Sylhet

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Frontier and migration-linked region

Sylhet is a historical place node used to organize related Bengal/Bangladesh timeline events.

Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive

Events in This Place

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3 events

1303

Conquest of Sylhet

The Sylhet campaign associated with Shah Jalal and Sikandar Khan Ghazi.

Conquest of Sylhet marked a major turning point in Bengal's political trajectory and regional power structure.

1874

Assam Reorganization and Sylhet's Administrative Detachment

A colonial restructuring that shifted Sylhet and adjoining areas out of Bengal's administrative frame.

In 1874, the British administration separated Assam from Bengal and attached Sylhet and Cachar to the new Chief Commissioner's Province of Assam. The move was presented as administrative reform, but it carried lasting consequences for language, governance, and regional political identity in the Bengal-Assam frontier.

1947

Sylhet Referendum

Border-making through plebiscitary transition.

The Sylhet referendum of 1947 determined most of Sylhet's transfer from Assam to East Bengal (Pakistan), making local demography and district-level voting central to border outcomes.