East Pakistan - part of Dominion of Pakistan

The history of Bengal

"The fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, two independent dominions shall be set up in India, to be known respectively as India and Pakistan." Indian Independence Act (1947)

History

 

Sources and Read More:

van Schendel, Willem (2020). Second Edition as e-book: A History of Bangladesh.

To download the first edition of the book, go to A History of Bangladesh First Edition

Britannica: Bangladesh, The Pakistani-period

Indian Independence Act 1947