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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=1HwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India''] 1860 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=1HwDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP9 ''Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India''] 1860 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/details/handbookbengalp00eastgoog ''Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City'']  by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/handbookbengalp00eastgoog ''Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City'']  by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.0036752355?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Bengal: an account of the country from the earliest time''] by Shoshee Chunder Dutt. 1884 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/35368 ''Routes In The Bengal And Punjab Commands''] Revised Edition 1900. [Quarter] Master General Of India. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/35368 ''Routes In The Bengal And Punjab Commands''] Revised Edition 1900. [Quarter] Master General Of India. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*''Bengal under the lieutenant-governors; being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office, from 1854 to 1898'' by Charles Edward Buckland 1901 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalunderlieut01buckiala#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalunderlieut02buckiala#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2]
*''Bengal under the lieutenant-governors; being a narrative of the principal events and public measures during their periods of office, from 1854 to 1898'' by Charles Edward Buckland 1901 Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalunderlieut01buckiala#page/n5/mode/2up  Volume 1], [http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalunderlieut02buckiala#page/n5/mode/2up Volume 2]

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Bengal Presidency was an administrative subdivision of British India established in 1765. At its peak in the 19th century it extended from the North West Frontier Province to Burma, Singapore and Penang. Bengal proper was divided into West Bengal and Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1905. In 1912 there was a further re-organisation into Bengal, Bihar & Orissa and Assam. Bengal Presidency became a province in 1935.

See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide

External Links

Historical books online