This is a list of rulers of Bengal. For much of its history

History of Bengal

The history of Bengal includes modern day Bangladesh and West Bengal, dates back four millennia. To some extent, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers separated it from the mainland of India, though at times, Bengal has played an important role in the history of India.- Etymology :The exact origin...

, Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only several times. In ancient times

Kingdoms of Ancient India

Epic India is the geography of Greater India traditionally around early 10th century BC and later on from the Sanskrit epics, viz. the Mahabharata and the Ramayana as well as Puranic literature ....

, Bengal consisted of the kingdoms of Pundra

Pundra Kingdom

Pundra was an eastern kingdom located in West Bengal, Bangladesh and Purnia . A Pundra king challenged Vasudeva Krishna by imitating his attributes. He called himself Paundraka Vasudeva. He was later killed by Vasudeva Krishna in a battle...

, Suhma

Suhma Kingdom

Suhma was an eastern kingdom located in regions now occupied by West Bengal, India and Bangladesh. This kingdom was mentioned in the epic Mahabharata along with its neighbouring kingdom Prasuhma, which was in the present day Bangladesh...

, Anga

Anga Kingdom

Anga was a kingdom ruled by non-Vedic rulers. Anga king Lomapada was a friend of Kosala king Dasaratha. Kosala Princess Santha, elder to Raghava Rama, lived as the daughter of Lomapada, since he was childless. Duryodhana established Karna as the ruler of Angas. It is believed that there were many...

, Vanga

Vanga Kingdom

Vanga orBengal was a kingdom located in the eastern part of the Indian Subcontinent, comprising part of West Bengal, India and present-day modern Bangladesh. It was a seafaring nation of Ancient India.- References in Mahabharata :...

, Rarh

Gangaridai

Gangaridai was an ancient state found around 300 BC where the Bengal region lies today . It was described by the Greek traveller Megasthenes in his work Indica...

 and Harikela

Harikela

Harikela was a kingdom in ancient Bengal encompassing much of the eastern regions of the Indian Subcontinent. There are numerous references to the kingdom in historical texts as well as archeological artifacts including silver coinage.- History :...

. Along with Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

, parts of northwestern Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

 were also incorporated into the kingdom of Magadha

Magadha

Magadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas or kingdoms in ancient India. The core of the kingdom was the area of Bihar south of the Ganga; its first capital was Rajagriha then Pataliputra...

.

Under the Mauryas, much of Bengal was conquered save for the far eastern Bengali kingdoms which continued to exist as tributary states before succumbing to the Guptas. With the fall of the Gupta Empire, Bengal was united under a single local ruler, Shashanka, for the first time. With the collapse of his kingdom, Bengal split up into petty kingdoms once more.

With the rise of Gopala, Bengal was united once more under the Pala Empire

Pala Empire

The Pāla Empire was one of the major middle kingdoms of India existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala , which means protector. The Palas were often described...

, Chandra dynasty

Chandra dynasty

The Chandra dynasty were a family who ruled over the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal for roughly a century and a half from the beginning of the 10th century CE. Their empire also encompassed Vanga and Samatata, with Srichandra expanding his domain to include parts of Kamarupa...

), Sena dynasty

Sena dynasty

The Sena Empire was a Hindu dynasty that ruled from Bengal through the 11th and 12th centuries. At its peak the empire covered much of the north-eastern region in the Indian Subcontinent. They were called Brahma-Kshatriyas, as evidenced through their surname, which is derived from the Sanskrit,...

 and deva dynasty

Deva dynasty

Deva Dynasty was a Hindu dynasty of early medieval Bengal, ruled over eastern Bengal after the Sena dynasty. The capital of this dynasty was Bikrampur in present-day Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. The end of this dynasty is not yet known.This Hindu Vaishnava dynasty is different from an...

. Then Bengal was ruled by the Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

 dynasties followed by the British

British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...

. In 1947, Bengal was partitioned

Partition of Bengal

Partition of Bengal may refer to the partition of the Bengal region during two separate occasions:*Partition of Bengal *Partition of Bengal...

, making West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

 part of India and the East Bengal

East Bengal

East Bengal was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly corresponded to the modern state of Bangladesh. Both instances involved a violent partition of Bengal....

 part of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. East Bengal then became an independent country, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, following the Bangladesh Liberation War

Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War was an armed conflict pitting East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan. The war resulted in the secession of East Pakistan, which became the independent nation of Bangladesh....

.

Legendary kings of Magadha

Legendary Kings of Magadha

The Magadha empire was established very likely by semi-mythical king Jarasandha who was, as it stated in the Puranas, a son of Brihadratha, one of the descendants of eponymical Puru. Jarasandha appears in the Mahabharatha as the "Magadhan Emperor who rules all India" and meets with an unceremonious...

: Brihadratha Dynasty (c. 1700-799 BC)

• Brihadratha
  Brihadratha
  Brihadratha, also known as Maharatha, was the founder of the Barhadratha dynasty, the earliest ruling dynasty of Magadha. According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, he was the eldest of the five sons of Vasu, the Kuru king of Chedi. and his queen Girika...
  
  
• Jarasandha
  Jarasandha
  Jarasandha was a great and legendary king of Magadha. He was the son of a vedic king named Brihadratha. He was also a great devotee of Lord Shiva. But he is generally held in negative light owing to his enmity with the Yadav clan in the Mahābhārata....
  
  
• Sahadeva
  Sahadeva
  Sahadeva was one of the five Pandava brothers according to the epic Mahābhārata. He was one of the twin sons of Madri, who invoked Ashvins using a mantra shared by Kunti for a son. His twin brother was named Nakula...
  
  
• Somapi (1678-1618 BC)
• Srutasravas (1618-1551 BC)
• Ayutayus (1551-1515 BC)
• Niramitra (1515-1415 BC)
• Sukshatra (1415-1407 BC)
• Brihatkarman (1407-1384 BC)
• Senajit (1384-1361 BC)
• Srutanjaya (1361-1321 BC)
• Vipra (1321-1296 BC)
• Suchi (1296-1238 BC)
• Kshemya (1238-1210 BC)
• Subrata
  Subrata
  Subrata , also Subroto, is a common name in India, especially among Bengali people. The name is also somewhat common in Indonesia, as many people have Sanskrit derived names there as well Subrata (Hindi: सबराता, Bengali: সুব্রত), also Subroto, is a common name in India, especially among Bengali...
  
   (1210-1150 BC)
• Dharma
  Dharma
  Dharma means Law or Natural Law and is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion. In the context of Hinduism, it refers to one's personal obligations, calling and duties, and a Hindu's dharma is affected by the person's age, caste, class, occupation, and gender...
  
   (1150-1145 BC)
• Susuma (1145-1107 BC)
• Dridhasena (1107-1059 BC)
• Sumati (1059-1026 BC)
• Subhala (1026-1004 BC)
• Sunita
  Sunita
  Sunita was a highly accomplished disciple of the Buddha. He was born in a very poor family who had next to no food and was an outcast whose job was to gather flowers from shrines and throw them away:...
  
   (1004-964 BC)
• Satyajit
  Satyajit
  Satyajit is a common Indian name. The word is a compound of the words for truthful , and winner . Some noted personalities with the name Satyajit are:*Satyajit Ray - noted filmmaker.*Satyajit Padhye - ventriloquist and TV personality....
  
   (964-884 BC)
• Biswajit (884-849 BC)
• Ripunjaya (849-799 BC)

Pradyota Dynasty

Pradyota dynasty

Pradyota dynasty is an ancient Indian dynasty, which ruled over Avanti in the present-day Madhya Pradesh state, though most of the Puranas say that this dynasty succeeded the Barhadratha dynasty in Magadha. According to the Vayu Purana, Pradyotas ruled Magadha for 138 years from 799-684 BC...

 (799-684 BC)

• Pradyota
• Palaka
  Palaka
  Palaka is a village in the Doufelgou Prefecture in the Kara Region of north-eastern Togo....
  
  
• Visakhayupa
• Ajaka
  Ajaka
  Ajaka was an Oyo emperor who was twice on the throne. His father was Oranyan or Oranmiyan and his brother, according to the historian Samuel Johnson, was Sango.-Life:...
  
  
• Varttivarddhana

Shishunaga Dynasty

Shishunaga dynasty

The Shishunaga dynasty was the third ruling dynasty of Magadha, a kingdom in ancient India. But according to the Puranas, this dynasty is the second ruling dynasty of Magadha, which succeeded the Barhadratha dynasty....

 (684-424 BC)

• Shishunaga
  Shishunaga
  Shishunaga was the founder of the Shishunaga dynasty of the Magadha Empire in the present day northern India. Initially, he was an amatya of the Magadha empire under the Haryanka dynasty. He was placed on the throne by the people who revolted against the Haryanka dynasty rule...
  
   (684-644 BC)
• Kakavarna (644-618 BC)
• Kshemadharman (618-582 BC)
• Kshatraujas (582-558 BC)
• Bimbisara
  Bimbisara
  Bimbisara was a King, and later, Emperor of the Magadha empire from 543 BC to his death and belonged to the Hariyanka dynasty.-Career:There are many accounts of Bimbisara in the Jain texts and the Buddhist Jatakas, since he was a contemporary of Mahavira and Gautama Buddha. He was the king of...
  
