{"slug": "bengal", "label": "Bengal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80338", "qid": "Q80338", "description": "historical and geographical region in the east region of the Indian subcontinent", "entries": 19, "years": 19, "span": [606, 1971], "span_label": ["606 CE", "1971 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mughal-empire", "label": "Mughal Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aurangzeb", "label": "Aurangzeb", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-mrauk-u", "label": "Kingdom of Mrauk U", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bangladesh", "label": "Bangladesh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "delhi-sultanate", "label": "Delhi Sultanate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "calcutta", "label": "Calcutta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chola-dynasty", "label": "Chola dynasty", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 606, "year_label": "606 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Shashanka is the first recorded independent king of Bengal. He establishes his capital in modern-day Murshidabad (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802689#Asia", "title": "606", "revid": 1340802689, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 775, "year_label": "775 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Dharmapala begins his reign of Bengal (South Asia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848014#Asia", "title": "775", "revid": 1340848014, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Rajendra Chola I extends his influence of the Chola Empire to the banks of the Ganges River (North India) and invades Bengal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Asia", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Iltutmish, Ghurid ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, repels a Mongol attack and invades Bengal. His rival, Ghiyasuddin, leads an army to halt Iltutmish's advance, but decides to avoid a conflict by paying him tribute and accepting his suzerainty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1347, "year_label": "1347 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Shah Jalal, Sufi saint of Bengal (b. 1271)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289406739#Deaths", "title": "1347", "revid": 1289406739, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1373, "year_label": "1373 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Adina Mosque is built in Bengal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369605206#Date_unknown", "title": "1373", "revid": 1369605206, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1575, "year_label": "1575 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – Battle of Tukaroi: The Mughal Empire decisively defeats the Karrani dynasty of Bengal. The battle took place near the village of Tukaroi in present-day Balasore District of Odisha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362481402#January–March", "title": "1575", "revid": 1362481402, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – The Mughal Empire annexes Bengal after defeating the Bengal Sultanate at the Battle of Rajmahal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#July–September", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1632, "year_label": "1632 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Portuguese are driven out of Bengal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358528035#Date_unknown", "title": "1632", "revid": 1358528035, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – Mughal conquest of Chittagong: Mughal forces of Emperor Aurangzeb, in alliance with the Portuguese, under Shaista Khan and his son Buzurg Umed Khan, expel the Maghs from the Bengal port city of Chittagong, renaming the city as Islamabad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#January–March", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1669, "year_label": "1669 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Famine in Bengal kills 3 million people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366419040#Date_unknown", "title": "1669", "revid": 1366419040, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent ruler of Bengal of undivided India (d. 1757)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358761924#Births", "title": "1733", "revid": 1358761924, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent ruler of Bengal of undivided India (b. 1733)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#Deaths", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1769, "year_label": "1769 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September", "text": "September – Massive droughts in Bengal lead to the Bengal famine of 1770, in which ten million people, a third of the population, will die, the worst natural disaster in human history (in terms of lives lost).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354215144#July–September", "title": "1769", "revid": 1354215144, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The first cholera pandemic originates in Bengal, reaching Calcutta by September.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#Date_unknown", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1858, "year_label": "1858 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – In Bengal, India, British officer William James Herschel uses the hand impression of Rajyadhar Konai, as a contract fingerprint signature.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371625769#July–September", "title": "1858", "revid": 1371625769, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – Kukis raid the Chhagalnaiya plains in eastern Bengal, murdering and kidnapping hundreds of people, particularly women.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368946725#January", "title": "1861", "revid": 1368946725, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 – The Noakhali riots in Bengal begin: several hundred Hindus are massacred by Muslims.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#October", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – Bangladesh and eastern Bengal are flooded; thousands flee the area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#August", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › August"}}]}