Eastern Bengal and Assam Eastern Bengal and Assam Eastern Bengal and Assam was an administrative subdivision (province) of the British Raj between 1905 and 1912. Headquartered in the city of Dacca, it covered territories in what are now Bangladesh, Northeast India and Northern West Bengal. As early as 1868, British administrators saw the need for an independent administration in the eastern portion of the Bengal Presidency. They felt that Fort William in Calcutta, the capital of British India, was already overburdened. By 1903, it dawned on the colonial government on the necesscity of partitioning Bengal and creating prospects for Assam's commercial expansion. The British
Sagra (West Bengal) Sagra (West Bengal) Sagra is a village in Bhodura Haridas gram panchayat under Diamond Harbour II CD Block in subdivision of Diamond Harbour in the district of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. It is situated in the 3 kilometers away from the eastern bank of the Hooghly river. This is an ancient village with natural beauty and famous for paddy and vegetables cultivation. More than 1,500 people are residing in this town. Most of them are farmers and low educated. The youngsters are rapidly coming up with higher education. It is famous for Gramin mela on Shitla Puja, Mahotsab