   (544-491 BC)
• Ajatashatru
  Ajatashatru
  Ajatasatru was a king of the Magadha empire in north India. He was the son of King Bimbisara, the Great Monarch of Magadha. He was contemporary to Mahavira and Buddha. He took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father forcefully by imprisoning him...
  
   (491-461 BC)
• Darshaka (from 461 BC)
• Udayin
• Nandivardhana
• Mahanandin
  Mahanandin
  Mahanandin was a king of the Shishunaga dynasty. The dynasty ruled parts of ancient India around the city of Patliputra...
  
   (until 424 BC)

Nanda Dynasty

Nanda Dynasty

The Nanda Empire originated from the region of Magadha in Ancient India during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. At its greatest extent, the Nanda Empire extended from Bengal in the east, to Punjab in the west and as far south as the Vindhya Range...

 (424-321 BC)

• Mahapadma Nanda
  Mahapadma Nanda
  Mahapadma Nanda was the first king of the Nanda dynasty. He was the son of Mahanandin, a Kshatriya father from the Shishunaga dynasty, with a shudra wife. Sons of Mahanandin from his Kshatriya wives opposed the rise of Mahapadma Nanda, on which he eliminated all of them to claim the throne...
  
   (from 424 BC)
• Pandhuka
• Panghupati
• Bhutapala
• Rashtrapala
• Govishanaka
• Dashasidkhaka
• Kaivarta
• Dhana
  Dhana
  Dhana is a census town in Sagar district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.-Demographics: India census, Dhana had a population of 10,295. Males constitute 61% of the population and females 39%. Dhana has an average literacy rate of 96%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy...
  
   (Agrammes, Xandrammes) (until 321 BC)

Maurya Dynasty

Maurya Empire

The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in ancient India, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty from 321 to 185 BC...

 (324-184 BC)

• Chandragupta Maurya
  Chandragupta Maurya
  Chandragupta Maurya , was the founder of the Maurya Empire. Chandragupta succeeded in conquering most of the Indian subcontinent. Chandragupta is considered the first unifier of India and its first genuine emperor...
  
   (Sandrakottos) (324-301 BC)
• Bindusara Amitraghata (301-273 BC)
• Ashoka Vardhana
  Ashoka
  Ashok Maurya or Ashoka , popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from ca. 269 BC to 232 BC. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over most of present-day India after a number of military conquests...
  
   (Ashoka the Great) (273-232 BC),
• Dasaratha
  Dasaratha Maurya
  Dasaratha Maurya was the Emperor of the Mauryan dynasty from 232 BCE to 224 BCE.-Accession:According to the Matsya Purana , Dasaratha succeeded his paternal grandfather Ashoka the Great as ruler of the Mauryan empire. was only about twenty years old, when he ascended the throne of the Mauryan...
  
   (232-224 BC)
• Samprati
  Samprati
  Samrat Samprati was an emperor of Maurya dynasty who reigned from c.224–215 BCE. He was the son of Ashoka's blind son, Kunala. He succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha as emperor of the Mauryan Empire and ruled almost the entire present-day Indian subcontinent....
  
   (224-215 BC)
• Salisuka
  Salisuka
  Salisuka Maurya was a ruler of the Indian Mauryan dynasty. He ruled from 215-202 BCE. He was the successor of Samprati Maurya. While Yuga Purana section of the Gargi Samhita mentions him as quarrelsome, unrighteous ruler, he is also called as being of 'Righteous words' but 'unrighteous conduct'...
  
   (215-202 BC)
• Devavarman
  Devavarman
  Devavarman Maurya was a king of the Mauryan empire. He ruled from 202 - 195 BCE. According to the Puranas, he was the successor of Salisuka Maurya and reigned for seven years. He was succeeded by Satadhanvan Maurya.-Notes:...
  
   (202-195 BC)
• Satadhanvan
  Satadhanvan
  Satadhanvan Maurya was a king of the Mauryan dynasty. He ruled from 195-187 BCE. According to the Puranas, he was the successor of Devavarman Maurya and reigned for eight years. During his time, the empire lost some of its territories because of invasions. He was succeeded by Brihadratha...
  
   (195-187 BC)
• Brhadrata
  Brhadrata
  Brihadratha Maurya was the last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty. He ruled from c. 187–180 BCE. He was killed by his senapati , Pusyamitra Sunga-Reign:According to the Puranas, Brihadratha succeeded and he ruled for seven years...
  
   (187-184 BC)

Shunga Dynasty

Sunga Empire

The Sunga Empire or Shunga Empire was a royal Indian dynasty from Magadha that controlled vast areas of the Indian Subcontinent from around 185 to 73 BCE. The dynasty was established by Pusyamitra Sunga, after the fall of the Maurya Empire...

 (185-73 BC)

• Pusyamitra Shunga
  Pusyamitra Sunga
  Pusyamitra Sunga was the founder and first King of the Sunga Dynasty in Northern India.Pusyamitra Sunga was originally a Senapati of the Mauryan empire. In 185 BCE he assassinated the last Mauryan Emperor during an army review, and proclaimed himself King...
  
   (185-149 BC)
• Agnimitra
  Agnimitra
  Agnimitra was the second King of the Sunga Dynasty of northern India. He succeeded his father, Pusyamitra Sunga, in 149 BCE...
  
   (149-141 BC)
• Vasujyeshtha (141-131 BC)
• Vasumitra
  Vasumitra
  Vasumitra , was the fourth King of the Sunga Dynasty of Northern India...
  
   (131-124 BC)
• Andhraka (124-122 BC)
• Pulindaka (122-119 BC)
• Ghosha
  Ghosha
  Ghosha was an ancient Indian female philosopher. She was the granddaughter of Dīrghatamas and daughter of Kakshivat, both of whom composed hymns in praise of Ashvin Kumaras ....
  
  
• Vajramitra
• Bhagabhadra
  Bhagabhadra
  Bhagabhadra was one of the kings of the Indian Sunga dynasty. He ruled in north, central, and eastern India around 110 BCE. Although the capital of the Sungas was at Pataliputra, he was also known to have held court at Vidisha....
  
  
• Devabhuti
  Devabhuti
  Devabhuti was the last king of the Sunga Empire in ancient India. He was assassinated by his minister Vasudeva Kanva and is said to have been overfond of the company of women....
  
   (83-73 BC)

Kanva Dynasty

Kanva dynasty

The Kanva dynasty replaced the Sunga dynasty in Magadha, and ruled in the eastern part of India from 75 BCE to 26 BCE.The last ruler of the Sunga dynasty was overthrown by Vasudeva of the Kanva dynasty in 75 BC. The Kanva ruler allowed the kings of the Sunga dynasty to continue to rule in obscurity...

 (73-43 BC)

• Vasudeva
  Vasudeva
  In Hindu itihasa , Vasudeva is the father of Krishna, the son of Shoorsen, of the Yadu and Vrishni dynasties. His sister Kunti was married to Pandu. He was a partial incarnation of Rishi Kashyap....
  
   (from 73 BC)
• Bhumimitra
• Narayana
  Narayana
  Narayana or Narayan or Naraina is an important Sanskrit name for Vishnu, and in many contemporary vernaculars a common Indian name. Narayana is also identified as the original man, Purusha. The Puranas present divergent views on Narayana...
  
  
• Susharman (Until 43 BC)

Gupta Empire (c. 240-550 CE)

• Sri-Gupta I (c. 240-290)
• Ghatotkacha
  Ghatotkacha (Gupta Ruler)
  Ghatotkacha was a pre-imperial Gupta king in northern India, the son of Maharaja Sri-Gupta, who started the Gupta dynasty. His reign is considered insignificant and he is best known as the father of Chandragupta I, the first Gupta emperor....
  
   (290-305)
• Chandra Gupta I
  Chandragupta I
  The Gupta dynasty first seems to be in eminence with the accession of Chandra Gupta I, son of Ghatotkacha to the throne of the ancestral Gupta kingdom. While his two ancestors were given the title of Maharaja , Chandra Gupta I is described in his inscriptions as Maharajadhiraj signifying a rise in...
  
   (305-335)
• Samudra Gupta
  Samudragupta
  Samudragupta , ruler of the Gupta Empire , and successor to Chandragupta I, is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history according to Historian V. A. Smith. His name is taken to be a title acquired by his conquests...
  
   (335-370)
• Rama Gupta (370-375)
• Chandra Gupta II
  Chandragupta II
  Chandragupta II the Great, very often referred to as Vikramaditya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya in Sanskrit; was one of the most powerful emperors of the Gupta empire in northern India. His rule spanned c...
  
  (Chandragupta Vikramaditya) (375-415)
• Kumara Gupta I
  Kumara Gupta I
  Kumaragupta I ' was a ruler of the Gupta Empire in 415–455 CE. Like his father and predecessor, Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta was an able ruler. He retained, intact, the vast empire, which extended from Bengal to Kathiawar and from the Himalayas to the Narmada. He ruled efficiently for nearly forty...
  
   (415-455)
• Skanda Gupta
  Skandagupta
  Skandagupta was a Gupta Emperor of northern India. He is generally considered the last of the great Gupta Emperors.-Rule:Skandagupta's antecedents remain unclear. Later official genealogies omit his name, and even the inscriptions of his own age omit the name of his mother...
  
