Maratha invasions of Bengal

rdf:langString Maratha invasions of Bengal

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rdf:langString Nawab of Bengal

rdf:langString Abdus Salam

rdf:langString Alivardi Khan

rdf:langString Ghulam Mustafa Khan

rdf:langString Rai Durlabh

rdf:langString Mir Jafar

rdf:langString Gopal Singha Dev

rdf:langString Ataullah Khan

rdf:langString [{{flagicon image|Flag of the Principality of Bengal .svg}} Sheikh Masum

rdf:langString Chitrasen Rai

rdf:langString Syed Ahmed Khan]

rdf:langString Zainuddin Ahmed

rdf:langString August 1741 – May 1751

rdf:langString Bengal Subah

rdf:langString * Signing of a peace treaty :* Maratha Army agreed to never cross the Subarnarekha River :* De facto Maratha control over Orissa by 1751, but de jure remained a part of Bengal Subah till 1752. :* After the assassination of Mir Habib, the governor of Orissa in 1752, Marathas formally incorporated Orissa in their dominion. :* Nawab of Bengal agreed to pay Rs. 1.2 million of tribute annually as the chauth of Bengal and Bihar, and the Marathas agreed not to invade Bengal again. :* The Nawab of Bengal also paid Rs. 3.2 million to the Marathas, towards the arrears of chauth for the preceding years.

rdf:langString Incorporation of Orissa into the Nagpur State

rdf:langString The Maratha invasions of Bengal (1741-1751), also known as the Maratha expeditions in Bengal, refers to the frequent invasions by the Maratha forces in the Bengal Subah (Bengal, Bihar, parts of modern Orissa), after their successful campaign in the Carnatic region at the Battle of Trichinopoly. The leader of the expedition was Maratha Maharaja Raghoji Bhonsle of Nagpur. The Marathas invaded Bengal five times from August 1741 to May 1751 which caused widespread economic losses in the Bengal Subah. During their occupation, the Bargi mercenaries of the Marathas are said to have perpetrated massacres against the local population. According to estimation of Chief of Dutch Factory Jan Kerssebom's memoirs perhaps close to 400,000 Hindu people in western Bengal and Bihar were killed. Contemporary accounts of the invasions report mass gang rape against women and children, and mutilation of victims by the Marathas which included cutting off their hands and noses. According to the Bengali text Maharashtra Purana, "Durga ordered her followers to be gracious to the Muslim Nawab and oppose the Marathas, because the evil-minded ones had killed Brahmans and Vaisnavas." The Marathas intended to establish their rule in western Bengal by attracting the local Hindu zamindars against the Muslim Nawab but the high atrocities against the Hindu population diminished all the possibilities of such an alliance. The Nawab of Bengal agreed to pay Rs. 1.2 million of chauth from the revenue of Bengal and Bihar, and the Marathas agreed not to invade Bengal again. The Nawab of Bengal also paid Rs. 3.2 million to the Marathas, towards the arrears of chauth for the preceding years. The chauth was paid annually by the Nawab of Bengal up to 1758, until the British occupation of Bengal.