Bengal In Ancient Literatures Is Mentioned As a Distinct Region Ofsouth Asia, and Throughout the First Millennium A.D. It Was Governed By Asuccession of Buddhist and Hindu Rulers. Muslim Armies Arrived In the Region Inthe Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries, and Gradually Their Conquestculminated In Mogul Rule After 1576. During the 1500’S, British, Dutch, French,And Portuguese Traders Competed For Control Of Profitable Trade Between the East Indies and Europe. By the 1600’S,European Trade Settlements Had Cropped Up In Bengal. the English Government In1600 to Develop Trade With India and the Far East Chartered the East Indiacompany (A Mercantile Company of England). By the Mid-1700’S, the Company Hadbecome the Strongest Trade Power In Bengal. Later, England Took Overbengal Administration In 1757. At First, The Europeans Met Strong Resistance From Nawabs Who Were In Command Of The Territories. They Demanded Taxes In Return For Tradeprivileges. But After the Mogul Empire Weakened Towards 1700’S, the Europeansincreased Their Influence. Ambitious Mogul Nawabs, Nobles, and Generalscompeted For Power. the Europeans Took Sides In Many of These Conflicts,Offering Their Support In Return For Monopoly Trade Privileges and Otherrewards. East India Succeeded In Buying the Diwani (Financial Instrument) Ofhuge Bengal State That Comprised Bihar, Orissa and Assam from Emperor Shah Alamfor Rs.26 Lacks, Sealing Off the Muslim Hold on the State For Ever. Nawab Sirajudowla ...