   (455-467)
• Kumara Gupta II (467-477)
• Buddha Gupta (477-496)
• Chandra Gupta III (496-500)
• Vainya Gupta (500-515)
• Narasimha Gupta (510-530)
• Kumara Gupta III (530-540)
• Vishnu Gupta (c. 540-550)

Khadga kingdom

• Khadgodyama (625-640)
• Jatakhadga (640-658)
• Devakhadga (658-673)
• Rajabhata (673-690)
• Balabhata (690-705)
• Udirnakhadga (undetermined reign)

Pala Empire

Pala Empire

The Pāla Empire was one of the major middle kingdoms of India existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala , which means protector. The Palas were often described...

• Gopala I
  Gopala (Pala king)
  Gopala was the founder of the Pala Dynasty of Bengal. The last morpheme of his name pala means "protector" and was used as an ending for the names of all the Pala monarchs...
  
    c. 750-c. 770
• Dharmapala
  Dharmapala
  In Vajrayana Buddhism, a dharmapāla is a type of wrathful deity. The name means "Dharma-defender" in Sanskrit, and the dharmapālas are also known as the Defenders of the Law , or the Protectors of the Law, in English....
  
    c. 770-c. 810
• Devapala
  Devapala
  Deva Pala , was a powerful emperor from the Pala Empire of Bengal region in the Indian Subcontinent. He was the third king in the line and had succeeded his father, emperor Dharamapala...
  
    c. 810-c. 850
• Vigrahapala
  Vigrahapala
  Vigrahapala was the fifth emperor of the Pala dynasty and the successor of Mahendrapala, the son and successor of Devapala. He reigned for 1 year. Vigrahapala was a grandson of Dharmapala's younger brother Vakapala and son of Jayapala. He was succeeded by his son, Narayanapala...
  
   I c. 850-c. 875
• Narayanapala
  Narayan Pala
  Narayanapala was the sixth emperor of the Pala dynasty of eastern India, mainly the Bengal and Bihar regions. The Gaya temple inscription dated in his 7th regnal year, the Indian Museum stone inscription dated in his 9th regnal year, the Bhagalpur copper-plate grant dated in his 17th regnal year,...
  
    c. 875-c. 908
• Rajyapala
  Rajyapala
  Rajyapala was the seventh emperor of the Pala dynasty. He succeeded his father Narayanapala. He reigned for 32 years. The Bargaon inscription is dated in his 24th regnal year. He was succeeded by his son Gopala II....
  
    c. 908-c. 935
• Gopala II
  Gopala II
  Gopala II was the successor to the Pala king Rajyapala, and eighth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 20 years. He was succeeded by Vigrahapala II.-References:...
  
    c. 935-c. 952
• Vigrahapala II
  Vigrahapala II
  Vigrahapala II was the successor to the Pala king Gopala II, and ninth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 22 years. He was succeeded by the famed Mahipala.-References:...
  
    c. 952-c. 988
• Mahipala I
  Mahipala
  Mahipala I is considered the second founder of the Pala dynasty. Gopala I established the dynastic rule of the Palas in the middle of the 8th century CE. The Pala Dynasty ruled Bengal and Bihar for about four centuries from the middle of the 8th century CE...
  
    c. 988-c. 1038
• Nayapala
  Naya Pala
  Naya Pala is the name of eleventh ruler of the Pala dynasty of eastern Indian Subcontinent, mainly the Bengal and Bihar regions....
  
    c. 1038-c. 1055
• Vigrahapala III
  Vigrahapala III
  Vigrahapala III was the successor to the Pala king Nayapala, and twelfth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 15 years. He was succeeded by Mahipala II.-References:...
  
    c. 1055-c. 1070
• Mahipala II
  Mahipala II
  Mahipala II was the successor to the Pala king Vigrahapala III, and thirteenth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 5 years. He was succeeded by Shurapala II.-References:...
  
    c. 1070-c. 1075
• Shurapala
  Shurapala II
  Shurapala II was a ruler of the Pala Empire in northeast India. He was the successor to the Pala king Mahipala II and fourteenth ruler of the Pala line, reigning for two years. He was succeeded by Ramapala.-References:...
  
    c. 1075-c. 1077
• Ramapala
  Ramapala
  Ramapala was the successor to the Pala king Shurapala II, and fifteenth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 53 years. He is recognised as the last great ruler of the dynasty, managing to restore much of the past glory of the Pala lineage. He crushed the Varendra rebellion and extended his empire...
  
    c. 1077-c. 1120
• Kumarapala  c. 1120-c. 1125
• Gopala III
  Gopala III
  Gopala III was the successor to the Pala king Kumarapala, and seventeenth ruler of the Pala line reigning for 4 years. He was succeeded by Madanapala.-References:...
  
    c. 1125-c. 1144
• Madanapala
  Madanapala
  Madanapala was the successor to the Pala king Gopala III, and eighteenth and final ruler of Pala lineage reigning for 18 years. He was succeeded by Govindapala, whose lineage of that name is questionable....
  
    c. 1144-c. 1161

Chandra Dynasty

Chandra dynasty

The Chandra dynasty were a family who ruled over the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal for roughly a century and a half from the beginning of the 10th century CE. Their empire also encompassed Vanga and Samatata, with Srichandra expanding his domain to include parts of Kamarupa...

• Traillokyachandra
  Traillokyachandra
  Traillokyachandra was the first ruler of the Chandra dynasty in the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal. His father, Subarnachandra, was a vassal to the earlier rulers of the Harikela Kingdom...
  
   (900-930)
• Srichandra
  Srichandra
  Srichandra was the second and most influential ruler of the Chandra dynasty in the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal....
  
   (930-975)
• Kalyanachandra
  Kalyanachandra
  Kalyanachandra was the third ruler of the Candra dynasty in the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal. His campaign against the Kamboja dynasty of northern Bengal allowed the resurgent Pala Emperor Mahipala I to reclaim much of the Pala Empire....
  
   (975-1000)
• Ladahachandra
  Ladahachandra
  Ladahachandra was the fourth ruler of the Candra dynasty, in the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal. Although he was a Buddhist and a renowned patron of Buddhism, he was also very sympathetic to Vaishnavite teachings ....
  
   (1000–1020)
• Govindachandra
  Govindachandra
  Govindachandra was the last known ruler of the Candra dynasty in the kingdom of Harikela in eastern Bengal.During his reign, the kingdom faced a massive invasion by the Chola king, Rajendra Chola I between 1021-1024 CE .In early 1049 CE, the Kalachuri king, Karnadeva also launched an...
  
   (1020–1050)

Sena Dynasty

Sena dynasty

The Sena Empire was a Hindu dynasty that ruled from Bengal through the 11th and 12th centuries. At its peak the empire covered much of the north-eastern region in the Indian Subcontinent. They were called Brahma-Kshatriyas, as evidenced through their surname, which is derived from the Sanskrit,...

• Hemantasen (1070–1096)
• Vijayasen
  Vijay Sen
  Vijay Sen was the founder of the Sen dynasty of Bengal, which ruled for more than 100 years. His ancestors came from the Karnat country. It appears from his records that he inherited the position of a subordinate ruler in Rarh under the Palas...
  
   (1096–1159)
• Ballalsen (1159–1179)
• Lakshmansen
  Lakshman Sen
  Lakshman Sen was the fourth king of the Sen dynasty of Bengal, who ruled for about 28 years. Lakshman Sen succeeded his father Ballal Sen...
  
   (1179–1206)
• Vishwarupsen (1206–1225)
• Keshabsen
  Keshab Sen
  Keshab Sen was the sixth and last ruler from the Sena dynasty.-References:...
  
   (1225–1230)

Deva Dynasty

Deva dynasty

Deva Dynasty was a Hindu dynasty of early medieval Bengal, ruled over eastern Bengal after the Sena dynasty. The capital of this dynasty was Bikrampur in present-day Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. The end of this dynasty is not yet known.This Hindu Vaishnava dynasty is different from an...

• Purushottamadeva
• Madhusudanadeva
• Vasudeva
• Damodaradeva (1231–1243)
• Dasharathadeva (around 1281)

Khilji Dynasty

• Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji 1204-1206
• Muhammad Shiran Khilji
  Muhammad Shiran Khilji
  -History:After the death of Bakhtiyar Khilji the Khilji noblemen of Lakhnaur appointed Shiran as the ruler of the country. Ascending to the throne he invaded armies loyal to the rebel Ali Mardan Khilji and humbled him. But Ali Mardan Khilji fled to Delhi and provoked the Sultan of Delhi to invade...
  
   1206-1208
• Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah
  Ghiyas-ud-din Iwaz Khilji was a Bengal ruler on 1208-1210 and again on 1212-1227.-History:During the infighting of the Khilji Maliks he assumed power in 1208 and ruled for two years until being dethroned by Ali Mardan Khilji in 1210...
  
   1208-1210
• Ali Mardan Khilji
  Ali Mardan Khilji
  Ali Mardan Khilji dethroned Ghiyas-ud-din Iwaz Khilji and styled himself as the independent sultan of Bengal in 1210. He ruled for two years. Ali Mardan's cruelty and brutality produced disgust among the courtiers and he was assassinated by them in 1212....
  
