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The nawabs were based in Murshidabad which was centrally located within Bengal. The nawabs continued to issue coins in the name of the Mughal Emperor. But for all practical purposes, the nawabs governed as independent monarchs. [citation needed] Under the early nawabs, Bengal became the financial backbone of the Mughal court, contributing more ...
The Nawabs of Bengal in 1733, almost a decade before the Maratha invasions of Bengal [12] The Bengal Subah was the wealthiest subah of the Mughal Empire . [ 13 ] There were several posts under the Mughal administrative system of Bengal since Akbar 's conquest in the 1500s.
From 1707 AD to 1880 AD, the Nawabs of Bengal were Shias. [ 12 ] [ 2 ] They built huge imambaras (Shia houses of worship), including the biggest of the Subcontinent built by Nawab Siraj-ud Daula, the Nizammat Imambara in the political capital Murshidabad .
They ruled Bengal until the 12th century, before being succeeded by the Buddhist and Hindu Chandra dynasty, Sena dynasty and Deva dynasty. The rule of the Sena and Deva dynasty extended over various parts of Bengal, [2] [3] until the arrival of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji as part of the Ghurid Invasion of Bengal. [4] [citation needed]
Nawab [a] [b] is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince.The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. [1]
Alivardi Khan (1671 – 9 April 1756) was the fourth Nawab of Bengal from 1740 to 1756. He toppled the Nasiri dynasty of Nawabs by defeating Sarfaraz Khan in 1740 and assumed power himself.
Mir Qasim (d. 8 May 1777) was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. He was installed as Nawab with the support of the British East India Company, replacing Mir Jafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been supported earlier by the East India Company after his role in winning the Battle of Plassey for the British.
The siege of Calcutta was a battle between the Bengal Subah and the British East India Company on 20 June 1756. The Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, aimed to seize Calcutta to punish the company for the unauthorised construction of fortifications at Fort William. Siraj ud-Daulah caught the Company unprepared and won a decisive victory.