The partition of British India in 1947 posed significant challenges to the state-building process in both India and Pakistan, ...

Murshidabad was the capital of the Bengal Province (covering Bengal, Bihar and Odisha) when the Nawabs ruled. The British later shifted the capital to Calcutta (now called Kolkata) which remained ...

According to a report by Prothom Alo in Dhaka, three top hospitals in China's Yunnan province have been designated to admit ...

Historically, Ajodhya Hills were part of Bengal Province during the Mughal era and later fell under Manbhum district during ...

Calcutta : Bengal Secretariat Press, 1902. This item is being shared by an institution as a part of Shared Collections. For terms of use, please refer to our Terms ...

The Pyramid. The governors of Bengal, like those of other Indian provinces, are links between the Indian people and the British Central Government at New Delhi. The eleven major Provinces ...

In 1903, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, announced that the vast Bengal province was going to be partitioned. The British claimed that this province, which then included Bengal, Assam ...

But within the Muslim League’s Bengal section, Khawaja Nazimuddin favoured the partition of the province to enable East Bengal to become part of Pakistan and avert exploitation by Hindu ...

On May 16 1946, the Cabinet Mission recommended that Assam and Bengal be tagged together to frame the provisional constitutions for the provinces. The Mission laid stress on provincial autonomy ...

Though its roots extend back to the 1st millennium CE, Dhaka didn't ascend to prominence until the 17th century. It then flourished as the capital of the Muslim Mughal dynasty of Bengal province (1608 ...