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1757 The forces of the British East India Company led by Robert Clive defeated the army of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj Ud Daulah in the Battle of Plassey.
Google | 1940 A conference of the All-India Muslim League, meeting in Lahore, adopts a resolution calling for the creation of independent states for Muslims in the subcontinent.
Google | 1947 Partition of British India took place; India achieves independence and incorporates West Bengal and Assam; Pakistan is created and incorporates East Bengal (the East Wing, or East Pakistan) and territory in the northwest (the West Wing, or West Pakistan).
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