Difference between revisions of "Eastern Bengal and Assam Districts"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Symorsebrown (talk | contribs) (Amend description, table layout) |
Symorsebrown (talk | contribs) m (Internal links) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | The [[Bengal (Province)|Province of Benga]]l at the end of the 19th century was a huge administrative area. It was hoped that dividing it between the mainly Hindu west (comprising West Bengal with [[Bihar]] and [[Orissa]]) and the mainly Muslim east would be a political and administrative improvement. Partition was confirmed in October 1905. Opposition by Hindu nationalists eventually led to the re-uniting of Eastern Bengal with western Bengali districts and the creation of [[Assam]] as a separate province in 1912. | + | The [[Bengal (Province)|Province of Benga]]l at the end of the 19th century was a huge administrative area. It was hoped that dividing it between the mainly Hindu west (comprising [[West Bengal]] with [[Bihar]] and [[Orissa]]) and the mainly Muslim east would be a political and administrative improvement. Partition was confirmed in October 1905. Opposition by Hindu nationalists eventually led to the re-uniting of Eastern Bengal with western Bengali districts and the creation of [[Assam]] as a separate province in 1912. |
The administrative divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam were: | The administrative divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam were: | ||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
| [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] | | [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| + | | Rajshahi | ||
| [[Rajshahi]] | | [[Rajshahi]] | ||
| − | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | | ||
Latest revision as of 14:49, 11 June 2016
The Province of Bengal at the end of the 19th century was a huge administrative area. It was hoped that dividing it between the mainly Hindu west (comprising West Bengal with Bihar and Orissa) and the mainly Muslim east would be a political and administrative improvement. Partition was confirmed in October 1905. Opposition by Hindu nationalists eventually led to the re-uniting of Eastern Bengal with western Bengali districts and the creation of Assam as a separate province in 1912.
The administrative divisions of Eastern Bengal and Assam were:
External links
Partition of Bengal Wikipedia (retrieved 8 June 2016)
Eastern Bengal and Assam Wikipedia (retrieved 8 June 2016)
