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Bengal Presidency
- Direct Action DayOn the 10th of July 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru held a press conference in Bombay that shattered the hopes for a united India.
- Noakhali riotsOn the 10th of October 1946, a rumor spread through the Ramganj police station area that a Hindu monk named Triambakananda had visited Rajendralal Chowdhury.
- Bengal RenaissanceIn 1757, the British East India Company defeated the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey. This military victory shifted power from local rulers to a…