<P> Following the decline of the Mughal Empire in the early 1700s , Bengal became a semi-independent state under the Nawabs of Bengal , before it was conquered by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 , directly contributing to the Industrial Revolution in Britain and to deindustrialization and famines in Bengal . The Bengali city of Calcutta served as the capital city of British India up until the early 20th century . </P>
<P> Following the decline of the Mughal Empire in the early 1700s , Bengal became a semi-independent state under the Nawabs of Bengal , before it was conquered by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 , directly contributing to the Industrial Revolution in Britain and to deindustrialization and famines in Bengal . The Bengali city of Calcutta served as the capital city of British India up until the early 20th century . </P>
when did bangladesh become part of the british empire
when did bangladesh become part of the british empire
1757
1757