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East Bengal

noun

  1. formerly a part of the Indian province of Bengal; now coextensive with Bangladesh. Compare Bengal ( def 1 ).


East Bengal

noun

  1. the part of the former Indian province of Bengal assigned to Pakistan in 1947 (now Bangladesh)
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Example Sentences

Born to a Muslim family in East Bengal in 1947, Ms Hasina had politics in her blood.

From BBC

Fowler, 46, is manager of East Bengal in the Indian Super League, where he was appointed last year.

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The 45 year-old Fowler, who scored over 180 goals for Liverpool, took over East Bengal in October and has taken fans of one of India’s biggest and oldest clubs for a roller-coaster ride so far.

The 45 year-old Fowler, who scored over 180 goals for Liverpool, took over East Bengal in October and has taken fans of one of India’s biggest and oldest clubs for a roller-coaster ride so far.

In Jagu’s and Rajesh’s case, my grandmother believed, the upheaval and uprooting from East Bengal to Calcutta had unmoored their minds, although in spectacularly opposite ways.

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