Eastern Bengal and Assam

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Eastern Bengal and Assam
Province of British India
1905–1912
Flag Coat of arms
Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1907, bordered by Bengal, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Tibet
Capital	Dacca
Government
Lieutenant-Governor
• 1905–1906	Sir Bampfylde Fuller
• 1911–1912	Sir Charles Stuart Bayley
Legislature	Legislative Council
Historical era	New Imperialism
• First Partition of Bengal	16 October 1905
• Creation of Bihar and Orissa Province and Assam Province	21 March 1912
Preceded by Succeeded by Bengal Presidency Assam Province Bengal Presidency Assam Province
Today part of	Bangladesh India

Eastern Bengal and Assam was a province of India between 1905 and 1912. Headquartered in the city of Dacca, it covered territories in what are now Bangladesh, Northeast India and Northern West Bengal.