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East Bengal

Geographical eastern wing of the Dominion of Pakistan (1947–1956)
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East Bengal

Summary

East Bengal is a former administrative territorial entity[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of former_administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Bengal's religion is recorded as Islam[3].
  • East Bengal is in the country of Dominion of Pakistan[4].
  • East Bengal's instance of is recorded as former administrative territorial entity[5].
  • East Bengal's instance of is recorded as province[6].
  • East Bengal's capital is recorded as Dhaka[7].
  • East Bengal's official language is recorded as Bangla[8].
  • East Bengal's currency is recorded as Pakistani rupee[9].
  • East Bengal's flag image is recorded as Flag of Pakistan.svg[10].
  • East Bengal's coat of arms image is recorded as Emblem of East Bengal (1947-1956).svg[11].
  • East Bengal's basic form of government is recorded as representative democracy[12].
  • East Bengal's legislative body is recorded as East Bengal Legislative Assembly[13].
  • East Bengal's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 122575233[14].
  • East Bengal's locator map image is recorded as East Bengal Map.png[15].
  • East Bengal's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no00092257[16].
  • +1947-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of East Bengal[17].
  • East Bengal was dissolved in +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • East Bengal's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25.219166666667, 'lon': 90.988888888889}[19].
  • East Bengal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bkvrp[20].
  • East Bengal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East Bengal[21].
  • East Bengal's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • East Bengal's replaces is recorded as Bengal Presidency[23].
  • East Bengal's replaced by is recorded as East Pakistan[24].
  • East Bengal's different from is recorded as Eastern Bengal[25].
  • East Bengal's official religion is recorded as Islam[26].
  • East Bengal's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007479999205171[27].

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Geography

East Bengal is in the country of Dominion of Pakistan[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include former administrative territorial entity[5] and province[6]. East Bengal's religion is recorded as Islam[3].

History and Context

+1947-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of East Bengal[17].

Why It Matters

East Bengal ranks in the top 7% of former_administrative_territorial_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (519 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Pakistani rupee

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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