Britannica describes the Fakir-Sannyasi uprisings as a long resistance wave against East India Company authority from 1763 to 1800.
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Diwani
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Bengal-focused reference on the diwani system, the 1765 agreements, and how revenue authority passed to the East India Company.
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East India Company
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Overview of the Company's shift from trade to colonial rule, including the grant of diwani rights and its economic consequences in Bengal.
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Great Bengal Famine of 1770
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Overview of the 1770 famine in Bengal, including mortality scale and structural causes under early Company rule.
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History
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General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.
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The Fakir and Sannyasi Rebellion
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Core historiography of the Fakir-Sannyasi rebellion; useful for the movement’s long arc, leadership, and anti-Company politics.
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Fakir-Sannyasi Movement in Rajshahi: Regional Study of a Pioneer Peasant Resistance in Colonial Bengal
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Regional mapping of the rebellion in Rajshahi and North Bengal; strong for local geography, peasant support, and rebel routes.
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Sannyasi Fakir Rebellion, 1770-1800: A Study in Overt Form of Rebellion
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Useful for the rebellion’s periodization, peasant resistance framing, and the way famine intensified Company conflict.
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Role of the Fakir Leaders in 18th Century Bengal
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Best for named leaders such as Majnu Shah, Musa Shah, Cherag Ali Shah, Karim Shah, and Tipu Shah.