East Bengal and Assam

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East Bengal and Assam was a short-lived province of British India created after the 1905 partition of Bengal, comprising the eastern part of Bengal and the Assam region under colonial administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
former province of British India ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Assamese ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
alternativeName Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
areaCharacteristic predominantly agrarian economy ⓘ
capital Dacca ⓘ
linked to: Dhaka

Shillong ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
contains Assam ⓘ
Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
Chittagong Division ⓘ
Dacca Division ⓘ
linked to: Dhaka Division

Eastern Bengal ⓘ
Hill Tracts of Chittagong ⓘ
Rajshahi Division ⓘ
Surma Valley ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
createdBy Partition of Bengal (1905) ⓘ
currency Indian rupee ⓘ
dissolved 1912 ⓘ
endTime 1912 ⓘ
establishedUnder Royal Proclamation of 1905 ⓘ
eventAssociatedWith Swadeshi movement ⓘ
firstLieutenantGovernor Bampfylde Fuller ⓘ
followedBy Assam Province ⓘ
linked to: Assam

Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Province of Bihar and Orissa ⓘ
governingPower British Crown ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Lieutenant-Governor ⓘ
linked to: Lieutenant Governor
historicalEra British colonial period in South Asia ⓘ
legislativeBody Legislative Council of Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
notableCity Chittagong ⓘ
Goalpara ⓘ
Mymensingh ⓘ
Sylhet ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India
politicalControversy Partition of Bengal (1905) ⓘ
predecessor Assam Province ⓘ
linked to: Assam

Bengal Presidency ⓘ
reasonForDissolution annulment of the 1905 partition of Bengal ⓘ
religiousMajority Muslim majority in Eastern Bengal ⓘ
religiousMinority Hindu minority in Eastern Bengal ⓘ
startTime 1905 ⓘ

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Bengal Presidency → followedBy → East Bengal and Assam ⓘ
East Bengal and Assam → alternativeName → Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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East Bengal and Assam → alternativeName → Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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Annulment of Partition of Bengal 1911 → appliesToJurisdiction → Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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Dhaka Nawab family → politicalInfluence → Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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Legislative Council of Eastern Bengal and Assam → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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Legislative Council of Eastern Bengal and Assam → legislativeBodyFor → Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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Bampfylde Fuller → workLocation → Eastern Bengal and Assam ⓘ
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Assam Province (after administrative reorganization of Sylhet) → hasBorderWith → East Bengal and Assam (in some periods) ⓘ
linked to: East Bengal and Assam