What is East India?
[[File:East India.svg|thumb|A map of East India]] '''East India''' is a [[region]] of the [[Republic of India]]. It includes the states of [[Bihar]],<ref>{{cite web | title = State Profile | publisher = Bihar Government website | url = http://gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/default.htm | accessdate = | archive-date = 2017-09-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170922043241/http://www.gov.bih.nic.in/Profile/default.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Food riots, anger as floods swamp South Asia | publisher = Reuters India | url = http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35134220080822 | date = 22 August 2008 | access-date = 8 October 2012 | archive-date = 7 September 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080907044417/http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-35134220080822 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Orissa]] and [[West Bengal]]. The states of Orissa and [[West Bengal]] share some cultural and linguistic characteristics with [[Bangladesh]] and with the state of [[Assam]].{{cn|date=September 2012}} Together with Bangladesh, West Bengal formed the ethno-linguistic region of [[Bengal]] before [[Partition of India|partition]] in 1947. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Regions of India]]