/?be??ɡɑ?l/aregioninSouthAsia, which wasdividedin 1947 intoWestBengal, which is astateofIndia, andEastBengal, which is now Bangladesh:Thewriterdescribesherchildhoodin Bengal.Themonsoonseasonhadpassedand theplainsof Bengal weredry.More examples
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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