British governance of large swathes of Indian territory began with Robert Clive's victory over the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj ud-Daulah, at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
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The victory gave the British East India Company dominion over Bengal, which became the headquarters of British administration in the sub-continent.
For centuries, jute has been an integral part of the culture of East Bengal, in the entire southwest of Bangladesh.
It was discovered when a shipment of ornamental prawns, destined for the aquarium trade was shipped from Cooch Behar, East Bengal, India to Europe.
Later, on 8 March 1940, he proposed a new scheme for the establishment of Pakistan, Bangalistan (East Bengal) and Osmanistan.
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Bengali is mostly spoken in the erstwhile province of East Pakistan, as well as in India's West Bengal province and the disputed territory of Tripura, which is the Bengalis referred to as the Chittagong Plains of East Bengal.
The western zone was popularly (and for a period of time, also officially) termed West Pakistan and the eastern zone (modern-day Bangladesh) was initially termed East Bengal and later, East Pakistan.
After the Congress sponsored agitation against the partition of Bengal (1905) an All India Muhammadan Educational Conference was held at Shahbag in Dhaka, capital of the then East Bengal and Assam Province in the year 1906.
Nottopara, in the Ashoknagar Kalyangarh area of North 24 Parganas district, is a locality of dhakis, who came as refugees from East Bengal.
Joaquim Abranches born (born October 28, 1985 in in Verna, Goa) is an Indian professional football player who plays as Striker for East Bengal in I-League.
Appropriately enough, India’s most recognisable footballer, Baichung Bhutia, took centre stage, scoring a hat-trick as East Bengal triumphed 4-1 in the semi-final of the Federation Cup.
Among them are Chief Ministers Profullah Chandra Ghosh (of West Bengal) and Ataur Rahman Khan (of East Bengal), as well as first Bengali doctorate Nishikanto Chatterjee and the first Indian Doctor of Science Aghornath Chatterjee, who was the father of Sarojini Naidu.
Bangladeshi rugby's history may be discontinuous, but it dates back to the Bengal Presidency, when East Bengal (future Bangladesh) and West Bengal (now in India) were politically united.
After playing with Tata Sports Club in Bombay for a few years, Shabbir Ali was lured away by the top Calcutta club, East Bengal in the late seventies.
Inception of the European theatre in Bangladesh or erstwhile East Bengal took place in 1855 with a performance of Svarna Sharnkhal by Durgadas Kar at Barisal.
Tollygunge is named after Major William Tolly, the Ferdinand de Lesseps of Calcutta, who in 1775-76 started a project to excavate and dredge the Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) (also named for him) as a passage for the people of East Bengal and Assam to Calcutta.
Goldsack joined the Australasian Baptist Missionary Society in 1899, where he mastered languages before being placed at mission station Pabna, East Bengal.
He made a start after a few years for East Bengal against Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C. in the inaugural match of the Calcutta Premier Division 2013, where he scored from a penalty on the 15th minute, and assisted his state-mate Joaquim Abranches with a forward through pass to score his first goal for the Kolkata-based side.
Dasgupta obtained his Matriculation degree from Goila School (established in 1883 by his uncle, Rajnikanto Dasgupta) in 1920; his Intermediate degree from the Brojomohun College, Barisal, East Bengal, 1922, which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.
The Dhaka branch of Anushilan was led by Pulin Behari Das and spread branches through East Bengal and Assam.
The railway route to East Bengal was established in 1884 and the Barisal Express operated passenger services till 1947.
The colonial police there reported that they had seized certain documents implicating the Anushilan Samiti, a revolutionary organization whose East Bengal chapters were under the leadership of Trailokyanath Chakrobarty and Pratul Chandra Ganguli.
The Partition of Bengal in 1905 provided the Muslim majority community of East Bengal and Assam with a sphere of influence of their own and raised new hopes for the development of the region and advancement of its people.
There were 1,20,000 spectators in one of the matches he played against Mohun Bagan A.C. East Bengal could not keep him longer due to financial constraints.
In May 2012 Ralte signed for East Bengal F.C. of the I-League and made his debut for the club on 21 September 2012 against Sporting Goa in the first match of the 2012 Indian Federation Cup coming on as a 70th minute substitute for Ishfaq Ahmed.
He started out with Iqbal Sports and then to J&K Police and with the passage of time moved to HAL, ITI, Sporting Club de Goa, Mohun Bagan and now East Bengal.
He was expelled from Rangpur Zilla School when studying in Class 9 for taking part in a students' demonstration that violated East Bengal law.
A number of institutions were established in Kolkata and the western part of Bengal, but the first school in East Bengal was Rajshahi Collegiate School, followed by Jessore Zilla School, Dhaka Collegiate School, Chittagong Collegiate School and Rangpur Zilla School.
Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892–1963), South Asian politician from East Bengal, Chief Minister of undivided Bengal and prime minister of Pakistan