Nawabs of Bengal
1821-1841: Ahmad Ali Khan
-after British Wars > First Anglo-Burmese War (1825-9)) accepts Burmese hegemony over Bengal in place of British
-allowing it to post a resident and maintain a garrison
-and accepts the formal loss of most of eastern Bengal, which is now under direct Burmese rule
-this really isn't much of a difference from British rule
-Murshidabad, less devastated by the Burmese invasion than the rest of Bengal, sees impressive boom
-as a city, becomes quite large and for some time largest city in all Bengal
-successfully ensures Burmese rule is quite light in western Bengal
-sends troops to assist Burmese against Siamese
1841-1864: Mansur Ali Khan †
-comes to throne at age of 11
-puppet of pro-Burmese officials
-is increasingly unhappy with this and seeks to establish himself as the real ruler of Bengal
-establishes correspondence with Maharashtra and the British whose support he seeks to this end
-in 1846 formally overthrows his regency council
-this guy who supported overthrow of regency council launches a revolution to overthrow Nawab
-but this creates power vacuum that Burma wants to take advantage of
-leading to British Wars > Second Anglo-Burmese War (1847-9))
-in practice under heavy British influence
-British economic domination grows over the 1850s and this results in a growing crisis
-in 1864 Mansur attempts to overthrow British influence
-fails and he ends up killed
-for he prefers death over capture
-reducing it to a British puppet state
1864-1912: Hassan Ali Khan
-pure British puppet
-opponents launch revolution