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{{Short description|City in West Bengal}}

{{About|the town in [[Murshidabad district]]|its namesake|Murshidabad District}}
{{More citations needed|date=November 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=23 May 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
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'''Murshidabad''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʊə|ʃ|ɪ|d|ə|ˌ|b|ɑ:|d}}, {{IPAc-en|-|b|æ|d}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɜ:|-}}){{efn|Earlier European spellings include Muxadavad, Murshedabud, Murshedabad, Murshedebad, Murshidabud, Murshidabad, Murshidebad, Mursedabad, Mursidabud, Mursidabad, Moorshedabud, Moorshedabad, Moorshedebad, Moorshidabad, Moorsedabad, Moorsidabad, Mourshedabad, Mourshedebad, Mourshidabad, Murschidabad, Murschedabad, Moorschedabad, and Moorschidabad, among others.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}} }} is a town in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is located on the eastern bank of the [[Hooghly river|Bhagirathi River]], a distributary of the [[Ganges River]]. It forms part of the [[Murshidabad district]].

During the 18th-century, Murshidabad was a prosperous city.<ref name="Dalrymple2019">{{cite book|author=William Dalrymple|title=The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=42aYvgEACAAJ|date=10 September 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury USA|isbn=978-1-63557-395-4}}</ref><ref>https://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/which-india-claiming-have-been-colonised-119284</ref> It was the capital of the [[Bengal Subah]] in the [[Mughal Empire]] for seventy years, with a jurisdiction covering modern-day [[Bangladesh]] and the Indian states of West Bengal, [[Bihar]] and [[Orissa]]. It was the seat of the hereditary [[Nawab of Bengal]] and the state's treasury, revenue office and judiciary. Bengal was the richest Mughal province. Murshidabad was a cosmopolitan city. Its population peaked at 10,000 in the 1750s. It was home to wealthy banking and merchant families from different parts of the [[Indian subcontinent]] and wider [[Eurasia]], including the [[Jagat Seth]] and [[Armenians in India|Armenians]].

European companies, including the [[British East India Company]], the [[French East India Company]], the [[Dutch East India Company]] and the [[Danish East India Company]], conducted business and operated factories around the city. [[Silk]] was a major product of Murshidabad. The city was also a center of art and culture, including for ivory sculptors, [[Hindustani classical music]] and the Murshidabad style of [[Mughal painting]].

The city's decline began with the defeat of the last independent Nawab of Bengal [[Siraj-ud-Daulah]] at the [[Battle of Plassey]] in 1757. The Nawab was demoted to the status of a [[zamindar]] known as the [[Nawab of Murshidabad]]. The British shifted the treasury, courts and revenue office to [[Calcutta]]. In the 19th century, the population was estimated to be 46,000. Murshidabad became a district headquarters of the [[Bengal Presidency]]. It was declared as a municipality in 1869.

==Etymology==
Murshidabad was named after its founder, Nawab [[Murshid Quli Khan]]. ''[[Murshid]]'' is an Arabic term for a teacher or guide with integrity, sensibility, and maturity. The suffix ''[[-abad]]'' is derived from the Persian word ''abad'', which referred to a cultivated place.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Murshidabad is located at {{coord|24.18|88.27|display=inline}}.

[[Hazarduari Palace]] and its associated sites in the Kila Nizamat area (forming the central area in the map alongside) is the centre of attraction in Murshidabad. Just a little away are [[Katra Masjid]], [[Fauti Mosque]], [[Jama Masjid, Motijheel|Jama Masjid]] and the [[Motijhil]] area. There is a group of attractions in the northern part of the town (as can be seen in the map alongside). Some attractions such as [[Khushbagh]], [[Rosnaiganj]], [[Baranagar, Murshidabad|Baranagar]], [[Kiriteswari Temple]], [[Karnasuvarna]] and others are on the other side of the river and there are attractions in the neighbouring [[Berhampore]] area also (not shown in the map).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://offbeatweekend.com/mushidabad/ | title = Offbeat Weekend in Murshidabad | work = Outskirts of Killa Nizamat (Northern part) | publisher = Offbeat Weekend | accessdate = 20 July 2021}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in Murshidabad city. Most of the places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. A few, without pages yet, remain unmarked. The map has a scale. It will help viewers to find out the distances.

