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Bengal Presidency

administrative unit in British India
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Bengal Presidency

Summary

Bengal Presidency is a presidency of British India[1]. It draws 2,326 Wikipedia views per month (presidency_of_british_india category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bengal Presidency is located in British Raj[3].
  • Bengal Presidency is located in Company rule in India[4].
  • Bengal Presidency is in the country of British Raj[5].
  • Bengal Presidency's image is recorded as Bengal Presidency 1858.png[6].
  • Bengal Presidency's instance of is recorded as presidency of British India[7].
  • Bengal Presidency's instance of is recorded as province of British India[8].
  • Bengal Presidency's capital is recorded as Kolkata[9].
  • Bengal Presidency's flag image is recorded as Flag of British Bengal.svg[10].
  • Bengal Presidency's coat of arms image is recorded as Badge of British Bengal.svg[11].
  • Bengal Presidency's locator map image is recorded as Bengal Presidency 1858.png[12].
  • Bengal Presidency's Commons category is recorded as Bengal Presidency[13].
  • +1690-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bengal Presidency[14].
  • Bengal Presidency was dissolved in +1947-08-14T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Bengal Presidency's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 22.541111, 'lon': 88.337778}[16].
  • Bengal Presidency's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05fh1s[17].
  • Bengal Presidency's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bengal Presidency[18].
  • Bengal Presidency's replaced by is recorded as West Bengal[19].
  • Bengal Presidency's replaced by is recorded as East Bengal[20].
  • Bengal Presidency's category for people born here is recorded as Q61642222[21].
  • Bengal Presidency's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bengal Presidency'}[22].
  • Bengal Presidency's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/33855ce6-e78b-47ed-b523-74fa4bc39b15[23].

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Geography

Bengal Presidency is in the country of British Raj[5]. Located in include British Raj[3], a colony[24], in British Empire[25], founded in 1858[26] and Company rule in India[4], a colony[27], in British Empire[28], founded in 1757[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include presidency of British India[7] and province of British India[8].

History and Context

+1690-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bengal Presidency[14].

Why It Matters

Bengal Presidency draws 2,326 Wikipedia views per month (presidency_of_british_india category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Shyama Charan Lahiri

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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