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❦Mughal Bengal and Regional Resistance
Imperial incorporation, delta warfare, provincial consolidation
Trace the long Mughal incorporation of Bengal through resistance networks, capital shifts, and frontier campaigns.
Topic Overview
A high-impact topic connecting Rajmahal, Baro-Bhuyans resistance, Dhaka consolidation, and early nawabi transitions.
Connected Events
10 events
1576 (July 12)
Battle of Rajmahal
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1599 (c.)
Baro-Bhuyans Resistance in Bhati
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1610
Capital Shift to Dhaka (Jahangirnagar)
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1612
Mughal Conquest Phase in Bengal Largely Completed
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1632
Mughal Attack on Portuguese Hooghly
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1666 (January 27)
Mughal Conquest of Chittagong
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1704-1717
Murshid Quli Khan Shifts the Capital to Murshidabad
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1717
Murshid Quli Khan Formally Appointed Nawab
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1740
Alivardi Khan Becomes Nawab
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1741-1751
Maratha Raids on Bengal (Bargi Invasions)
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