region in the NE part of the Indian peninsula, divided between
the Indian state of West Bengal & Bangladesh part of the Indian
Ocean, east of India & west of Myanmar & the Malay Peninsula See
Bengal in American Heritage Dictionary 4 A region of eastern
India and Bangladesh. It was a province of India until 1947,
when the eastern part became East Pakistan, and later (1971)
Bangladesh, and the western section was included in independent
India. Benˌga·leseˈ(bĕnˌgə-lēzˈ, -lēsˈ, bĕngˌ-) adjective & n. ,
Bay of An arm of the Indian Ocean bordered by Sri Lanka and
India on the west, Bangladesh on the north, and Myanmar (Burma)
and Thailand on the east.