   1210-1212
• Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah
  Ghiyas-ud-din Iwaz Khilji was a Bengal ruler on 1208-1210 and again on 1212-1227.-History:During the infighting of the Khilji Maliks he assumed power in 1208 and ruled for two years until being dethroned by Ali Mardan Khilji in 1210...
  
   1212-1227 (second term as Husamuddin Iwaj Khilji)

Governors of Bengal under Mameluk Dynasty

• Nasiruddin Mahmud 1227-1229
• Malik Balkha Khilji
  Malik Balkha Khilji
  Malik Balkha Khilji, also known as Dawlat Shah bin Maudud, was the son of Ghiyasuddin Iwaj Shah. After the death of prince Nasiruddin Mahmud, he captured the throne of Bengal. Malik styled himself as the independent ruler of Bengal. But Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish once again invaded Bengal during...
  
   1229-1232
• Alauddin Jani
  Alauddin Jani
  Alauddin Jani was a governor of Bengal from 1232 until 1233 during the time of Mamluk dynasty. He was appointed by the then Sultan Shamsuddin Iltutmish after Malik Balkha Khilji was removed from power. Alauddin ruled Bengal only for a year. He was then succeeded by Saifuddin Aibak.-See also:*List...
  
   1232-1233
• Saifuddin Aibak
  Saifuddin Aibak
  Saifuddin Aibak succeeded Alauddin Jani as the governor of Bengal in 1233 AD. He was assassinated in 1236 AD by a courtier named Awar Khan Aibak.-See also:*List of rulers of Bengal*History of Bengal*History of Bangladesh*History of India-References:...
  
   1233-1236
• Awor Khan Aibak
  Awor Khan Aibak
  Awar Khan Aibak was the governor of Bengal in 1236 CE. He was a courtier of his predecessor Saifuddin Aibak. Awar was described as "a Turk of great daring and impetuosity". He assassinated Saifuddin Aibak in 1236 CE and assumed power in Bengal. The governor of Bihar, Tughral Tughan Khan, demanded...
  
   1236
• Tughral Tughan Khan
  Tughral Tughan Khan
  Tughral Tughan Khan ruled Bengal during 1236-1246 CE and again during 1272-1281 CE. He was also a governor of Bihar and Oudh.-First Term :...
  
   1236-1246
• Tughlaq Tamar Khan
  Tughlaq Tamar Khan
  Tughlaq Tamar Khan was the governor of Oudh and Bengal during the reign of Sultan Aluddin Masud Shah.-History:In 1246 Tughral Tughan Khan, the governor of Bengal, was under attack by the Orians. The then governor of Oudh, Tamar Khan, was sent to Bengal to help Tughan Khan. The Oriya army fled...
  
   1246-1247
• Jalaluddin Masud Jani
  Jalaluddin Masud Jani
  -History:He succeeded after the death of Tughlaq Tamar Khan in 1247 CE. He adopted the title Malik-us-Sharq . Masud Jani ruled Bengal for four years before was removed from office in 1251 CE.-See also:*List of rulers of Bengal...
  
   1247-1251
• Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak
  Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak
  Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak became the Governor of Bengal in 1251 CE.-History:After taking power, Iuzbak repulsed the Oriyas from south-western Bengal. After this victory he styled himself as the independent ruler of Bengal. He adopted the title Sultan Mughisuddin Abul Mujaffar Iuzbak.He invaded...
  
   1251-1257
• Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki
  Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki
  Ijjauddin Balban-e-Iuzbaki is was the Governor of Bengal during 1257-1259 CE.-History:After the death of Malik Ikhtiyaruddin Iuzbak, Ijjauddin was appointed as the Governor of Bengal by the sultan of Delhi. Ijjauddin ruled Bengal for 2 years. He invaded south-eastern Bengal in 1259. During his...
  
   1257-1259
• Tatar Khan
  Tatar Khan
  -History:He succeeded Ijjauddin Balban Iuzbaki and built a tomb for his predecessor's remains, two years after his death. Tatar Khan was a very capable ruler, renowned for his bravery, liberality, heroism and honesty. He did not acknowledge allegiance to the sultan of Delhi, Nasiruddin, who died in...
  
   1259-1268
• Sher Khan 1268-1272
• Amin Khan
  Amin Khan
  Amin Khan was the Governor of Bengal in 1272.-History:In 1272 Amin Khan was appointed as the Governor of Bengal by Sultan Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq. Besides, Tughral Tughan Khan, a former Governor of Bengal, was appointed as the sub-governor of Bengal....
  
   1272-1272
• Tughral Tughan Khan
  Tughral Tughan Khan
  Tughral Tughan Khan ruled Bengal during 1236-1246 CE and again during 1272-1281 CE. He was also a governor of Bihar and Oudh.-First Term :...
  
   1272-1281 (second term as Mughisuddin Tughral)

Independent Balban Dynasty

• Nasiruddin Bughra Khan
  Nasiruddin Bughra Khan
  Nasiruddin Bughra Khan was the Governor of Bengal in 1281-1291 CE. He was the son of Sultan Ghiyasuddin Balban. After Balban crushed the rebellion of Tughral Tughan Khan he appointed Bughra Khan as the governor of Bengal...
  
   1281-1291 (as governor of Lakhnauti in 1281-1287 and as independent Sultan in 1287-1291)
• Rukunuddin Kaikaus
  Rukunuddin Kaikaus
  Rukunuddin Kaikaus ruled Bengal in 1291-1300 CE. In 1291 he succeeded his father Nasiruddin Bughra Khan as an independent ruler of Bengal. In several inscriptions and coins he styled himself as Sultan-bin-Sultan and also Sultan-us-Salatin .-History:During his reign, he had divided his kingdom...
  
   1291-1300
• Shamsuddin Firoz Shah
  Shamsuddin Firoz Shah
  Shamsuddin Firoz Shah was the independent ruler of the Bengal. He ascended the throne with the title of Al-Sultan Al-Azam Shams Al-Duniya wa Al-Din Abu Al-Muzaffar Firoz Shah Al-Sultan and invoked the name of the Abbaside Caliph Mustasim Billah in his coins.-Origin:Controversies persist among...
  
   1300-1322
• Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah I was the son and successor of Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah of the Bengal kingdom of Lakhnauti. He ruled the kingdom as an independent ruler during 1322-1324 CE and as a governor during 1324-1328 CE.-History:...
  
   1322-1324

Independent Sultans of Sonargaon

• Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah
  Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah
  Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah ruled an independent kingdom in areas that lie within modern-day eastern and southeastern Bengal. The kingdom's capital was Sonargaon. His conquests of the Comilla and Noakhali were followed by territorial gains to the north and south...
  
   1338-1349
• Ikhtiyaruddin Ghazi Shah 1349-1352

Independent Sultans of Satgaon

• Malik Ijjuddin Yahya 1328-1339
• Ilyas Shah 1339-1342

Ilyas Shahi Dynasty (1st period)

• Ilyas Shah  1352-1358
• Sikandar Shah
  Sikandar Shah
  Sikandar Shah was the second Sultan of the Ilyas dynasty of Bengal. He succeeded his father Ilyas Shah. He built the celebrated Adina Mosque in Pandua in 1368.-Second campaign of Firuz Shah Tughluq:...
  
    1358-1390
• Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was the third Sultan of the first Iliyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal and one of the more widely known of medieval Sultans of Bengal. His tomb is situated in Narayanganj of current day Bangladesh....
  
    1390-1411
• Saifuddin Hamza Shah
  Saifuddin Hamza Shah
  Saifuddin Hamza Shah was the fourth Sultan of the first Ilyas dynasty of Bengal. After the death of his father, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah, he succeeded the throne and assumed the title Sultan-us-Salatin.-History:...
  
    1411-1412
• Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah
  Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah
  Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah was an Ilyas dynasty Sultan of Bengal for a brief period of one year. He succeeded his father Saifuddin Hamza Shah....
  
    1412-1414

Ganesha Dynasty

• Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
  Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
  Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah was the son and successor of Raja Ganesha. He ruled Bengal in two phases first 1415 to 1416 and then 1418 to 1433. He was converted to Islam by Qutb al Alam and was named Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah...
  
    1415-1416
• Raja Ganesh
  Raja Ganesha
  Raja Ganesha was a Hindu ruler of Bengal, who overthrew the Ilyas dynasty rule from Bengal. The Indo-Persian historians of the medieval period considered him as an infidel usurper. The dynasty founded by him ruled over Bengal from 1415-1435. His name mentioned in the coins of his son, sultan...
  
    1416-1418
• Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
  Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah
  Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah was the son and successor of Raja Ganesha. He ruled Bengal in two phases first 1415 to 1416 and then 1418 to 1433. He was converted to Islam by Qutb al Alam and was named Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah...
  
    1418-1433 (second phase)
• Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah
  Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah
  Shamsuddin Ahmad Shah was a ruler of Bengal. He was the son and successor of Sultan Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah. After his father's death, he ascended the throne at the age of 14.-History:...
  
    1433-1435

Ilyas Shahi Dynasty (restored)

• Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah
  Mahmud Shah (Sultan of Bengal)
  Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah was a Sultan of Bengal. He was a descendant of Sultan Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah of Bengal. Nasiruddin took the title of Nasiruddin Abul Muzaffar Mahmud Shah when he ascended the power in 1435 AD...
  
