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	In the 4th century BCE, during the reign of the [[Nanda Empire]], the powerful rulers of [[Gangaridai]] sent their forces consisting of [[war elephant]]s which led to the withdrawal of [[Alexander the Great]] from the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gangaridai \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gangaridai \|access-date=28 February 2022 \|website=Banglapedia \|archive-date=28 February 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043701/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gangaridai \|url-status=live}}</ref>		In the 4th century BCE, during the reign of the [[Nanda Empire]], the powerful rulers of [[Gangaridai]] sent their forces consisting of [[war elephant]]s which led to the withdrawal of [[Alexander the Great]] from the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gangaridai \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gangaridai \|access-date=28 February 2022 \|website=Banglapedia \|archive-date=28 February 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228043701/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Gangaridai \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	With the rise of [[Gopala]] in 750 AD, Bengal was united once more under the [[Buddhist~~]] and [[Shaivism\|Shaivite~~]] [[Pala Empire]]. The Pala period is considered as one of golden eras of Bengali history as it brought stability and prosperity to Bengal after centuries of [[Civil war\|Civil War]], created outstanding works of art and architecture, proto-Bengali language developed under them including its first literary work, the Charyapada and so on. They ruled Bengal until the 12th century, before being succeeded by the Buddhist and Hindu [[Chandra dynasty]], [[Sena dynasty]] and [[Deva dynasty]]. The rule of the Sena and Deva dynasty extended over various parts of Bengal,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Sena Dynasty \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Sena_Dynasty#:~:text=Sena%20Dynasty%20ruled%20Bengal%20for,the%20history%20of%20ancient%20Bengal. \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|website=Banglapedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Deva Dynasty \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Deva_Dynasty \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|website=Banglapedia \|language=en \|archive-date=8 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708134740/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Deva_Dynasty \|url-status=live}}</ref> until the arrival of [[Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji\|Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]] as part of the [[Ghurid invasion of Bengal\|Ghurid Invasion of Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bakhtiyar Khalji \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Bakhtiyar_Khalji \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|website=Banglapedia}}</ref> {{citation needed\|date=February 2023}}		With the rise of [[Gopala]] in 750 AD, Bengal was united once more under the [[Buddhist]] [[Pala Empire]]. The Pala period is considered as one of golden eras of Bengali history as it brought stability and prosperity to Bengal after centuries of [[Civil war\|Civil War]], created outstanding works of art and architecture, proto-Bengali language developed under them including its first literary work, the Charyapada and so on. They ruled Bengal until the 12th century, before being succeeded by the Buddhist and Hindu [[Chandra dynasty]], [[Sena dynasty]] and [[Deva dynasty]]. The rule of the Sena and Deva dynasty extended over various parts of Bengal,<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Sena Dynasty \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Sena_Dynasty#:~:text=Sena%20Dynasty%20ruled%20Bengal%20for,the%20history%20of%20ancient%20Bengal. \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|website=Banglapedia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Deva Dynasty \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Deva_Dynasty \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|website=Banglapedia \|language=en \|archive-date=8 July 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708134740/https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Deva_Dynasty \|url-status=live}}</ref> until the arrival of [[Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji\|Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]] as part of the [[Ghurid invasion of Bengal\|Ghurid Invasion of Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Bakhtiyar Khalji \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Bakhtiyar_Khalji \|access-date=2025-01-08 \|website=Banglapedia}}</ref> {{citation needed\|date=February 2023}}

