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❦Raja Ganesh
Regional ruler central to the 15th-century succession crisis in Bengal
A key historical actor for understanding this transition phase in Bengal.
Biography
Context
In the context of Referenced in relation to major transitions in sovereignty, administration, or resistance politics in Bengal., Raja Ganesh is recognized as Regional ruler central to the 15th-century succession crisis in Bengal. A key historical actor for understanding this transition phase in Bengal.
Contribution
Raja Ganesh played a notable role in Bengal's changing political order and regional power dynamics.
Impact
Helps explain continuity and change across Bengal's medieval-to-early-modern historical arc.
Timeline Placement
Raja Ganesh appears in 2 linked timeline events, spanning 1414 - 1415-1433.
First Appearance
1414
Latest Appearance
1415-1433
Active Span
1414 - 1415-1433
Linked Events
2
Legacy Summary
Helps explain continuity and change across Bengal's medieval-to-early-modern historical arc. This influence is reflected across 2 connected events.
References
Key sources for understanding this figure
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
House of Ganesha
Reference overview of the 1414-1436 House of Ganesha interregnum in the Bengal Sultanate and related succession context.
Cited in: 1 events
Raja Ganesha
Banglapedia biographical and political overview of Raja Ganesha's seizure of power in early fifteenth-century Bengal.
Cited in: 1 events
Riyaz-us-Salatin: A History of Bengal
A key Persian chronicle of Muslim rule in Bengal from the conquest of Nadia in 1204-05 to Plassey in 1757.
Cited in: 1 events
State Formation in Bengal
Banglapedia reference on state formation, including the Bengal Sultanate phase and its institutional profile.
Cited in: 1 events
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