Home›More›Articles›West Bengal Was Made by a Vote, Not a MapArticleWest Bengal Was Made by a Vote, Not a MapConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnWest Bengal, States or Territories Well-attested SourcesWest Bengal (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationHistory: "Colonial period" and "Indian independence and afterwards" subsections; "Government and politics" section for the 34-year Left Front figure.Quote, History: "Colonial period" and "Indian independence and afterwards" subsections; "Government and politics" section for the 34-year Left Front figure.Following widespread religious violence, the Bengal Legislative Council and the Bengal Legislative Assembly voted on the Partition of Bengal in 1947 along religious lines into two independent dominions: West Bengal, a Hindu-majority Indian state, and East Bengal, a Muslim-majority province of Pakistan which later became the independent Bangladesh.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.