Discriminatory transfer of territories of Bihar to West Bengal
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Discriminatory transfer of territories of Bihar to West Bengal
Prabhat Kishore At the time of partition of India in 1947, some areas of Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal were allotted to East Pakistan (now Bangala Desh). As a result, West Bengal was divided into two separate physical parts. The Government of West Bengal requested the Central Government to transfer the eastern part of the then Purnia district of Bihar State and the National Highway (NH) falling in it to Bengal so that physical contiguit…
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