ABSTRACT
From 1576 to 1592 the capital was situated at Tanda, a central position in Northern Bengal; in the latter year it was transferred to a site at Rajmahal, some twenty-five miles distant. On a third occasion, in 1657, Sultan Muhammad Shuja raised the standard of rebellion in Bengal, and proved until 1660 the danger and menace of the province of Bengal on the eastern flank of the Empire. It is impossible to understand the subject-matter of the Fifth Report without a knowledge of the administration of the Provinces or Subas of Bengal, Behar, and Orissa, and the means by which the British dominion commenced. Bengal was first definitely conquered by the Mughals in the year 1576 in the reign of Akbar, when the last of the independent kings of Bengal, Daud Khan, was killed. From 1576 till 1707 the development of Bengal as a province of the Mughal Empire continued, under the control of Governors.
