Bengal Boundary Commission

GPTKB entity

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:India
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Bengal_region
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Bengal Boundary Award
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:Sir_Cyril_Radcliffe
gptkbp:country gptkb:British_India
gptkbp:decisionAnnouncedOn 17 August 1947
gptkbp:formed gptkb:Partition_of_Bengal
gptkb:Partition_of_British_India
gptkbp:formedIn 1947
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bengal Boundary Commission
gptkbp:membersInclude Justice Abu Saleh Mohamed Akram
Justice Bijan Kumar Mukherjea
Justice C.C. Biswas
Justice S.A. Rahman
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:British_Government
gptkbp:purpose to demarcate the boundary between West Bengal (India) and East Bengal (Pakistan)
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Indian_Independence_Act_1947
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Radcliffe_Line
Punjab Boundary Commission
gptkbp:result division of Bengal into West Bengal (India) and East Bengal (Pakistan)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sylhet_referendum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7