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West Bengal

340 BCE
395 BCE1997 CE
1 polity active
Nanda Empire
Era unknown

345 BCE – 322 BCE

Ruler

Unknown

Capital

Pataliputra

345 BCE – present

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Events

  • Battle of Plassey

    Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal begins British rule.

    Battle of Plassey

    23 June 1757

Places

  • Plassey

    Bengal village where the East India Company's rule in India began.

    Plassey

    1 January 1600

Districts

Bankura
  • Barddhaman
  • Birbhum
  • Dakshin Dinajpur
  • Darjiling
  • Haora
  • Hugli
  • Jalpaiguri
  • Koch Bihar
  • Kolkata
  • Maldah
  • Murshidabad
  • Nadia
  • North 24 Parganas
  • Pashchim Medinipur
  • Purba Medinipur
  • Puruliya
  • South 24 Parganas
  • Uttar Dinajpur