The Partition of Bengal in 1947 divided Bengal into the two separate entities of West Bengal belonging to India, and East Bengal belonging to Pakistan. East Bengal was later renamed East Pakistan and is today the independent nation of Bangladesh. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙà§à¦—), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙà§à¦—দেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... West Bengal (পশà§à¦šà¦¿à¦® বঙà§à¦—, Poshchim Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... It has been suggested that East Bengal (province) be merged into this article or section. ...
Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বà¦à§à¦), Bangla (বাà¦à¦²à¦¾), Bôngodesh (বà¦à§à¦à¦¦à§à¦¶), or Bangladesh (বাà¦à¦²à¦¾à¦¦à§à¦¶) in the Bengali language, is a region in the northeast of South Asia.
The muslim conquest of Bengal came under the leadership of Ikhtiar Uddin Muhammad Bin Bakhtiyar Khilji,who defeated the Sena king Laxmansena at his capital, Nabadwip in 1203 (1204?) The Deva family — the last Hindu dynasty to rule in Bengal — ruled briefly in eastern Bengal, although they were suppressed by the mid-fourteenth century.
As partition of British India into Hindu and Muslim dominions approached in 1947, Bengal again split into the state of West Bengal of secular India and a Muslim region of East Bengal under Pakistan (renamed East Pakistan in 1958)(1947 Partition of Bengal).
East Bengal became the eastern wing of Pakistan and later, with the disintegration of that country, Bangladesh.
The state is ling and narrow, running from the delta of the Ganges River system at the Bay of Bengal in the south to the heights of the Himalaya at Darjeeling in the north.
After 1947, the merger of native settlement began which ended with its final reorganization in 1956 when some Bengali speaking areas of a neighbouring state were transferred to west Bengal.
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