What is Cooch Behar (princely state)?
'''Cooch Behar''' (1586—1949; also spelled '''Koch Bihar''') was a small kingdom located south of the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] kingdom of [[Bhutan]], west of the upper [[Brahmaputra River|Brahmaputra]] valley Ahom Kingdom, and north-east of the [[Ganges]] plain and [[Bengal]]. Until 1949, Cooch Behar was a princely state subject to [[British]] rule. In 1949, it was merged with [[India]]; now free from the British. It later became a part of [[West Bengal]]. However, if Cooch Behar had become part of [[Bangladesh#History|East Pakistan]], then India would not have had as much land access towards the north-east. Also the former East Pakistan (now [[Bangladesh]]) would have land borders with [[Nepal]], Bhutan and [[Sikkim]]. {{hist-stub}} [[Category:Indian princely states]] [[Category:West Bengal]] [[Category:1580s establishments]] [[Category:1949 disestablishments in Asia]] [[Category:1940s disestablishments in India]]