William Fytche acted as the President of Bengal Presidency in the year 1752, in the erstwhile British India. Fytche was also a renowned Colonial administrator of the British East India Company. He was appointed as the President of the province of Bengal on 8 August 1752 and was preceded by Adam Dawson, a well known British administrator.
The Bengal Presidency was one of the 3 major Presidencies in British India, along with Bombay Presidency and Madras Presidency. It was originally comprised east and west Bengal and was a colonial region of the British Empire in India. The region included the territories of undivided Bengal like West Bengal, Tripura, Orissa, Meghalaya, Bihar, Assam and modern Bangladesh. The Bengal Presidency proper was formed with the signing of the treaties of 1765 between the Nawab of Oudh, the Mughal Emperor and the authorities of the British East India Company. As a result of this the regions of Orissa, Bihar, Meghalaya and Bengal were placed under the administrative control of the British East India Company.
Unlike the British Provinces of Bombay and Madras, Bengal Presidency included the British territories located towards the north of the Central Provinces (now Madhya Pradesh), from the openings of the river Brahmaputra and the Ganges River. It also incorporated areas in British Punjab and the Himalayas as well. William Fytche was amongst the last colonial administrators before the commencement of the Battle of Plassey. The battle resulted in the further growth of the British East India Company and secured the rule of the British Empire in India.
William Fytche held office for a brief period in 1752 and was succeeded by Roger Drake who served as the President of Bengal Presidency from 8 August 1752 to October 1756.
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