Eastern Bengal and Assam
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Eastern Bengal and Assam was a province of India between 1905 and 1912. Headquartered in the city of Dacca, it covered territories in what are now Bangladesh, Northeast India and Northern West Bengal.
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Province of British India | |||||||||||||
1905–1912 | |||||||||||||
Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1907, bordered by Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Tibet | |||||||||||||
Capital | Dacca | ||||||||||||
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Lieutenant-Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1905–1906 | Sir Bampfylde Fuller | ||||||||||||
• 1911–1912 | Sir Charles Stuart Bayley | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Legislative Council | ||||||||||||
Historical era | New Imperialism | ||||||||||||
16 October 1905 | |||||||||||||
21 March 1912 | |||||||||||||
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Today part of | Bangladesh India |
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