   1435-1459
• Rukunuddin Barbak Shah
  Rukunuddin Barbak Shah
  Rukunuddin Barbak Shah was the son and successor of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah. Barbak Shah was appointed the governor of the Satgaon region during the reign of his father...
  
   1459-1474
• Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah
  Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah
  Shamsuddin Yousuf Shah was the son and successor of Sultan Rukunuddin Barbak Shah. He ascended the throne in 1474 and assumed the title Shamsuddin Abul Muzaffar Yusuf Shah...
  
   1474-1481
• Sikandar Shah II
  Sikandar Shah II
  Sikander Shah II was the son and successor Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah. He took power in 1481 CE and ruled Bengal for a very short period.-History:...
  
    1481
• Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
  Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
  Jalaluddin Fateh Shah was the last ruler of later Ilyas dynasty of Bengal. He was the brother and successor of Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah.-History:...
  
    1481-1487

Habshi dynasty

• Shahzada Barbak
  Shahzada Barbak
  Shahzada Barbak was the founder of the Habshi dynasty of Bengal kingdom. He was the former commander of the palace-guards of Jalaluddin Fateh Shah court.-History:...
  
   1487-1487
• Saifuddin Firuz Shah
  Saifuddin Firuz Shah
  Saifuddin Firuz Shah was the second ruler of the Habshi dynasty of Bengal. He was a former army commander of Bengal's Ilyas dynasty.-History:...
  
    1487-1489
• Mahmud Shah II
  Mahmud Shah II
  Mahmud Shah II was an infant ruler of Bengal. Habsh Khan was the effective ruler.Both of them were killed in 1490 CE by Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah....
  
    1489-1490
• Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah
  Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah
  Shamsuddin Muzaffar Shah was an Abyssinian sultan of late medieval Bengal. Sidi Badr, an Abyssinian, first killed Habash Khan, the regent of the boy-king Mahmud Shah II and later killed the sultan also. He ascended the throne under the title of Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah...
  
   1490-1494

Hussain Shahi dynasty

Hussain Shahi dynasty

Hussain Shahi dynasty that ruled from 1494-1538. Alauddin Hussain Shah, considered as the greatest of all the sultans of Bengal for bringing cultural renaissance during his reign. He conquered Kamarupa, Kamata, Jajnagar, Orissa and extended the sultanate all the way to the port of Chittagong, which...

• Alauddin Hussain Shah
  Alauddin Hussain Shah
  Ala-ud-din Husain Shah was an independent late medieval Sultan of Bengal, who founded the Hussain Shahi dynasty. He became the ruler of Bengal after assassinating the Abyssinian Sultan, Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar Shah, whom he had served under as wazir...
  
    1494-1518
• Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah
  Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah
  Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah 1519–1533 , son of Sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah, was sultan of Bengal from 1519 until his assassination in 1533...
  
   1518-1533
• Alauddin Firuz Shah
  Alauddin Firuz Shah
  Alauddin Firuz Shah was the son and successor of sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah. During his reign the conflict with Assam continued. The Bengal army entered Assam and reached Kaliabor. The war continued after the death of Firuz Shah...
  
    1533
• Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah was the last sultan of the Hussain Shahi dynasty, founded by Alauddin Husain Shah in 1494, of Bengal...
  
    1533-1538

Bengal Governors under Afghan rule (Sur dynasty) of Delhi Sultanate

• Sher Shah
  Sher Shah Suri
  Sher Shah Suri , birth name Farid Khan, also known as Sher Khan , was the founder of the short-lived Sur Empire in northern India, with its capital at Delhi, before its demise in the hands of the resurgent Mughal Empire...
  
    (ruler of Bengal from 1538-1539 ; ruler of Delhi from 1539–1545)
• Khidr Khan
  Khidr Khan(Bengal)
  Khidr Khan was appointed the governor of Bengal in 1539 when Sher Shah Suri ascended to the throne of Delhi. In 1541 Khidr Khan attempts to declare independence from Delhi....
  
   1538-1541
• Qazi Fazilat
  Qazi Fazilat
  Qazi Fazilat was the governor of Bengal. He was appointed by Sher Shah Suri during his reign in Delhi.-See also:*List of rulers of Bengal*History of Bengal*History of Bangladesh*History of India...
  
   1541-1545
• Muhammad Khan Sur
  Muhammad Khan Sur
  Muhammad Khan Sur was appointed the governor of Bengal by Sultan Islam Shah Suri of Delhi in 1545. But after the death of the Delhi Sultan in 1554, Muhammad Khan declared independence and styled himself as Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah.-History:During his reign, Muhammad Shah conquered Arakan...
  
    1545-1554 as the Governor of Bengal

Muhammad Shahi Dynasty

• Muhammad Khan Sur
  Muhammad Khan Sur
  Muhammad Khan Sur was appointed the governor of Bengal by Sultan Islam Shah Suri of Delhi in 1545. But after the death of the Delhi Sultan in 1554, Muhammad Khan declared independence and styled himself as Shamsuddin Muhammad Shah.-History:During his reign, Muhammad Shah conquered Arakan...
  
    1554-1555 as Shamsuddin Mahmud Shah, independent ruler of Bengal
• Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II
  Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II
  Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II was an independent ruler of Bengal. He was the son of Sultan Shamsuddin Mahmud Shah.-History:Bahadur Shah came to power after deposing the governor Shahbaj Khan...
  
   1555-1561
• Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah
  Ghiyasuddin Jalal Shah was the brother and successor of Sultan Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah II. He ruled Bengal for 3 years before he died in 1563.-References:...
  
   1561-1563
• Ghiyasuddin Shah III
  Ghiyasuddin Shah III
  Ghiyasuddin Shah III was the last ruler of Bengal among Mahmud Shahi dynasty.-History:Since 1562, the Afghan Karrani dynasty began to conquer a vast area within Bengal kingdom. In 1564 Ghiyasuddin Shah III was assasinated by Taj Khan Karrani. Thus the ruling of Mahmud Shahi dynasty ended and...
  
    1563-1564

Karrani Dynasty (Mughal vassals)

• Taj Khan Karrani
  Taj Khan Karrani
  Taj Khan Karrani was the founder of Karrani dynasty. He was a former employee of Sher Shah Suri. He captured a vast region of south-eastern Bihar and west Bengal...
  
   1564-1566
• Sulaiman Khan Karrani
  Sulaiman Khan Karrani
  Sulaiman Khan Karrani was a ruler of Bengal from 1565 to 1572 ascending to the throne in 1565 after the death of his elder brother Taj Khan Karrani...
  
   1566-1572
• Bayazid Khan Karrani
  Bayazid Khan Karrani
  Bayazid Karrani was the third ruler of the Karrani dynasty of Bengal. He ascended the throne after his father Sulaiman Khan Karrani died in October 1572. After assuming power he broke allegiance with the Mughals and declared independence.-Short Lived Ruling:...
  
    1572
• Daoud Shah Karrani
  Daoud Shah Karrani
  Daud Khan Karrani was the youngest son of Sulaiman Khan Karrani. During his father's reign, he commanded a massive army of 40,000 cavalry, 3,600 elephants, 1,140,000 infantry and 20,000 cannons. He invaded the southwestern regions of India....
  
   1572-1576

During the reign of Akbar

• Munim Khan Khan-e-Khanan
  Munim Khan
  Munim Khan Khan-i-Khanan was a Mughal general under both emperors Humayun and Akbar. He was titled Khan-i-Khanan when Akbar appointed him as Vakil . Then in 1564 he became the Subahdar of Jaunpur. He also served as the governor of Bengal and Bihar during 1574–1575.-Origin:His ancestors were from...
  
   1574-1575
• Khan-i-Jahan
  Khan Jahan I
  Hussain Quli Beg was a Mughal General with the rank of 5000. He was entitled as Khan-i-Jahan by emperor Akbar.-Early Life:...
  
   1575-1578
• Ismail Quli 1578
• Muzaffar Khan Turbati 1579-1580
• Mirza Haqim 1580-1582
• Mirza Aziz Koka 1582-1583
• Shahbaz Khan Kambu
  General Shahbaz Khan Kamboh
  Shahbaz Khan Kamboh was one of the most capable and trustworthy Generals of Mughal Emperor Akbar. He participated in some of the most difficult expeditions of Akbar and annexed numerous territories to the empire...
  
   1583-1585
• Sadiq Khan 1585-1586
• Wazir Khan
  Wazir Khan
  Wazir Khan,Shaikh Ilam-ud-din Ansari , a native of Chiniot, who rose to be a minor court physician to Shah Jahan in Lahore, was a Mughal noble, who was the Subedar of Sirhind, he personally commanded an army of over 30,000 men consisting mainly of Muslim Rajputs.Wazir Khan is noted for his...
  
   1586-1587
• Syed Khan 1587-1594

During the reign of Jahangir

• Qutubuddin Koka
  Qutubuddin Koka
  Qutb-ud-Din Khan Kokah was the Mughal subahdar of Bengal Subah during the reign of emperor Jahangir. He was appointed governor of Bengal on 2 September 1606 and died in office on 20 May 1607.-Early life:...
  
   1606-1607, killed in a battle against Sher Afghan
• Jahangir Quli Beg
  Jahangir Quli Beg
  Jahangir Quli Beg was the subahdar of Bengal during the reign of emperor Jahangir.-Reign:Before he was appointed as the governor of Bengal, he served the governorship of Bihar....
  