	In the early 13th century, [[Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]] conquered the Western and parts of Northern Bengal,<ref>{{cite book \|last=Majumdar \|first=R. C. \|author-link=R.C. Majumdar \|year=1973 \|title=History of Mediaeval Bengal \|location=Calcutta \|publisher=G. Bharadwaj & Co. \|pages=1–2 \|oclc=1031074 \|quote=Tradition gives him credit for the conquest of Bengal but as a matter of fact he could not subjugate the greater part of Bengal ... All that Bakhtyār can justly take credit for is that by his conquest of Western and a part of Northern Bengal he laid the foundation of the Muslim State in Bengal. The historians of the 13th century never attributed the conquest of the whole of Bengal to Bakhtyār.}}</ref> and established the first [[Khalji dynasty (Bengal)\|Muslim kingdom in Bengal]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arnold \|first=Thomas Walker \|author-link=Thomas Walker Arnold \|year=1913 \|orig-year=First published 1896 \|title=The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith \|url=https://archive.org/details/preachingofislam00arno/page/277/mode/1up \|url-access=registration \|edition=2nd \|location=London \|publisher=Constable & Company \|page=227}}</ref> The [[Delhi Sultanate]], under various Islamic dynasties such as the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)\|Mamluk Sultanate]], the [[Khalji dynasty]], the Turko-Indian [[Tughlaq dynasty]], the [[Sayyid dynasty]] and the [[Lodi dynasty]] ruled over various parts Bengal for some 300 years, interrupted and frequently challenged by local muslim rulers of Bengal.<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Sailendra \|title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History \|publisher=Primus Books \|year=2013 \|isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 \|pages=68–102}}</ref><ref name="bp-history" />		In the early 13th century, [[Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji]] conquered the Western and parts of Northern Bengal,<ref>{{cite book \|last=Majumdar \|first=R. C. \|author-link=R.C. Majumdar \|year=1973 \|title=History of Mediaeval Bengal \|location=Calcutta \|publisher=G. Bharadwaj & Co. \|pages=1–2 \|oclc=1031074 \|quote=Tradition gives him credit for the conquest of Bengal but as a matter of fact he could not subjugate the greater part of Bengal ... All that Bakhtyār can justly take credit for is that by his conquest of Western and a part of Northern Bengal he laid the foundation of the Muslim State in Bengal. The historians of the 13th century never attributed the conquest of the whole of Bengal to Bakhtyār.}}</ref> and established the first [[Khalji dynasty (Bengal)\|Muslim kingdom in Bengal]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Arnold \|first=Thomas Walker \|author-link=Thomas Walker Arnold \|year=1913 \|orig-year=First published 1896 \|title=The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith \|url=https://archive.org/details/preachingofislam00arno/page/277/mode/1up \|url-access=registration \|edition=2nd \|location=London \|publisher=Constable & Company \|page=227}}</ref> The [[Delhi Sultanate]], under various Islamic dynasties such as the [[Mamluk Sultanate (Delhi)\|Mamluk Sultanate]], the [[Khalji dynasty]], the Turko-Indian [[Tughlaq dynasty]], the [[Sayyid dynasty]] and the [[Lodi dynasty]] ruled over various parts Bengal for some 300 years, interrupted and frequently challenged by local muslim rulers of Bengal.<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book \|last=Sen \|first=Sailendra \|title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History \|publisher=Primus Books \|year=2013 \|isbn=978-9-38060-734-4 \|pages=68–102}}</ref><ref name="bp-history" />
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	![[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar\|RC Majumdar]] (1971)		![[Ramesh Chandra Majumdar\|RC Majumdar]] (1971)
	!AM Chowdhury (1967)		!AM Chowdhury (1967)
	![[Bindeshwari Prasad Sinha\|BP Sinha]] (1977)<sup>[''[[~~Bharatpedia~~:Verifiability\|failed verification]]'']</sup>		![[Bindeshwari Prasad Sinha\|BP Sinha]] (1977)<sup>[''[[Wikipedia:Verifiability\|failed verification]]'']</sup>
	![[Dineshchandra Sircar\|DC Sircar]] (1975–76)		![[Dineshchandra Sircar\|DC Sircar]] (1975–76)
	!D. K. Ganguly (1994)		!D. K. Ganguly (1994)
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	! [[C. V. Ananda Bose]]		! [[C. V. Ananda Bose]]
	\| 18 November 2022		\| 18 November 2022
	\|''Incumbent''		\| 11 March 2026
	\|{{age in years and days\|~~2022~~\|11\|18}}		\|{{age in years and days\|2022\|11\|18\|2026\|3\|11}}
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			! [[R. N. Ravi]]
			\| 12 March 2026
			\| ''Incumbent''
			\|{{age in years and days\|2026\|3\|12}}
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	\| 25 May 2016		\| 25 May 2016
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	<small>([[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|2011 election]])</small>		<small>([[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|2011 election]])</small>
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	\| 5 May 2021		\| 5 May 2021
	\| ~~''Incumbent''~~		\| 7 May 2026
	\| [[17th West Bengal Assembly\|17th]]		\| [[17th West Bengal Assembly\|17th]]
	<small>([[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|2021 election]])</small>		<small>([[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|2021 election]])</small>
