West Dinajpur district

West Dinajpur district (Bengali: পশ্চিম দিনাজপুর জেলা) was a district of the state of West Bengal from 1947 to 1992. At India's independence, the former Dinajpur district of undivided Bengal was partitioned along religious lines,^[1] and West Dinajpur became one of the 14 districts of West Bengal.^[2] The other part of the district continues as Dinajpur district in Bangladesh.

With the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, some Bengali-speaking areas from Bihar were added to this district.^[3] On 1 April 1992, the West Dinajpur district was divided into Uttar Dinajpur district (north) and Dakshin Dinajpur district (south).^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Harun-or-Rashid. "Partition of Bengal, 1947". Banglapedia. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2006-10-26.
↑ Chatterji, Joya (2007). The Spoils of Partition: Bengal and India, 1947-1967. Cambridge University Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-521-87536-6. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
↑ "District profile". Official website of Purulia district. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
↑ "Home page". Official website of Uttar Dinajpur district. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
↑ "Historical Perspective". Official website of South Dinajpur district. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

West Bengal topics

Capital: Kolkata

History	Shashanka Pala Empire Sena dynasty Sher Shah Suri Mughal Empire British East India Company Siraj ud-Daulah Battle of Plassey Dutch India Bengal Presidency Bengal Renaissance Indian rebellion of 1857 Bengal famine of 1770 Bengal famine of 1943 Partition of Bengal (1905) Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Anushilan Samiti Jugantar Partition of Bengal (1947) Bangladesh Liberation War Naxalite movement Nadia Raj

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Divisions & Districts	Burdwan division Bankura Bardhaman Birbhum Hooghly Paschim Medinipur Purba Medinipur Purulia Jalpaiguri division Alipurduar Cooch Behar Dakshin Dinajpur Darjeeling Jalpaiguri Maldah Uttar Dinajpur Presidency division Howrah Kolkata Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas

Cities and towns	Alipore Asansol Baharampur Balurghat Bankura Barasat Bardhaman Bardhaman Bishnupur Chinsurah Cooch Behar Darjeeling Durgapur Haldia Howrah Jalpaiguri Kalimpong Kharagpur Kolkata Krishnanagar Kurseong Malda Midnapore Murshidabad Purulia Raiganj Siliguri Siuri Tamluk List of cities in West Bengal Cities and towns by district

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Uttar Dinajpur district topics

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Islampur subdivision	Chopra Goalpokhar I Goalpokhar II Islampur Karandighi

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NH 31
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Dakshin Dinajpur district topics