Bengal: The British Bridgehead
Subtitle: Eastern India 17401828 (The New Cambridge History of India)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9780521028226
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; History - General History; History; History: World; India; Asia - India; Europe - Great Britain - General; World - Colonial Studies; Bengal (India)--History; History / India; History : Europe - Great Britain - General; History : World - Colonial Studies; Renaissance; 18th century; 19th century; Bengal (India)
First sentence: Early in the eighteenth century the very diverse areas which now make up three states of contemporary India, West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, together with present-day Bangladesh, were loosely welded together under a single Governor to form the eastern wing of the Mughal empire.