Bengal was a
province of the
Mughal Empire between the 16th and 18th centuries. On 25 September 1574
Munim Khan, the commander of the Mughal army occupied Tanda, the capital of the last Afghan ruler of
Bengal Daud Khan Karrani. It ushered in the Mughal rule in Bengal. In 1713
Murshid Quli Khan became the
naib nazim (deputy subahdar) of Bengal. In 1717, he became its
subahdar or
nazim (governor) and Bengal became completely independent of imperial control. Subsequent to the defeat of the last independent
nazim Siraj ud-Daulah in the
Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757 and his death on 2 July 1757, Bengal was brought under the control of the
British East India Company. The successors of Siraj ud-Daulah were merely puppets of the East India Company.