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 Territory of Bengal in 1905, prior to Bengal partition | |||||||||||
| Capital | Pundravardhana Shonargaon | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Bangla minority languages: Sanskrit | ||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism Hinduism Islam Sikhism | ||||||||||
| Emperor | |||||||||||
• 1871–1888 | William I | ||||||||||
• 1888 | Frederick III | ||||||||||
• 1888–1918 | Wilhelm II | ||||||||||
| Chancellor | |||||||||||
• 1871–1890 | Otto von Bismarck (first) | ||||||||||
• 8–9 Nov 1918 | Friedrich Ebert (last) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Reichstag | ||||||||||
• State council | Reichsrat | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Prehistoric/Historic/Mediaeval Bengal | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1910 | 232,752 km2 (89,866 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1871 | 41,058,792 | ||||||||||
• 1890 | 49,428,470 | ||||||||||
• 1910 | 64,925,993 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Taka, South German gulden, Bremen thaler, Hamburg mark, French franc (until 1873, together) Goldmark (1873–1914) Papiermark (after 1914) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Bangladesh India | ||||||||||
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