Eastern Bengal and Assam Districts

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:

Division	District Name
Assam Valley	Goalpara
	Kamrup
	Darrang
	Nowgong
	Sibsagar
	Lakhimpur
Chittagong	Tippera
	Noakhali
	Chittagong]
	Chittagong Hill Tracts
Rajshahi	Rajshahi
	Dinajpur
	Jalpaiguri
	Malda
	Rangpur
	Bogra
	Pabna
Surma Valley	Sylhet
	Cachar
	Lushai Hills
	Naga Hills
	Khasi and Jaintia Hills

External links

Partition of Bengal Wikipedia (retrieved 8 June 2016)
Eastern Bengal and Assam Wikipedia (retrieved 8 June 2016)