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How did East Bengal become a Province of Pakistan.

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The Hindu-majority West Bengal became a state of India, and the Muslim-majority East Bengal (now Bangladesh) became a province of Pakistan. ... On 6 July 1947, the Sylhet referendum decided to sever Sylhet from Assam and merge it into East Bengal.

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