Editing History of Bangladesh (section)

====Shaista Khan====
[[Image:Awesome look of Lalbagh Fort.jpg|thumb|The [[Lalbagh Fort]] was developed by [[Shaista Khan]].]]
[[Shaista Khan]] was appointed the Subahdar (Governor) of Bengal upon the death of [[Mir Jumla II]] in 1663.<ref name=bdpedia>{{cite book |last=Karim |first=Abdul |year=2012 |chapter=Shaista Khan |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shaista_Khan |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |access-date=26 October 2015 |archive-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001060230/http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/S_0327.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> He was the longest-serving governor of Bengal. He ruled the province from his administrative headquarters in Dhaka for almost 24 years from 1664 to 1688.<ref name=bdpedia/>

Shaista Khan's great fame in Bengal chiefly rests on his re-conquest of Chittagong. Though Chittagong came under the control of Bengal during Sultan [[Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah]]'s reign in the mid-14th century, it subsequently fell into the hands of [[Rakhine State|Arakanese]] rulers. Shaista Khan gave priority to recapturing Chittagong, and was able to do so in January 1666. The conquest brought a relief and peace to the people of Chittagong as pirates had caused a great distress to the local population.<ref name=bdpedia/>