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	=== Prime Ministers of Bangladesh ===		=== Prime Ministers of Bangladesh ===

	Note that numbering for Prime Minister is given either bracketless, or with ( ) brackets. Numbering for Chief Adviser is given in [ ] brackets. Acting Prime Ministers or Chief Advisers are not numbered and instead denoted as "—". There ~~are 10~~ Prime Ministers, 1 Acting Prime Minister, 5 Chief Advisers, and 1 Acting Chief Adviser of Bangladesh so far.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/look-back-caretaker-governments-throughout-years-912656 \|title=A look back at caretaker governments throughout the years \|work=The Business Standard \|date=8 August 2024 \|archive-date=8 August 2024 \|access-date=12 August 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808232759/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/look-back-caretaker-governments-throughout-years-912656 \|url-status=live}}</ref>		Note that numbering for Prime Minister is given either bracketless, or with ( ) brackets. Numbering for Chief Adviser is given in [ ] brackets. Acting Prime Ministers or Chief Advisers are not numbered and instead denoted as "—". There have been 11 Prime Ministers, 1 Acting Prime Minister, 5 Chief Advisers, and 1 Acting Chief Adviser of Bangladesh so far.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/look-back-caretaker-governments-throughout-years-912656 \|title=A look back at caretaker governments throughout the years \|work=The Business Standard \|date=8 August 2024 \|archive-date=8 August 2024 \|access-date=12 August 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808232759/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/look-back-caretaker-governments-throughout-years-912656 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

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			\| [[Tarique Rahman]]<br />{{small\|(born 1965)}}
			\| [[2026 Bangladeshi general election\|2026]]
			\| 17 February 2026
			\| Incumbent
			\| {{ayd\|2026\|2\|17}}
			\| [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party\|BNP]]<br />
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	\| 2 \|\| [[Khawaja Nazimuddin\|Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin]] \|\| [[File:Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG\|120px]] \|\| 29 April 1943 – 31 March 1945\|\| [[Bengal Provincial Muslim League]] \|\| [[John Arthur Herbert\|Sir John Arthur Herbert]] (−1944)<br />[[Richard Casey, Baron Casey\|Sir Richard Casey]] (1944–) \|\| [[The Marquess of Linlithgow]]<br /> [[The Viscount Wavell]]		\| 2 \|\| [[Khawaja Nazimuddin\|Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin]] \|\| [[File:Khawaja Nazimuddin of Pakistan.JPG\|120px]] \|\| 29 April 1943 – 31 March 1945\|\| [[Bengal Provincial Muslim League]] \|\| [[John Arthur Herbert\|Sir John Arthur Herbert]] (−1944)<br />[[Richard Casey, Baron Casey\|Sir Richard Casey]] (1944–) \|\| [[The Marquess of Linlithgow]]<br /> [[The Viscount Wavell]]
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	\| 3 \|\| [[H. S. Suhrawardy]] \|\| ~~[[File:Suhrawardy of Bengal.jpg\|120px]]~~ \|\| 23 April 1946 – 14 August 1947 \|\| [[Bengal Provincial Muslim League]] \|\| [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey\|Sir Richard Casey]] (−1946)<br />[[Frederick Burrows\|Sir Frederick Burrows]] \|\| [[The Viscount Wavell]]<br /> [[Earl Mountbatten]]		\| 3 \|\| [[H. S. Suhrawardy]] \|\| \|\| 23 April 1946 – 14 August 1947 \|\| [[Bengal Provincial Muslim League]] \|\| [[Richard Casey, Baron Casey\|Sir Richard Casey]] (−1946)<br />[[Frederick Burrows\|Sir Frederick Burrows]] \|\| [[The Viscount Wavell]]<br /> [[Earl Mountbatten]]
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	Suhma Kingdom was an ancient state during the [[Vedic period]] on the eastern part of the [[Bengal]].This kingdom was mentioned in the epic [[Mahabharata]] along with its neighbouring kingdom ''Prasuhma''.		Suhma Kingdom was an ancient state during the [[Vedic period]] on the eastern part of the [[Bengal]].This kingdom was mentioned in the epic [[Mahabharata]] along with its neighbouring kingdom ''Prasuhma''.
	[[Bhima]] vanquished in battle the Suhmas and the Prasuhmas. <ref>{{Cite book\|last=Klidsa\|url=http://archive.org/details/raghuvamsaofkali00kliduoft\|title=The Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa : with the commentary (the Samjivani) of Mallinatha ; Cantos I-X ; edited with a literal English translation, copious notes in Sanskrit and English, and various readings &c. &c. by M.R. Kale\|last2=Mallinatha. Sajvan\|last3=Kle\|first3=M. R. (Moreshvar Ramchandra)\|date=1922\|publisher=Bombay : P.S. Rege\|others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>		[[Bhima]] vanquished in battle the Suhmas and the Prasuhmas.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Klidsa\|url=http://archive.org/details/raghuvamsaofkali00kliduoft\|title=The Raghuvamsa of Kalidasa : with the commentary (the Samjivani) of Mallinatha ; Cantos I-X ; edited with a literal English translation, copious notes in Sanskrit and English, and various readings &c. &c. by M.R. Kale\|last2=Mallinatha. Sajvan\|last3=Kle\|first3=M. R. (Moreshvar Ramchandra)\|date=1922\|publisher=Bombay : P.S. Rege\|others=Robarts - University of Toronto}}</ref>

