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The
Presidency of Coromandel and Bengal Settlements
was an administrative division of
British India
, established by the
East India Company
on 17 July 1682.
History
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In 1658 all the settlements in Bengal and on the Coromandel coast were made subordinate to Fort St George.
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The presidency of Coromandel and Bengal Settlements, named after the
Coromandel Coast
and
Bengal
, was established by the company for the administration of Bengal following the abolition of the Bengal Agency.
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Between 1694 and 1698 the administration of the territories of the presidency was subordinated to
Madras
(Presidency of
Fort St. George
).
Then again the authority of the presidency of Coromandel and Bengal Settlements was reestablished until the creation of the
Bengal Presidency
in 1700.
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See also
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