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Eastern Bengal and Assam Districts
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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)