==History==
[[File:Moti Jheel Palace 2.jpg|thumb|right|Painting of the garden, mosque and prince's pavilions in [[Motijhil]] (pearl lake)]]
[[File:'ALIVARDI KHAN AND A COURTIER.jpg|thumb|right|Nawab [[Alivardi Khan]] with a courtier]]
[[File:The Nawab of Murshidabad's boats on the Ganga (6125141004).jpg|thumb|left|The Nawab's boats on a river]]
[[File:JAGATSETH HOUSE TEMPLE - panoramio.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Jain]] temple in the mansion of [[Jagat Seth]], a historically prominent banking family of Murshidabad]]
The area was part of the [[Gauda Kingdom]] and [[Vanga Kingdom]] in [[ancient Bengal]]. The ''[[Riyaz-us-Salatin]]'' credited the initial development of the town to a merchant named Makhsus Khan. The merchant's role is also mentioned in the ''[[Ain-i-Akbari]]''.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{cite web |title=Murshidabad - Banglapedia |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Murshidabad |website=[[Banglapedia]] |access-date=26 August 2019}}</ref>

During the 17th-century, the area was well known for [[sericulture]]. In 1621, English agents reported that large quantities of silk were available in the area. During the 1660s, it became a [[pargana]] of the Mughal administration, with jurisdiction over European companies in [[Cossimbazar]].<ref name="Banglapedia"/>

In the early 18th-century, [[Murshid Quli Khan]], the prime minister of Bengal Subah, had a bitter rivalry with Prince [[Azim-ush-Shan]], the viceroy of Bengal. The latter even attempted to have Khan killed.<ref name="Banglapedia"/> The Mughal court in [[Delhi]] was also rapidly losing authority in much of the subcontinent. Amid the decline of the central government, the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Farrukhsiyar]] promoted Khan to the status of a princely [[Nawab]]. As Nawab, Khan was given the opportunity to create a princely dynasty as part of the Mughal aristocracy.

Murshid Quli Khan shifted the capital of Bengal from [[Dhaka]], which lost its strategic importance after the expulsion of the [[Arakan]]ese and [[Portuguese Chittagong|Portuguese]] from [[Chittagong]].<ref name="Banglapedia"/> He founded the city of Murshidabad and named the city after himself. It became the center of political, economic and cultural life in Bengal. The jurisdiction of the Nawab included not only Bengal, but also Bihar and Orissa.<ref name="Scroll">{{cite news |last1=Silliman |first1=Jael |title=Murshidabad can teach the rest of India how to restore heritage and market the past |url=https://scroll.in/magazine/862281/murshidabad-can-teach-the-rest-of-india-a-lot-on-how-to-restore-heritage-and-market-the-past |access-date=26 August 2019 |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=28 December 2017}}</ref> Murshidabad was also located centrally in the expanded jurisdiction of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

The presence of the princely court, the [[Mughal Army]], [[artisan]]s and multiethnic merchants increased the wealth of Murshidabad. Wealthy families and companies established their head offices in the city. The Murshidabad [[Mint (facility)|mint]] became the largest in Bengal, with a value amounting to two percent of the minted currency. The city witnessed the construction of administrative buildings, gardens, palaces, mosques, temples and mansions. European companies operated factories in the city's outskirts. The city was full of brokers, workers, peons, naibs, wakils, and ordinary traders.<ref name="Banglapedia"/>

Murshid Quli Khan transformed Murshidabad into a [[capital city]] with an efficient administrative machinery for his successors. He built a palace and a [[caravanserai]] with a grand mosque, known as the [[Katra Masjid]]. The main military base was located near the mosque and formed the city's eastern gateway. The third Nawab [[Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan]] patronized the construction of another palace and military base, a new gateway, the revenue office, a public audience hall ([[durbar (court)|durbar]]), a private chamber, the treasury and a mosque in an extensive compound called Farrabagh (Garden of Joy) which included canals, [[fountain]]s, flowers, and fruit trees.<ref name="Banglapedia"/>

Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah established a palace near the [[Motijhil]] (Pearl Lake). The [[Nizamat Imambara]] was built for [[Shia Muslims]]. The palace complex was fortified and known as the Nizamat Fort. The main entrances of the Nizamat Fort had musicians' galleries. The gates were high, imposing and tall enough for an elephant to pass through. The Khoshbagh garden was the burial place of the Nawabs.<ref name="Banglapedia"/> The city had a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] majority population, including [[Bengali Muslims]] and [[Bengali Hindus]]. There was an influential [[Jain]] community involved in trade and commerce.<ref name="Scroll"/> An [[Armenians|Armenian]] community also settled and became financiers for the Nawab. The [[Jagat Seth]] were one of the prominent banking families of Murshidabad. They controlled [[money lending]] activities and served as financiers for administrators, merchants, traders, the Nawabs, the Zamindars, as well as the British, French, Armenians and Dutch. The merchants built many mansions, including the Azimganj Rajbati, [[Kathgola]] house and [[Nashipur]] house.