   1607-1608
• Islam Khan Chishti
  Islam Khan I
  Shaikh Alauddin Chisti was a Subahdar and general of the army of the Mughal empire in Bengal, and the first governor of the city of Dhaka, the capital of modern Bangladesh...
  
   1608-1613, first governor to transfer the Bengal
  Bengal
  Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
  
   capital to Dhaka
  Dhaka
  Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
  
   on April 1612
• Qasim Khan Chishti
  Qasim Khan Chishti
  Qasim Khan Chishti was the Subahdar of Bengal during the reign of emperor Jahangir. He was the younger brother and the successor of Islam Khan Chisti. He was entitled Muhtashim Khan.-History:...
  
   1613-1617
• Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang
  Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang
  Ibrahim Khan Fath-i-Jang was Subahdar of Bengal during the reign of emperor Jahangir.-Early life:...
  
   1617-1624
• Muhabbat Khan 1625-1626
• Muqarram Khan
  Muqarram Khan
  Muqarram Khan was the Subahdar of Bengal during the reign of emperor Jahangir.-Reign:His predecessor, Muhabbat Khan, rebelled against emperor Jahangir in 1626. But after failing the attempt, Muhabbat Khan fled to Deccan. Then Muqarram Khan was appointed the new governor of Bengal.His ruling ended...
  
   1626-1627
• Fidai Khan
  Fidai Khan
  Fidai Khan was the subahdar of Bengal during the time of emperor Jahangir.-History:...
  
   1627-1628

During the reign of Shahjahan

• Qasim Khan Juvayni
  Qasim Khan Juvayni
  Qasim Khan Juvayni Nawab was a Mughal general and nobleman of the court of both of the Mughal emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan and held the rank of 5,000. He also served as the governor of Bengal succeeding Fidai Khan.-Early life:...
  
   1628-1632
• Azim Khan 1632-1635
• Islam Khan II
  Islam Khan II
  Islam Khan Mashadi was the Subahdar of Bengal. His original name was Mir Abdus Salam.-History:In 1639, soon after the Assam-Mughal and Arakan-Mughal battles, Islam Khan Mashhadi was recalled to Delhi to assume the post of Wazir . Prince Shah Shuja succeeded him as the new governor of Bengal....
  
   1635-1639
• Prince Shah Shuja 1639-1647 again 1652-1660

During the reign of Aurangzeb

• Mir Jumla II
  Mir Jumla II
  Mir Jumla II was a prominent subahdar of Bengal in Eastern India under the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. An Iranian by birth, his original name was Mir Muhammad Saeed Ardestani...
  
   1660-1663
• Shaista Khan
  Shaista Khan
  Mirza Abu Talib, better known by his title Shaista Khan , was a Subahdar and general in the army of the Mughal Empire. A maternal uncle to Emperor Aurangzeb, he served as the Mughal governor of Bengal from 1664 to 1688, and was a key figure during the rule of his nephew, the emperor...
  
   1664-1678 again 1680-1688
• Fidai Khan (Azam Khan Koka) 1678-1678
• Prince Muhammad Azam 20 July 1678 - 6 October 1679
• Khan Jahan Bahadur 1688-1689
• Ibrahim Khan II
  Ibrahim Khan II
  Ibrahim Khan was the last Subahdar of Bengal during the reign of emperor Shahjahan.-Early life:He was the eldest son of Ali Mardan Khan Zig. Ali Mardan was a noble of Persian origin. Prior to the governorship of Bengal, Ibrahim Khan served as Subahdar of Kashmir, Lahore and Bihar...
  
   1689-1697

Post Aurangjeb Subahdars

• Prince Azim-us-Shan 1697-1712
• Khan-i-Alam 1712-1713
• Farrukh Siyar 1713-1717

Nawabs of Bengal

• Murshid Quli Khan
  Murshid Quli Khan
  Murshid Quli Khan was the first Nawab of Bengal. In fact circumstances resulted in his being the first independent ruler of Bengal post the death of Emperor Aurangzeb...
  
   1717–1727
• Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
  Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
  Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan was the second Nawab of Bengal. He married Zainab un-nisa Begum, the daughter of Murshid Quli Khan and after the death of his father-in-law on June 30, 1727, he became the Nawab Nazim of Bengal Subah .-Early life:Born at Burhanpur, Deccan, as Mirza Shuja ud-din Muhammad...
  
   1727–1739
• Sarfaraz Khan
  Sarfraz Khan
  -Early life:Born Mirza Asadullah, sometime after 1700, he ascended as the Nawab of Bengal under the title Mutaman ul-Mulk, Ala ud-Daula, Nawab Sarfaraz Khan Bahadur, Haidar Jang [Mirza Asadullah], Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa...
  
   1739–1740
• Alivardi Khan
  Alivardi Khan
  Ali Vardi Khan was the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa during 1740 - 1756. He toppled the Nasiri Dynasty of Bengal and took power as Nawab.-Early life:...
  
   1740–1756
• Siraj-ud-Daula 1756–1757, last independent Nawab of Bengal
  Bengal
  Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
  
  , Bihar
  Bihar
  Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
  
   and Orissa
  Orissa
  Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
  
  
• Mir Jafar Ali Khan
  Mir Jafar
  -Notes:# "Riyazu-s-salatin", Ghulam Husain Salim - a reference to the appointment of Mohanlal can be found # "Seir Muaqherin", Ghulam Husain Tabatabai - a reference to the conspiracy can be found...
  
   1757–1760
• Mir Qasim
  Mir Qasim
  Mir Qasim was Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1764. He was installed as Nawab by the British East India Company replacing Mir Jafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been installed by the British after his role in the Battle of Plassey...
  
   1760–1763
• Mir Jafar Ali Khan
  Mir Jafar
  -Notes:# "Riyazu-s-salatin", Ghulam Husain Salim - a reference to the appointment of Mohanlal can be found # "Seir Muaqherin", Ghulam Husain Tabatabai - a reference to the conspiracy can be found...
  
   1763–1765
• Najimuddin Ali Khan
  Najimuddin Ali Khan
  Sayyid Najimuddin Ali Khan , formally known as Sujah-ul-Mulk Najimuddaula Nawab Nazim Najimuddin Ali Khan Bahadur Mahabat Jang, was Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from 1765 to 1766. He was the son of Mir Jafar with his third wife Muni Begum...
  
   1765–1766
• Najabut Ali Khan
  Najabut Ali Khan
  Sayyid Najabut Ali Khan succeeded his elder brother Najimuddin Ali Khan as the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa on 22 May, 1766....
  
   1766–1770
• Ashraf Ali Khan
  Ashraf Ali Khan
  Sayyid Ashraf Ali Khan was the eleventh Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and the fourth of the Najafi dynasty. The son of Mir Jafar and Rahat-un-Nisa, he was adopted and reared by his aunt Nafisat-un-Nisa ....
  
   1770-1770
• Mubaraq Ali Khan
  Mubaraq Ali Khan
  Mubaraq Ali Khan, born 1759 in Murshidabad, died 6 september 1793, was the successor of Ashraf Ali Khan. He was the Nawab of Bengal from 1770 to 1793.-See also:*List of rulers of Bengal*History of Bengal*History of India...
  
   1770–1793
• Baber Ali Khan
  Baber Ali Khan
  Baber Ali Khan was the successor of Mubaraq Ali Khan. He was the Nawab of Bengal from 1793 to 1810.-See also:*List of rulers of Bengal*History of Bengal*History of India...
  
   1793–1810
• Zainul Abedin Ali Khan
  Zainul Abedin Ali Khan
  Zainul Abedin Ali Khan was the successor of Baber Ali Khan. He was the Nawab of Bengal from 1810 to 1821.-See also:*List of rulers of Bengal*History of Bengal*History of India...
  
   1810–1821
• Ahmad Ali Khan
  Ahmad Ali Khan
  Ahmad Ali Khan was the successor of Mubaraq Ali Khan. He was the Nawab of Bengal from 1821 to 1824.-References:...
  
   1821–1824
• Mubarak Ali Khan II 1824–1838
• Mansur Ali Khan 1838-1880 abdicated

Nawabs of Murshidabad

• Hassan Ali Mirza Khan 1882-1906
• Wasif Ali Mirza Khan 1906-1959
• Waris Ali Mirza Khan 1959-1969

Maharaja of Bhurshut

• Shivanarayan
• Rudranarayan
  Rudranarayan
  Maharaja Rudranarayan was the ruler of Bhurishrestha, who consolidated and expanded the kingdom and converted it into one of the most powerful Hindu kingdoms of the time...
  
  
• Bhavashankari
  Bhavashankari
  Maharani Bhavashankari was the ruler of Bhurishrestha Kingdom, who defeated the Pathan resurgence in Bengal and again established Hindu sovereignty. Bhavashankari in her reign brought power, prosperity and grandeur to Bhurishrestha .- Early life :...
  
  
• Pratapnarayan
  Pratapnarayan
  Maharaja Pratapnarayan was the king of Bhurishrestha who patronized literature and art. His mostly peaceful reign was devoted towards the welfare of his subjects. Bhurishrestha once again flourished in arts & culture and trade & commerce.- Early life :...
  
