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Jadunath Sarkar

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Historian of Mughal India

Jadunath Sarkar was an important figure in the political and historical trajectory of Bengal and Bangladesh.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Biography

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Context

In the context of South Asian political and intellectual history in the Bengal region., Jadunath Sarkar is recognized as Historian of Mughal India. Jadunath Sarkar was an important figure in the political and historical trajectory of Bengal and Bangladesh.

Contribution

Jadunath Sarkar was an important figure in the political and historical trajectory of Bengal and Bangladesh.

Impact

Their legacy remains relevant to understanding state, society, and memory in Bengal/Bangladesh history.

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Timeline Placement

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Jadunath Sarkar appears in 2 linked timeline events, spanning 1664-1688 - 1704-1717.

First Appearance

1664-1688

Latest Appearance

1704-1717

Active Span

1664-1688 - 1704-1717

Linked Events

Legacy Summary

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Their legacy remains relevant to understanding state, society, and memory in Bengal/Bangladesh history. This influence is reflected across 2 connected events.

References

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Key sources for understanding this figure

A Comprehensive History of Modern Bengal, 1700-1950

A three-volume survey covering the Nawabi era, colonial remaking, and the freedom struggle through 1950.

Cited in: 1 events

A History of Bangladesh

A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.

Cited in: 1 events

History

General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.

Cited in: 1 events

Murshid Quli Khan

Banglapedia entry outlining Murshid Quli Khan's administrative role and the capital transfer context in early eighteenth-century Bengal.

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Murshidabad

Background on why Murshidabad rose as the political and financial center of Bengal and how the city developed under the nawabs.

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Murshidabad

Britannica summary noting the early eighteenth-century transfer of Bengal's capital from Dhaka to Murshidabad.

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Shaista Khan

Mughal subahdar linked to the Chittagong campaign

Related Events

1664-1688

Shaista Khan's Bengal Governorship

1704-1717

Murshid Quli Khan Shifts the Capital to Murshidabad

Related Places

Bengal Region

Appears In Events

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Timeline View

1664-1688

Shaista Khan's Bengal Governorship

Shaista Khan's long governorship in Bengal oversaw military campaigns, urban-commercial growth, and tighter Mughal administrative control, including the Chittagong frontier shift.

1704-1717

Murshid Quli Khan Shifts the Capital to Murshidabad

In the early eighteenth century, Murshid Quli Khan shifted Bengal's effective administrative center from Dhaka to Makhsudabad, later known as Murshidabad. The move strengthened centralized revenue management, aligned court and banking networks around a new political hub, and reoriented the province's governing geography before Plassey.