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Capitals of Bengal: stories to listen to | HearLore
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Capitals of Bengal
DhakaIn 1610, the Mughal governor Islam Khan I renamed the settlement Dhaka to Jahangirnagar, meaning The City of Jahangir, in honor of the reigning emperor.
MurshidabadIn the early 1600s, English agents reported that the region now known as Murshidabad was teeming with silk, a commodity that would eventually define its…