  
• Naranarayan
  Naranarayan of Bhurishrestha
  Maharaja Naranarayan was the king of Bhurishrestha who maintained the integrity and sovereignty of the kingdom by diplomatically averting the occupation of the kingdom by the Mughal forces.- Reign :...
  
  
• Lakshminarayan
  Lakshminarayan of Bhurishrestha
  Maharaja Lakshminarayan was the last ruler of Bhurishrestha. When he was the prince, he had defeated and humiliated Krishnaram Ray, the ruler of Bardhaman in a battle. The latter was subsequently killed by a rebellious feudatory called Shobha Singh, who killed most of Krishnaram's family as well...
  
  

Chief Agents (1701-1756)

• Charles Eyre
  Charles Eyre
  Sir Charles Eyre , of Kew, in the county of Surrey, knight, was an administrator of the English East India Company, and President of Bengal....
  
   1700–1701
• John Beard
  John Beard (colonial administrator)
  -References:...
  
   1701-1705
• Edward Littleton 1705–1705
• Ruled by a council 1705-1710
• Anthony Weltden
  Anthony Weltden
  Anthony Weltden was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.Anthony Weltden was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.Anthony Weltden was an...
  
   20 July 1710-4 March 1711
• John Russell
  John Russell (colonial administrator)
  John Russell was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Russell was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Russell was an...
  
   4 Mar 1711 – 3 Dec 1713
• Robert Hedges
  Robert Hedges (colonial administrator)
  Robert Hedges was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.Robert Hedges was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.Robert Hedges was an...
  
   3 Dec 1713 - 12 Jan 1718
• Samuel Flake
  Samuel Flake
  Samuel Flake was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.Samuel Flake was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.Samuel Flake was an...
  
   12 Jan 1718 - 17 Jan 1723
• John Deane
  John Deane (colonial administrator)
  John Deane was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Deane was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Deane was an administrator of...
  
   17 Jan 1723 - 30 Jan 1726
• Henry Frankland
  Henry Frankland
  Henry Frankland was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet and was the father of Sir Charles Frankland, 4th Baronet, and Sir Thomas Frankland, 5th Baronet.Henry...
  
   30 Jan 1726 - 17 Sep 1728
• Edward Stephenson
  Edward Stephenson (colonial administrator)
  Edward Stephenson was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid eighteenth century.Edward Stephenson was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid eighteenth century.Edward Stephenson was an...
  
   17 Sep 1728 - 18 Sep 1728
• John Deane
  John Deane (colonial administrator)
  John Deane was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Deane was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the early eighteenth century.John Deane was an administrator of...
  
   18 Sep 1728 - 25 Feb 1732
• John Stackhouse
  John Stackhouse (colonial administrator)
  John Stackhouse was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.John Stackhouse was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.John Stackhouse was an administrator...
  
   25 Feb 1732 - 29 Jan 1739
• Thomas Broddyll
  Thomas Broddyll
  Thomas Broddyll was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.Thomas Broddyll was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.Thomas Broddyll was an administrator...
  
   29 Jan 1739 - 4 Feb 1746
• John Forster
  John Forster (colonial administrator)
  John Forster was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.John Forster was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.John Forster was an administrator of the...
  
   4 Feb 1746 - 18 Apr 1748
• William Barwell
  William Barwell
  William Barwell was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the eighteenth century.He was a director of the East India Company between 1758 and 1766....
  
   18 Apr 1748 - 17 Jun 1749
• Adam Dawson
  Adam Dawson
  Adam Dawson was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid-eighteenth century.Adam Dawson was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid-eighteenth century.Adam Dawson was an administrator of...
  
   17 Jun 1749 - 5 Jun 1752
• William Fytche
  William Fytche
  William Fytche was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid-eighteenth century. He was one of the last administrators before the Battle of Plassey allowed the company to firmly establish its rule in India....
  
   8 Augt 1752 - Oct 1756
• Roger Drake
  Roger Drake
  Roger Drake was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as President of Bengal in the mid-eighteenth century. He abandoned Fort William in Calcutta as it was under attack by Siraj Ud Daulah. The people who remained behind in the Fort were then thrown into the Black Hole of...
  
   8 Aug 1752 - Oct 1756

Governors (1757-1854)

• Robert Clive
  Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
  Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...
  
   1757-1760
• Henry Vansittart
  Henry Vansittart
  Henry Vansittart was the English Governor of Bengal from 1759 to 1764.Vansittart was born in Bloomsbury in Middlesex, the third son of Arthur van Sittart . His father and his grandfather, Peter van Sittart , were both wealthy merchants and directors of the Russia Company...
  
   1760-1764
• Robert Clive
  Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
  Major-General Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB , also known as Clive of India, was a British officer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Bengal. He is credited with securing India, and the wealth that followed, for the British crown...
  
   1765-1766
• Harry Verelst
  Harry Verelst (colonial governor)
  Harry Verelst was a colonial administrator with the British East India Company and the governor of Bengal from 1767 to 1769....
  
   1767-1769
• John Cartier
  John Cartier
  John Cartier was a British colonial governor in India. He served as Governor of Bengal from 1769 to 1772.- Early career :...
  
   1769-1772
• Warren Hastings
  Warren Hastings
  Warren Hastings PC was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.-Early life:...
  
   1772-1774
• Charles Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
  
   1786-1793
• Richard Wellesley
  Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
  Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....
  
   1797-1805
• Charles Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
  Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis KG , styled Viscount Brome between 1753 and 1762 and known as The Earl Cornwallis between 1762 and 1792, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator...
  
   1805-1805
• James Broun-Ramsay
  James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie
  James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie KT, PC was a Scottish statesman, and a colonial administrator in British India....
  
   1848-1854

Lieutenant-Governors (1854-1912)

• 1854–1859: Frederick James Halliday
  Frederick James Halliday
  Sir Frederick James Halliday KCB was a British civil servant and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.Halliday was born on Christmas Day in 1806, the son of Thomas Halliday and Maria Margaretha Morrice, of Ewell, Surrey. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Rugby, and the East India College,...
  
  
• 1859–1862: John Grant
• 1862–1866: Sir Cecil Beadon
• 1866–1871: Sir William Grey
• 1871–1874: George Campbell
• 1874–1877: Sir Richard Temple
  Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet
  Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, FRS, GCSI, CIE, PC was an administrator in British India and a British politician.-Career:...
  
  
• 1877–1879: Sir Ashley Eden
  Ashley Eden
  The Hon. Sir Ashley Eden KCSI CIE was an official and diplomat in British India.Eden was the third son of Robert John Eden, 3rd Lord Auckland and bishop of Bath and Wells. His uncle was George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland...
  
  
• 1879–1882: Steuart Bayley
  Steuart Bayley
  Sir Steuart Colvin Bayley GCSI, CIE was a British civil servant and Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal from 1879–1882.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1882–1885: Sir Augustus Thompson
• 1885–1887: Horace Cockerell
• 1887–1890: Sir Steuart Bayley
• 1890–1893: Charles Elliot
• 1893–1895: Anthony MacDonnell
• 1895–1897: Alexander Mackenzie
  Alexander Mackenzie (civil servant)
  Sir Alexander Mackenzie, KCSI served as Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma from December 1890 to April 1895.-Biography:...
  
  
• 1897–1898: Charles Cecil Stevens
  Charles Cecil Stevens
  Charles Cecil Stevens was the lieutenant governor of the province of Bengal, representing the British Raj in India. He is credited for having supervised the foundation of the Sidrapong Hydel Power Station, the first of its kind in Asia....
  
  
• 1898–1902: Sir John Woodburn
• 1902–1903: James Bourdillon
• 1903–1906: Sir Andrew Fraser
• 1906: Lancelot Hare
• 1906–1908: Francis Slacke
  Francis Slacke
  Francis Slacke, CSI was a senior officer in the Indian Civil Service and later became Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1908–1911: Sir Edward Baker
• 1911–1912: Sir William Duke
  William Duke
  Sir William Duke studied at Arbroath and then at University College London, before joining the Indian Civil Service, in the Bengal Cadre....
  
  

Governors (1912-1947)

• 1912–1917: Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
  Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael
  Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael GCSI, GCIE, KCMG, DL , known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, Bt, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator....
  
  
• 1917–1922: Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
  Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
  Laurence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL, JP , styled Lord Dundas until 1892 and Earl of Ronaldshay between 1892 and 1929, was a British Conservative politician...
  
   as Earl of Ronaldshay
• 1922–1927: Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
  Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
  Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...
  
  
• 1927–1932: Sir Stanley Jackson
  Stanley Jackson
  Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, GCSI, GCIE, PC, KStJ , known as the Honourable Stanley Jackson during his playing career, was an English cricketer, soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1932–1937: Sir John Anderson
  John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
  John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...
  
  
• 1937–1939: Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne
  Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne
  Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, GCSI, GCIE, MC was a British peer and soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne....
  
  
• 1939–1943: John Arthur Herbert
  John Arthur Herbert
  Sir John Arthur Herbert GCIE was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and a colonial governor.He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the British Army in 1919. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1934. In that year, he was made an...
  
  
• 1944–1946: Sir Richard Casey
  Richard Casey, Baron Casey
  Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey KG GCMG CH DSO MC KStJ PC was an Australian politician, diplomat and the 16th Governor-General of Australia.-Early life:...
  
