provinces. As the Mughal Empire began to decline, the Nawabs rose in power. By the early 1700s, the Nawabs were practically independent, despite a nominal tribute...

both hereditary Nawabs of Bengal, as Nawabs of Murshidabad Nawab of Marauli Nawab of Patna Nawab of Surat Nawab of Longla (Sylhet) All of these states were...

the basis of the Anglo-Bengal War. By the 18th century, Bengal emerged as a semi-independent state, under the rule of the Nawabs of Bengal, who acted...

control of Bengal including West Bengal from the Nawabs of Bengal. The Bengal Presidency of the British Indian Empire was divided into West Bengal and East...

the Nawabs of Bengal were Shias. They built huge imambaras (Shia houses of worship), including the biggest of the Subcontinent built by Nawab Siraj-ud...

and ordinary traders. The Nawab's state was a major exporter of Bengal muslin, silk, gunpowder and saltpetre. The Nawabs also permitted European trading...

modern-day sovereign country of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The Nawabs of Bengal oversaw a period of proto-industrialization...

the Nawabs of Bengal. All of Bengal was once governed from this city. A few years after Nawab Siraj-ud-Daula lost to the British at the Battle of Plassey...

princely families in 1971. The nawabs of Murshidabad succeeded the nawabs of Bengal. Waris Ali Mirza was the last nawab to hold the title legally. Abbas...

Murshidabad in Bengal during the time of the Nawabs of Bengal. Though not at the same scale, but the influence exercised by this family in the finances of the Mughal...