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East Bengal

American  

noun

  1. formerly a part of the Indian province of Bengal; now coextensive with Bangladesh.


East Bengal British  

noun

  1. the part of the former Indian province of Bengal assigned to Pakistan in 1947 (now Bangladesh)

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He shared a special bond with my German grandmother who had sailed with a trunk full of china to marry the engineering student from East Bengal she had met in Berlin.

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2017

The Lebanese trio arrived in Singapore in April last year to officiate a match between Singapore's Tampines Rovers and East Bengal of India.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2013

He was withdrawn as referee only hours before an AFC match between Singapore's Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal on April 3.

From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2013

Replacement referees took charge of the game, in which India's East Bengal defeated Singapore's Tampines Rovers, 4-2.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2013

His family were once-wealthy zamindars who had migrated to Calcutta from East Bengal after Partition.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy