Bengal (Presidency)
An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Bengal Presidency covered the north and east of India and East Bengal (now called Bangladesh).
See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide
External Links
Bengal Presidency 1633-1757 Google Books
Bengal Presidency Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Bengal; its Chiefs, Agents, and Governors by Frederick Charles Danvers 1888 Archive.org
- A Description of the Roads in Bengal and Bahar by James Rennell 1778 Google Books
- Bengal MS. Records. A Selected List of 14,136 Letters in the Board of Revenue, Calcutta 1782-1807 by William Wilson Hunter 1894 Archive.org
- Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India 1860 Google Books
- Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org
- 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 Volume 1, Volume 2
- Annual Report on the Administration of the Bengal Presidency for ... 1860-61, 1861-62,1862-63, 1863-64 , 1864-65,1865-66, 1866-67, 1867-68 , 1868-69 Google Books
- The Annals of Indian Administration, edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website.