Map Of India Before Partition Of Bengal

The union of india is today the republic of india.

Map of india before partition of bengal. Bengal has been an independent territory during several periods in history while at other times it has been part of larger empires. The partition of india led to the partition of bengal 1947 dividing the british indian province of bengal into two. The western part with predominantly hindu population became a part of india west bengal while the predominantly muslim eastern part east bengal became a part of pakistan. Calcutta the city which grew around fort william was the capital of the bengal presidency for many years the.

Gangaridai in ptolemy s map 1st century the pala empire 9th century at its greatest extent the bengal sultanate s realm and protectorates stretched from jaunpur in north. The dominion of pakistan is today the islamic republic of pakistan and the people s republic of bangladesh the partition involved the division of two provinces bengal and punjab based on district wise non muslim or muslim majorities. Map showing the partition of bengal into east bengal and assam and west bengal in 1905 map showing the modern day nation of bangladesh and indian states of bihar jharkhand orissa assam meghalaya arunachal pradesh and parts of nagaland and manipur within the province before division into bihar and orissa and east bengal and assam. The bengal presidency officially the presidency of fort william and later bengal province was a subdivision of the british empire in india at the height of its territorial jurisdiction it covered large parts of what is now south asia and southeast asia bengal proper covered the ethno linguistic region of bengal present day bangladesh and the indian state of west bengal.

Things moved quickly after the partition of british india in 1947. On 20 june 1947 the bengal legislative assembly met to decide the future of the bengal presidency on whether it would be a united bengal within india or pakistan. India pre partition map shows the india map befor independance princely states and indian provinces and other adjoining countries. Historical maps and flags of states.

By the end of 1949 all of the states had chosen to accede to one of the newly independent states of india or. Before the partition of india in 1947 about 584 princely states also called native states existed in india which were not fully and formally part of british india the parts of the indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or annexed by the british but under indirect rule subject to subsidiary alliances. The partition also saw the division of the british indian. It began a transformation of the indian national congress from a middle class pressure group into a nationwide mass movement.

Bengal has also been a regional empire ruling over neighbouring regions like bihar orissa arakan and parts of north india assam and nepal. The partition of india of 1947 was the division of british india into two independent dominion states the union of india and the dominion of pakistan. Prior to the partition of india many rounds of deliberations took place to decide the future of bengal but no consensus among the members of the bengal legislative assembly belonging to west and east. Partition of bengal 1905 division of bengal carried out by the british viceroy in india lord curzon despite strong indian nationalist opposition.

On july 20th 1905 the first partition of bengal along religious lines was approved in london by the secretary of state of india.