Partition of Bengal (1947)

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The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of India, 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.

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