Original: Calcutta was declared a Presidency Town of the East India Company in 1699 , but the beginnings of the Bengal Presidency proper can be dated from the treaties of 1765 between the East India Company and the Mughal Emperor and Nawab of Oudh which placed Bengal , Meghalaya , Bihar and Orissa under the administration of the Company .
Simplified: Penang and Singapore were also considered to be part of the Presidency until they became part of the Crown Colony of the Straits Settlements in 1867 .