With the partition of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon, the government of East Bengal and Assam bought the site and constructed a palatial house which served as a temporary residence for the Viceroy of India until 1911. On 14 February 1906, Sir Joseph Bamfylde Fuller, the first Lieutenant-Governor of the then province of East Bengal and Assam started his official work at the Darbar Hall of the Bangabhaban during the British Rule. From 1911 to 1947, the palace was called the Governor's House, and served as the official residence of the Governor of Bengal. Following the independence of India in 1947 & after creation of Pakistan ,East Bengal officially became part of Pakistan and became known as East Pakistan, the palace became the residence of the Governor of East Pakistan. The building was damaged by a storm in 1961; substantial reconstruction was completed by 1964.