10. Armenians in Bengal Trade and Politics in the 18th Century

It is more or less well-known now, thanks to the pioneering researches of several scholars in the field in the last few decades (Sinha, 1956-1970. Husain, 1995. Chaudhury, 1995. Chatterjee, 1996), that the Armenians played a significant role in the commercial and economic life of India, especially Bengal which was the one of the most prosperous provinces of the erstwhile Mughal Empire in the 17th and the 18th centuries. By the early 18th century, the great Mughal Empire had already disintegra..