A Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal, 1700-1950
Edited by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
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A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.
Historical Memory Journey
1770 Resources
Great Bengal Famine
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Seir Mutaqherin / Siyar-ul-Mutakhkherin
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A late eighteenth-century history of Mughal India that is essential for understanding Bengal Nawabs and Plassey.
The English Factories in India
William Foster / Charles Fawcett
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Calendar records of East India Company activity are valuable for trade, factories, and the commercial expansion that preceded colonial rule.
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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.
History
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General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.
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.
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.