The Nawabs of Bengal entered into agreements with numerous European trading companies allowing them to establish bases in the region. The French East India Company operated factories in Murshidabad and Dhaka. The British East India Company was based in [[Fort William, India|Fort William]]. Murshidabad was a part of the [[Dutch Bengal]] Department. The [[Ostend Company]] of [[Austria]] established a base near Murshidabad. The Danish East India Company also set up trading posts in the Bengal Subah.

The last independent Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah was overthrown in 1757. Despite receiving assurances of French support, the Nawab was betrayed by his commander [[Mir Jafar]]. The British installed Mir Jafar's family as a puppet dynasty and eventually reduced the Nawab to the status of a landlord (zamindar). The British continued to collect revenue from the area's factories. The merchant families continued to prosper under [[company rule in India]].<ref name="Scroll"/> In 1858, the British government gained direct control of India's administration.

Murshidabad was a district town of the [[Bengal Presidency]]. [[Warren Hastings]] removed the supreme civil and criminal courts to [[Calcutta]] in 1772, but in 1775 the latter courts were brought back to Murshidabad again. In 1790, under [[Lord Cornwallis]], the entire revenue and judicial staffs were moved to Calcutta. The town was still the residence of the Nawab, who ranked as the first nobleman of the province with the style of [[Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad]], instead of [[Nawab of Bengal|Nawab Nazim of Bengal]]. The [[Hazarduari Palace]] was built in 1837 as a residence for both the Nawab and British civil servants. Murshidabad became a [[municipality]] in 1869. The population in 1901 was 15,168. The silk industry was revived with assistance from the government. The area also became notable for [[mango]] and [[litchi]] production.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/mango-people-of-murshidabad/cid/1399401|title=Mango people of murshidabad|newspaper=The Telegraph | date=18 June 2015 | location=India|language=en|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>

See also - [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad]]
<gallery mode="packed" caption="Art of Murshidabad" style="font-size:88%; line-height:130%; border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;" heights="180">
File:Bazrupmati.jpg|Two horsemen, Murshidabad style of painting
Gujjari Ragini.jpg|Woman playing the [[sitar]], Murshidabad style of painting
Royal Peacock Barge LACMA M.82.154.jpg|Ivory sculpture of a royal barge
Ivory carving in the Indian Museum, Kolkata 03.jpg|Ivory sculpture of a royal barge
Nahabat Khana - Nashipur Palace - Murshidabad 2017-03-28 6239.JPG|An elevated musicians' gallery where drums, flutes and Indian classical music would be played.
</gallery>

==Economy==
[[File:One of the four Char Bangla Temple at Baronagar in Murshidabad District 01.jpg|thumb|Murshidabad District has several terracotta Bengali Hindu temples]]
The city today is a center for agriculture, handicrafts and [[sericulture]]. The famous ''[[silk|Murshidabad Silk]]'', much in demand for making [[sari]]s and scarves, is produced here.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

==Demographics==
As of [[2011 Indian Census]], Murshidabad had a total population of 44,019, of which 22,177 were males and 21,842 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 4,414. The total number of literates in Murshidabad was 32,451, which constituted 73.7% of the population with male literacy of 77.3% and female literacy of 70.1%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Murshidabad was 81.9%, of which male literacy rate was 86.0% and female literacy rate was 77.9%. The [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] population was 13,762 and 302 respectively. Murshidabad had 9829 households in 2011.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Murshidabad |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=355736 |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>

== Educational institutes ==
===Schools===
* [[Beldanga C.R.G.S High School]] (H.S.), [[Beldanga]]
* [[Srikantabati P.S.S. Sikshaniketan]] (H.S.), [[Raghunathganj]]
* [[Sargachi Ramakrishna Mission High School]], Sargachi

* [[Ahiran Hemangini Vidyaytan School (H.S.)]], [[Ahiran]], Suti I, Murshidabad
* Jiaganj Raja Bijoy Singh Vidyamandir (H.S.)Jiaganj Baligram

===Colleges===
Aligarh Muslim University Centre Jangipur Murshidabad West Bengal
* [[ Beldanga Sewnarayan Rameswar Fatepuria College]], [[Beldanga]]
* [[Dumkal Institute of Engineering & Technology]]
* [[Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore]]
* [[Jakir Hossain Institute of Polytechnic]], [[Hafania]], [[Suti II]]
* [[Kandi Raj College]]
* [[Krishnath College]]
* [[Management Development Institute Murshidabad]]
* [[Murshidabad College of Engineering & Technology]]
* [[Murshidabad Institute of Technology]]
* [[Sripat Singh College]]
* [[Berhampore College]]
* [[Rani Dhanya Kumari College]]
* [[Berhampore Girls' College]]
* [[Bimal Chandra College of Law]]

