Historedia
Person

Mohammed Reza Khan

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1769

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Mohammed Reza Khan, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Onset of Bengal Drought

    1769

    Role: Naib Nazim of Dhaka, who reported the dryness of the season to the Company's council

    1. 18 September 1769 · Bengal, under East India Company revenue administrationDrought warning reaches Fort William

      On 18 September 1769 the Naib Nazim of Dhaka reported seasonal dryness to the Company's council, marking the drought's onset.

    2. October 1769 · Patna and Murshidabad, within BengalCompany orders grain storage and trade controls

      In October 1769 the Company directed storehouse construction in Patna and Murshidabad and instructed officials to prevent trade monopolies.

Sources

  1. Great Bengal famine of 1770 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-11