Discover Bengal · Unfolded
❦Sylhet Referendum
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Primary Sources · Official Documents and Legal Texts
— British Indian Government archival records
Primary documents for the partition plan, British transfer of power, and the Bengal division background.
Research Articles and Papers · Scholarly Articles and Papers
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
Reference entry covering Assam's 1874 administrative separation from Bengal and related Sylhet/Cachar implications.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
— Boundary Commission archival records
A primary archive for Bengal boundary drawing, the Radcliffe Line, and district-level division.
Reference Sources · Encyclopedia and Archive Reference
— British Government document collection
Primary and archive-quality documents for British withdrawal, the Mountbatten Plan, Cabinet Mission, and the partition decision.