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Partition, Bengal and After: The Great Tragedy of India

Kalidas Nag / related partition account

A supplementary source for understanding the social and humanitarian consequences of partition, especially minority experience and the East Pakistan context.

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1947

Partition and Eastern Bengal

In 1947, British India was divided into India and Pakistan, and Bengal itself was split into West Bengal and East Bengal. This chapter traces how rushed borders, communal politics, and mass displacement reshaped the region and set the stage for later struggles over language, autonomy, and identity.