{"slug": "bengal-presidency", "label": "Bengal Presidency", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Presidency", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817165", "qid": "Q817165", "description": "province of British India from 1699 to 1947", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1728, 1921], "span_label": ["1728 CE", "1921 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "british-india", "label": "British India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bangladesh", "label": "Bangladesh", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "warren-hastings", "label": "Warren Hastings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-east-india-company", "label": "British East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calcutta", "label": "Calcutta", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1728, "year_label": "1728 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – John Deane, a colonial administrator of Britain's British East India Company, returns to Calcutta (Kolkata) after an absence of more than two years, and takes office at Fort William to return to administering the Bengal Presidency, an area now covering the Indian state of West Bengal and the nation of Bangladesh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363462071#July–September", "title": "1728", "revid": 1363462071, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – John Stackhouse is appointed by the British East India Company as the new President of the Bengal Presidency and serves for seven years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#January–March", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Sir Warren Hastings, who has been governing India on behalf of King George III as the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William (later British India), resigns. Sir John Macpherson administers British India until General Charles Cornwallis arrives 19 months later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#January–March", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Bengal Presidency first establishes a penal colony, in the Andaman Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#Date_unknown", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established in Bengal Province (modern-day Bangladesh).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#Date_unknown", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – Visva-Bharati College is founded by Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan, Bengal Presidency, British India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#December", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › December"}}]}