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BENGAL IN 1756-57 CXIX as his substitute. He took his seat on the 22nd at a meeting held on board the Kent. Mr. John Cooke was appointed Secretary.

This was the origin of the celebrated Select Committee which carried out all the Revolutions that gave Bengal to the British. It superseded the old Fulta Secret Committee, and in later years developed into what is now known as the Foreign Department.