What is Bengal Presidency?
The '''Bengal Presidency''' was a [[colonial]] region of [[British India]]; it was made up of undivided [[Bengal]]. This area of Bengal is today split into [[Bangladesh]] as well as following states of [[India]]: * [[West Bengal]] * [[Assam]] * [[Bihar]] * [[Meghalaya]] * [[Orissa]] * [[Tripura]] However the Bengal Presidency also later included other areas that are now part of [[Pakistan]] and India. The areas of India that used to be part of the presidency include, [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], [[Haryana]], and [[Himachal Pradesh]] as well as parts of [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], and [[Maharashtra]]. It also included the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|North-West Frontier]] and [[Punjab region|British Punjab]] provinces of [[Pakistan]] as well as [[Burma]]. [[Penang]] and [[Singapore]] were also considered to be part of the Presidency until they became part of the [[Crown Colony]] of the [[Straits Settlements]] in 1867. ==References== {{1911}} {{History-stub}} [[Category:Provinces of British India]]