Bengal UnfoldedA Bilingual Gazette
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Battle of Plassey, 1757
1757 · Plassey
Language Movement, 1952
1952 · Language
Liberation War, 1971
1971 · Liberation
Partition of Bengal and Swadeshi movement, 1905
1905 · Partition
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Discover Bengal · Unfolded

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Colonial Bengal: From Plassey to Permanent Settlement

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Company conquest, revenue extraction, famine, and early colonial politics

Follow Bengal from Plassey and Buxar to Diwani rights, famine, Permanent Settlement, and early representative politics.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Path Overview

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Follow Bengal from late Nawabi rule through Company conquest, revenue experiments, famine pressures, Permanent Settlement, and the politics that reshaped rural society.

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Reading Sequence

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Start with Plassey and Buxar to understand how military defeat, fiscal power, and land revenue transformed Bengal.

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    Step 1 · Event · 1757

    Battle of Plassey

    Start the main sequence.

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    Step 2 · Event · 1765

    East India Company Gets Diwani Rights in Bengal

    Read the next turning point.

  3. 3

    Step 3 · Figure · Nawab of Bengal

    Siraj ud-Daulah

    Review a central figure.

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    Step 4 · Period · 1757-1905

    Colonial Rule and Resistance

    Place the topic in period context.

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    Step 5 · Resource · Banglapedia

    Palashi, The Battle of

    Read the first source-backed reference.

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    Step 6 · Resource · Banglapedia

    Permanent Settlement, The

    Read the second source-backed reference.