Partition of Bengal 1947

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event of the Partition of India historical event territorial partition

The Partition of Bengal in 1947 was the division of the British Indian province of Bengal along religious lines, creating the Indian state of West Bengal and the Pakistani province of East Bengal (later Bangladesh) amid widespread communal violence and mass displacement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bengal component of Pakistan Movement	1
Partition of Bengal (1947)	1
Partition of Bengal 1947 canonical	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event of the Partition of India ⓘ historical event ⓘ territorial partition ⓘ
affectedGroup	Bengali-speaking population ⓘ Hindus in Bengal ⓘ Muslims in Bengal ⓘ religious minorities in Bengal ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Dominion of India ⓘ Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ
boundaryDefinedBy	Radcliffe Commission ⓘ Radcliffe Line ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	British India ⓘ
date	1947-08-15 ⓘ
differentFrom	Partition of Bengal 1905 ⓘ
endTime	1947-08-17 ⓘ
followedBy	Radcliffe Line ⓘ surface form: Radcliffe Line demarcation in Bengal creation of East Bengal ⓘ creation of West Bengal ⓘ
hasCause	Indian Independence Act 1947 ⓘ Mountbatten Plan ⓘ Two-Nation Theory ⓘ communal tensions between Hindus and Muslims ⓘ demand for Pakistan ⓘ
hasEffect	demographic transformation of East Bengal ⓘ demographic transformation of West Bengal ⓘ economic disruption in Bengal ⓘ emergence of East Pakistan ⓘ eventual creation of Bangladesh in 1971 ⓘ long-term India–Pakistan tensions ⓘ
location	Bengal Presidency ⓘ Bengal ⓘ surface form: Bengal region
partOf	Indian independence movement ⓘ Partition of India ⓘ
result	communal violence ⓘ creation of Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ creation of Pakistani province of East Bengal ⓘ division of Bengal along religious lines ⓘ division of Calcutta hinterland ⓘ large-scale refugee flows between India and Pakistan ⓘ mass displacement of population ⓘ separation of Dhaka from Calcutta ⓘ
significantPlace	Calcutta ⓘ Chittagong ⓘ Dhaka ⓘ Jessore ⓘ surface form: Jessore district Khulna ⓘ Murshidabad ⓘ Nadia district ⓘ Sylhet ⓘ surface form: Sylhet region
startTime	1947-08-15 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian state of West Bengal → historicalEvent → Partition of Bengal 1947 ⓘ

subject surface form: West Bengal

Bengali people → historicalRegion → Partition of Bengal 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Partition of Bengal (1947)

Pakistan Movement → hasPart → Partition of Bengal 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengal component of Pakistan Movement