Read this article to learn about the relation of Alivardi with the European Merchants. During Alivardi's time the English, French and the Dutch were the chief European trading companies in Bengal besides the minor ones like the Austrian, Polish, Prussian, Portuguese, Danish and Swedish. The trade of the English, French and the Dutch was, on the whole, flourishing although there [...]
This article provides a close view on Bengal under the rule of Nawabs. Murshid Quli Khan: Murshid Quli Khan was a Brahmin by birth but was sold to a Persian named Haji Shafi Isfahani who made him a Muslim and brought him up like a son. Haji Shaft gave him the name Muhammad Hadi and took him to Persia. Muhammad [...]
Read this article to learn about the role of Warren Hastings as the Governor of Bengal. Warren Hastings: Warren Hastings came as Governor of Bengal in 1772 at the age of forty when he had been already two years in India. He had risen regularly up the rungs of the civilian ladder from the position of a writer, the lowest [...]