	===Tirabhukti kingdom (c. 1200–510 BCE)===		===Tirabhukti kingdom (c. 1200–510 BCE)===
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	Davaka was a kingdom of [[Bengal]], located in current central region of [[Assam]] state.<ref>Suresh Kant Sharma, Usha Sharma (2005), ''Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture, ...'', Davaka (Nowgong) and Kamarupa as separate and submissive friendly kingdoms</ref> The references to it comes from the 4th century Allahabad pillar inscription of [[Samudragupta]], where it is mentioned as one of five frontier kingdoms of the [[Gupta Empire]];<ref>Samatata- Davaka- Kamarupa - Nepala - Kartripura Pratyanta Nrpatibhir</ref> The Shung-Shu History of the [[Liu Song dynasty]], where the kingdom is named ''Kapili'' (now the name of a river); the Gachtal stone pillar inscription written in [[Kamrupi Prakrit]].<ref>Indian History Congress (2002), ''Proceedings - Indian History Congress - Volume 62'', p. 136 identified with the Davaka region of Nagaon district of Assam, the location of which, can be confirmed by the Gachtal stone pillar inscription.6 The Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta mentions Davaka along with Samatata</ref><ref>Kamrupi inscriptions associated with the Kamarupa kingdom give an estimate of its geographical location and extent. {{cite book \|last=Lahiri \|first=Nayanjot \|year=1991 \|title=Pre-Ahom Assam: Studies in the Inscriptions of Assam between the Fifth and the Thirteenth Centuries AD \|location=Delhi \|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers \|~~page~~=26–28 \|isbn=978-81-215-0463-8}}</ref> N K Bhattasali has identified it with [[Dabaka]] in modern [[Hojai district]], with the kingdom associated with the [[Kopili river\|Kopili]]-[[Kolong River\|Kolong]] river valley.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Mookerji \|first=Radhakumud \|year=1973 \|title=The Gupta Empire \|publisher=Motilal Banarasidass \|page=24 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis \|last=Dutta \|first=Anima \|year=2008 \|title=Political geography of Pragjyotisa Kamarupa \|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68309 \|type=Ph.D. \|publisher=Gauhati University \|page=53}}</ref>		Davaka was a kingdom of [[Bengal]], located in current central region of [[Assam]] state.<ref>Suresh Kant Sharma, Usha Sharma (2005), ''Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture, ...'', Davaka (Nowgong) and Kamarupa as separate and submissive friendly kingdoms</ref> The references to it comes from the 4th century Allahabad pillar inscription of [[Samudragupta]], where it is mentioned as one of five frontier kingdoms of the [[Gupta Empire]];<ref>Samatata- Davaka- Kamarupa - Nepala - Kartripura Pratyanta Nrpatibhir</ref> The Shung-Shu History of the [[Liu Song dynasty]], where the kingdom is named ''Kapili'' (now the name of a river); the Gachtal stone pillar inscription written in [[Kamrupi Prakrit]].<ref>Indian History Congress (2002), ''Proceedings - Indian History Congress - Volume 62'', p. 136 identified with the Davaka region of Nagaon district of Assam, the location of which, can be confirmed by the Gachtal stone pillar inscription.6 The Allahabad stone pillar inscription of Samudragupta mentions Davaka along with Samatata</ref><ref>Kamrupi inscriptions associated with the Kamarupa kingdom give an estimate of its geographical location and extent. {{cite book \|last=Lahiri \|first=Nayanjot \|year=1991 \|title=Pre-Ahom Assam: Studies in the Inscriptions of Assam between the Fifth and the Thirteenth Centuries AD \|location=Delhi \|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers \|pages=26–28 \|isbn=978-81-215-0463-8}}</ref> N K Bhattasali has identified it with [[Dabaka]] in modern [[Hojai district]], with the kingdom associated with the [[Kopili river\|Kopili]]-[[Kolong River\|Kolong]] river valley.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Mookerji \|first=Radhakumud \|year=1973 \|title=The Gupta Empire \|publisher=Motilal Banarasidass \|page=24 \|isbn=81-208-0089-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis \|last=Dutta \|first=Anima \|year=2008 \|title=Political geography of Pragjyotisa Kamarupa \|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/68309 \|type=Ph.D. \|publisher=Gauhati University \|page=53}}</ref>

	== Magadha Empire in Bengal ==		== Magadha Empire in Bengal ==
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	\| [[~~Jagdeep Dhankhar\|~~Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/senior-advocate-jagdeep-dhankhar-made-west-bengal-governor-146538 \|title = Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar Made West Bengal Governor\|date = 20 July 2019}}</ref>		\| [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]]<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/senior-advocate-jagdeep-dhankhar-made-west-bengal-governor-146538 \|title = Senior Advocate Jagdeep Dhankhar Made West Bengal Governor\|date = 20 July 2019}}</ref>
	\| 30 July 2019		\| 30 July 2019
	\| ''Incumbent''		\| ''Incumbent''

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