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Partition of Bengal (1947)
The
Partition of Bengal
in 1947, part of the
Partition of India
, divided the
British Indian
province of
Bengal
between
India
and
Pakistan
. Predominantly Hindu
West Bengal
became a province of
India
, and predominantly Muslim
East Bengal
(now
Bangladesh
) became a province of Pakistan.
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