If West Bengal is at the East of India, then why we call it West Bengal?
2007-02-22 19:38:34 · 7 answers · asked by Rajat V 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
When you relate it to Bengal, its geographical location has to be referred as such.
No one calls it "East India" being in the Eastern part of India.
Since reference is made with Bengal and it exists on the Western side of Bengal, hence it is called West Bengal.
Part of Bengal on the Eastern side can be termed as East Bengal with respect to its geographical location but has been named as Bangla Desh by its inhabitants.
2007-02-22 20:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by Saadi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The region that is now West Bengal was a part of a number of empires and kingdoms during the past two millennia. The British East India Company cemented their hold on the region following the Battle of Plassey in 1757 CE, and the city of Kolkata, then Calcutta, served for many years as the capital of British India. A hotbed of the Indian independence movement through the early 20th century, Bengal was divided in 1947 into two separate entities, West Bengal - a state of India, and East Pakistan belonging to the new nation of Pakistan.
2007-02-22 19:44:07 · answer #2 · answered by cookiegirlmc1 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hey!!!!
actully, long back, West Bengal and Bangladesh wer together called Bengal.
In 1905, Lord Curzon announced the partition of Bengal into East Bengal and WEst Bengal. Bangladesh was the eastern part of Bengal and West Bengal was the western part of Bengal.
After independence, West Bengal, remaind with its same name and bcame a part of India..And then after the Indo pak war, East Bengal was called Bangladesh.
Gotit??????
2007-02-22 20:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
West Bengal sounds good enough better than Waste Bengal.
2016-05-24 01:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
East Bengal is today's Bangladesh (it was part of Pakistan previously, called East Pakistan). That is why the region today is called West Bengal.
2007-02-22 19:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by anlarm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before the Indo-Pak war of 1971, Bangladesh was called East Bengal.
2007-02-22 19:41:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I suspect it must be west of East Bengal.
2007-02-22 19:41:25 · answer #7 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