  
• 1946–1947: Sir Frederick Burrows
  Frederick Burrows
  Sir Frederick John Burrows, GCSI, GCIE , was a British politician who served as the last British Governor of Bengal during British Raj in India.He was Governor of Bengal from 19 February 1946 to 14 August 1947.Sir Frederick Burrows was against the partition of Bengal...
  
  

Governor of West Bengal

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari	1946	1948
2	Kailash Nathi Katju	1948	1951
3	Harendra Coomar Mookerjee Harendra Coomar Mookerjee Harendra Coomar Mookerjee was the Governor of West Bengal from November 1, 1951 through August 8, 1956.Mookerjee was the first Indian to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree...	1951	1956
4	Phani Bhusan Chakraborty	1956	1956
5	Padmaja Naidu Padmaja Naidu Sarojini’s daughter Miss Padmaja Naidu devoted herself to the cause of the Nation like her mother. At the age of 21, she entered the National scene and became the joint founder of the Indian National Congress of Hyderabad. She spread the message of Khadi and inspired people to boycott foreign...	1956	1967
6	Dharma Vira Dharma Vira Dharma Vira was a former Cabinet Secretary of the Government of India and former governor of Punjab, West Bengal and Karnataka .-Early life and education:...	1967	1969
7	Deep Narayan Sinha	1969	1969
8	Shanti Swaroop Dhavan	1969	1971
9	Anthony Lancelot Dias	1971	1979
10	Tribhuvana Narayana Singh	1979	1981
11	Bhairab Dutt Pande Bhairab Dutt Pande Bhairab Dutt Pande was governor of Indian states of West Bengal , and Punjab , and the Administrator of Chandigarh for a brief period. Earlier he was cabinet secretary in Government of India. He was awarded Padma Vibhushan for his work. He was born in Almora, Uttarakhand.- External links :* Raj...	1981	1983
12	Anant Prasad Sharma	1983	1984
13	Satish Chandra Satish Chandra Satish Chandra is an Indian historian, whose main area of specialisation is medieval Indian History.-Early life:He is the son of Sir Sita Ram, a zamindar/educator/barrister/politician from Meerut.-Academic:...	1984	1984
14	Uma Shankar Dikshit Uma Shankar Dikshit Uma Shankar Dikshit was an Indian politician, cabinet minister and Governor of West Bengal and Governor of Karnataka.He was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in India in 1989, by the Government of India.-Early life and education:...	1984	1986
15	Nurul Hasan	1986	1989
16	T. V. Rajeshwar	1989	1990
17	Nurul Hasan	1990	1993
18	B. Satyanarayan Reddy	1993	1993
19	K.V. Raghunatha Reddy	1993	1998
20	A.R. Kidwai	1998	1999
21	Shyamal Kumar Sen	1999	1999
22	Viren J. Shah Viren J. Shah Viren J. Shah is a former Governor of the Indian State of West Bengal. Mr. Shah is a Former Treasurer of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1970 and of Rajya Sabha during 1975 -1981 and 1990-1996. Mr. Shah is Chairman Emeritus of Mukand Steel, a steel and...	1999	2004
23	Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Gandhi Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and son of Devadas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi. His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari...	2004	2009
24	Devanand Konwar Devanand Konwar Devanand Konwar is a senior congressman from Assam and presently the Governor of Indian state Bihar. -Career:He started his career as a Lecturer in the English Department in Cotton College, Guwahati. Later he has given his services to American Standard Vacuum Oil Co. in Mumbai in 1961 as...	2009	2010
25	Mayankote Kelath Narayanan Mayankote Kelath Narayanan Mayankote Kelath Narayanan , commonly referred to as M. K. Narayanan, is the current Governor of Indian state West Bengal and was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India until January 2010. He was appointed to this post on January 25, 2005, three weeks after the previous NSA,...	2010	present

Chief Ministers of West Bengal

Key:	INC Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...	BC-UF Bangla Congress Bangla Congress The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...	CPI(M) Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party
1	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. He was Chief Minister in three West Bengal governments, first in the Indian National Congress government from August 15, 1947 to August 14, 1948, then in the Progressive Democratic Alliance Front government from...	15 August 1947	14 January 1948	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
2	Bidhan Chandra Roy Bidhan Chandra Roy Bidhan Chandra Roy, M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S. was the second Chief Minister of West Bengal in India. He remained in his post for 14 years as a Indian National Congress candidate, from 1948 until his death in 1962. He was a highly respected physician and a renowned freedom fighter...	14 January 1948	1 July 1962	Indian National Congress
	President's rule President's rule President's rule is the term used in India when a state legislature is dissolved or suspended and the state is placed under direct federal rule...	1 July 1962	8 July 1962
3	Prafulla Chandra Sen Prafulla Chandra Sen Prafulla Chandra Sen was a Bengali Indian politician and freedom fighter. He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal during the period 1961–1967.-Background:...	8 July 1962	15 March 1967	Indian National Congress
4	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	15 March 1967	2 November 1967	Bangla Congress Bangla Congress The Bangla Congress was a regional political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress in the 1960s and later co-governed with the Communist Party of India in two United Front governments, the first lasting from March 15, 1967 to...  in United Front United Front (1967) The United Front was a political coalition in West Bengal, India, formed shortly after the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. It was conceived on February 25, 1967, through the joining together of the United Left Front and the People's United Left Front, along with other parties...
5	Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	2 November 1967	20 February 1968	Nonparty in Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
	President's rule	20 February 1968	25 February 1969
6	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	25 February 1969	19 March 1970	Bangla Congress in United Front
	President's rule	19 March 1970	2 April 1971
7	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	2 April 1971	28 June 1971	Indian National Congress in coalition
	President's rule	28 June 1971	19 March 1972
8	Siddhartha Shankar Ray Siddhartha Shankar Ray Siddhartha Shankar Ray was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was a prominent barrister, Punjab Governor and Education minister of India...	19 March 1972	21 June 1977	Indian National Congress
9	Jyoti Basu Jyoti Basu Jyoti Basu was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state. Basu was a member of the CPI Politburo from the time of the...	21 June 1977	6 November 2000	Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...  in Left Front Left Front The Left Front is an alliance of Indian leftist parties. After a 34-year reign in West Bengal, the Left Front was swept from power in the 2011 election...
10	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is an Indian politician and a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India . He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011...	6 November 2000	13 May 2011	Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front
11	Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee is the 11th and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal. She is the first woman to hold the office. Banerjee founded All India Trinamool Congress in 1997 and became chairperson, after separating from the Indian National Congress...	20 May 2011	Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...	All India Trinamool Congress

Governor of East Pakistan

East Pakistan

East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...

Tenure	Chief Minister of East Pakistan	Political Party
August 1955 - September 1956	Abu Hussain Sarkar	Krishan Sramik Party
September 1956 - March 1958	Ata-ur-Rahman Khan	Awami League
March 1958	Abu Hussain Sarkar	Krishan Sramik Party
March 1958 - 18 June 1958	Ata-ur-Rahman Khan	Awami League
18 June 1958 - 22 June 1958	Abu Hussain Sarkar	Krishan Sramik Party
22 June 1958 - 25 August 1958	Governor's Rule
25 August 1958 - 7 October 1958	Ata-ur-Rahman Khan	Awami League
7 October 1958	Post abolished
16 December 1971	Province of East Pakistan dissolved

Prime Ministers of Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Tajuddin Ahmed	11 April 1971	13 January 1972	Awami League Bangladesh Awami League The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...
2	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its...	13 January 1972	26 January 1975	Awami League Bangladesh Awami League The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...
3	Mohammad Mansoor Ali	26 January 1975	15 August 1975	Awami League Bangladesh Awami League The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...
4	Shah Azizur Rahman Shah Azizur Rahman Shah Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. However, he was the subject of considerable controversy for his collaboration with the Pakistan Army against the struggle to establish Bangladesh....	15 April 1979	24 March 1982	Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...
5	Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician and writer, and served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 30 March 1984 to 9 July 1986.Early Life...	30 March 1984	9 July 1986	Jatiya Party
6	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury was a Bengali politician, most notable for serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh from July 9, 1986, to March 27, 1988....	9 July 1986	27 March 1988	Jatiya Party
7	Moudud Ahmed Moudud Ahmed Barrister Moudud Ahmed is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a current member of Jatiyo Sangshad and a member of standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ....	27 March 1988	12 August 1989	Jatiya Party
8	Kazi Zafar Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed was born in 1939, in the upazila of Chauddagram in Comilla. He was originally a leader at the Dhaka University. He served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 20 March 1989 to 6 December 1990. He has a M.A...	12 August 1989	6 December 1990	Jatiya Party
9	Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia is the former First Lady of Bangladesh , and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 until... ,	20 March 1991	30 March 1996	Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...
10	Sheikh Hasina Wazed	23 June 1996	15 July 2001	Awami League Bangladesh Awami League The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...
11	Khaleda Zia Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia is the former First Lady of Bangladesh , and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 until... , 2nd term	10 October 2001	29 October 2006	Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...
12	Sheikh Hasina Wazed, 2nd term	1 January 2009	incumbent	Awami League Bangladesh Awami League The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...

External Links

• Sirajul Islam, Subahdar, Banglapedia
  Banglapedia
  Banglapedia, or the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bangla and English. The print version comprises ten 500-page volumes...
  
  : The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, Asiatic Society
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  Dhaka
  Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
  
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