The Resources on History of Bengal

R.C. Dutt: The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule (Archive.org) – Focus on Chapters II, III, and XIV for structural economic analysis.
The Fifth Report (1812) – The definitive British parliamentary record of Bengal’s administration and revenue.
Digital South Asia Library (DSAL) (University of Chicago) – A vast repository of primary records, gazetteers, and maps.
West Bengal State Archives – Essential for documentation on the 1770 Famine and Diwani rights.
The Siyar-ul-Mutakherin by Ghulam Husain Khan – A contemporary Persian-language account of 18th-century Bengal in translation.
Calcutta Historical Society (Bengal Past and Present) – A century-old scholarly journal with detailed monographs.
British Library: Endangered Archives (Bengal Section) – Digitized local manuscripts and rare records from across the region.

The Anarchy by William Dalrymple – A modern systemic view of the East India Company’s rise.
An Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor – Critical for data on de-industrialization and the “Drain of Wealth.”
The Prelude to Empire by Sushil Chaudhury – Analyzes the Plassey conspiracy and the role of local merchants.
The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier by Richard M. Eaton – Essential for socio-economic context of the pre-colonial era.
Banglar Itihas by Jadunath Sarkar – The foundational academic text for Bengali-language readers.
The Economic History of India by R.C. Dutt (Physical Edition) – The core text for the “Drain of Wealth” theory.
Bengal: The Nationalist Movement 1876-1940 by Leonard A. Gordon – Explores the political consequences of the economic shift.