===Medical schools===
*[[Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital]]
===Universities===
*[[Murshidabad University]], [[Berhampore]]
*[[Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh Muslim University Murshidabad Centre]]

==Places of interest==
[[File:Front of Prayer hall in Imambara.jpg|thumb|200 px|The grounds of the [[Nizamat Imambara]]]]
[[File:MosqueKhoshbagh.jpg|thumb|200 px|[[Khushbagh]] is the cemetery of the last independent rulers of Murshidabad]]
[[File:Katra Masjid panoramic view.jpg|thumb|200 px|Panoramic view of Katra Masjid]]
Of historic interest are ''Nizamat Kila'' (the Fortress of the Nawabs), also known as the ''Hazaarduari Palace'' (Palace of a Thousand Doors), built by Duncan McLeod of the [[Bengal Engineers]] in 1837, in the [[Italianate]] style, the ''Moti Jhil'' (Pearl Lake) just to the south of the palace, the ''Muradbagh Palace'' and the ''Khushbagh Cemetery'', where the remains of [[Ali Vardi Khan]] and [[Siraj Ud Daulah]] are interred.

[[Hazarduari Palace]] is located in the campus of Kila Nizamat of Murshidabad. It was built in the nineteenth century by architect Duncan Macleod, under the reign of Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa (1824–1838). The foundation stone of the palace was laid on 9 August 1829, and that very day the construction work was started. William Cavendish was the then Governor-General. Now, Hazarduari Palace is the most conspicuous building in Murshidabad. In 1985, the palace was handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India for better preservation.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

The present [[Nizamat Imambara]] was built in 1847 AD by Nawab Nazim Mansoor Ali Khan Feradun Jah, who succeeded his father Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah in Murshidabad, India. It was built after the fires of 1842 and 1846 which burnt the wooden Imambara built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah. This Imambara is the largest one in India and Bengal.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

The Katra Masjid (also known as [[Katra Mosque]]) is a mosque and the tomb of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan built between 1723 and 1724. It is located in the north eastern side of the city. Its importance lies not only as a great centre of Islamic learning but also for the tomb of Murshid Quli Khan, who is buried under the entrance staircase. The most striking feature is the two large corner towers having loopholes for musketry. At present it is maintained and protected by the Archaeological Survey of India and the Government of West Bengal.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

[[Bacchawali Tope]] is a gun, rather cannon which lies in the Nizamat Fort Campus on the garden space between the Nizamat Imambara and the Hazarduari Palace and to the east of the old Madina Mosque. The cannon consists two pieces of different diameters. The cannon was made between the 12th and 14th century, probably by the Mohammeddan rulers of Gaur. It originally lied on the sand banks of Ichaganj. However, it is unknown that how it came in Ichaganj. It was used to protect the city of Murshidabad from north-western attacks. After the 1846 fire of the Nizamat Imambara the Imambara was rebuilt, then after the completion of the new Imambara the cannon was shifted to its present site by Sadeq Ali Khan, the architect of the sacred Nizamat Imambara under the suggestion of Sir Henry Torrens, the then agent of the Governor General at Murshidabad.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

==Notable residents==
; Nawabs
* [[Murshid Kuli Khan]]
* [[Iskander Mirza]]
* [[Siraj ud-Daulah]]
; Literature
* [[Manish Ghatak]]
* [[Mahasweta Devi]]
* [[Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay]]
* [[Sarat Chandra Pandit]]
* [[Ramendra Sundar Tribedi]]
* [[Syed Mustafa Siraj]]
* [[Arup Chandra]]
* [[Govindadasa]]
* [[Abul Bashar]]
* [[Nabarun Bhattacharya]]
* [[Nirupama Devi]]
; Music, painting and performing arts
* [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
* [[Arijit Singh]]
* [[Mir Afsar Ali]]
* [[Abdul Alim (folk singer)|Abdul alim]]
* [[Amiya Kumar Bagchi]]
* [[Abul Hayat]]
* [[Farida Yasmin (singer)|Farida Yasmin]]
* [[Tapan Sinha]]
* [[Basu Bhattacharya]]
; Freedom fighters
* [[Abul Barkat]]
; Sportsmen
* [[Karuna Bhattacharya]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://murshidabad.nic.in/ District website]

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[[Category:Capitals of Bengal]]
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