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Language, autonomy, and liberation
1664-1688
High
Colonial Rule and Resistance
Shaista Khan's long governorship in Bengal oversaw military campaigns, urban-commercial growth, and tighter Mughal administrative control, including the Chittagong frontier shift.
1666 (January 27)
Major
Mughal Incorporation and Consolidation
In 1666, Mughal forces under the Bengal administration captured Chittagong from Arakanese control after coordinated land-naval operations. The conquest integrated a strategic port frontier into Mughal Bengal.
Language, autonomy, and liberation
1690
High
Colonial Rule and Resistance
In 1690, the English East India Company consolidated a settlement at Calcutta, laying an institutional-commercial foundation for later colonial expansion in Bengal.
1704-1717
Major
Mughal Incorporation and Consolidation
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.
1717
Major
Mughal Incorporation and Consolidation
In 1717, Murshid Quli Khan was formally appointed subahdar/nawab of Bengal, marking the institutional start of the nawabi regime. The arrangement preserved Mughal suzerainty while expanding provincial fiscal-political autonomy.
State, society, and political change
1727
High
Historical Transitions
Shuja-ud-Din Administrative Phase in Bengal was a significant turning point in the political and social trajectory of Bengal/Bangladesh.