Bengal
noun
uk/ˌbeŋˈɡɔːl/us/ˌbeŋˈɡɑːl/aregioninSouthAsia, which wasdividedin 1947 intoWestBengal, which is astateofIndia, andEastBengal, which is now Bangladesh:
Thewriterdescribesherchildhoodin Bengal.
Themonsoonseasonhadpassedand theplainsof Bengal weredry.
- He wasbornin Liverpool in 1912, but his father'sworktook thefamilyto Bengal.
- Millions ofIndianslivingin Punjab and Bengalsufferedhorriblybecause ofpartition.
- He had written ahistoryof pre-colonial Bengal.
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