Historical Influences
Bengali food has inherited a large number of influences, both foreign and South Asian, arising from a historical and strong trade links with many parts of the world. Bengal fell under the sway of various Turkic rulers from the early thirteenth century onwards, and was then governed by the British for two centuries (1757–1947).
Bengali cuisine perhaps the only cuisine in the Indian region which still holds its authenticity over 1000 years, though these region was once ruled by the Mughals emperor and once it was the capital of British colonisation.
From the culinary point of view, some major historical trends influenced Bengali food.
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