Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Bengal, once the biggest province of the British Raj, was divided on 15 August 1947 as part of the Partition of India. Predominantly Hindu West Bengal remained with India and a mainly Muslim East Bengal joined Pakistan. But did you know that Bengal, briefly, had the option of staying independent? As a third nation? Here's how Bengal was finally partitioned on 15 August 1947

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