East Bengal
noun
formerly a part of the Indian province of Bengal; now coextensive with Bangladesh.: Compare Bengal (def. 1).
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How to use East Bengal in a sentence
And in certain portions of East Bengal the Mohammedans are in the large majority.
India, Its Life and Thought | John P. JonesIn the north-east it exceeds 75 inches, and in one remarkable year 600 inches fell at an observatory in north-East Bengal.
Across India | Oliver Optic
British Dictionary definitions for East Bengal
East Bengal
noun
the part of the former Indian province of Bengal assigned to Pakistan in 1947 (now Bangladesh)
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