Partition of 1947 and East Pakistan
This article covers the division of Bengal in 1947 and the period in which the eastern half of the province formed part of Pakistan, from 1947 until the general election of December 1970 and its aftermath.
Pala Empire
The Pala dynasty ruled Bengal and Bihar for about four centuries from the middle of the 8th century CE.
Mughal Bengal
Mughal Bengal covers the period from the Mughal conquest of Bengal in 1576 to the effective transfer of Bengal’s revenues to the East India Company in the eighteenth century.
History of Bangladesh
Bangladesh occupies the eastern part of the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta in South Asia.
Company Rule in Bengal
Company rule in Bengal is the period in which the English East India Company exercised governmental authority in the province, beginning with its acquisition of the diwani in 1765 and ending with the
Bengali Language Movement
The Bengali Language Movement (ভাষা আন্দোলন) was the campaign in East Pakistan for the recognition of Bangla as a state language of Pakistan.
Bengal Sultanate
The Bengal Sultanate was the period of independent Muslim rule in Bengal, from the conquest of Nadia in the early thirteenth century to the fall of the last Husain Shahi sultan in 1538.
Bengal Renaissance
The Bengal Renaissance refers to the social, cultural, psychological and intellectual changes in Bengal during the nineteenth century, centred on Calcutta.
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency was the British Indian province whose territory included, at its widest, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and parts of what is now Bangladesh, with Calcutta as its capital.
Battle of Plassey
The battle of Palashi (Plassey) was fought on 23 June 1757 between Nawab Sirajuddaula and the English East India Company, and is conventionally treated as the event that established the Company’s poli