ANCIENT WEST BENGAL MAP

 This map shows the administrative divisions as they existed in undivided Bengal. Since the partition there have been few changes, most of the police stations, (that is, thanas), retaining their old boundaries. The western and northern parts of the undivided Bengal now form the West Bengal province, and the rest of Bengal including the greater part of Sylhet district constitutes the new province of Eastern Pakistan. The Radcliffe line as shown on the map, separating the two newly constituted provinces, follows mainly the thana boundaries, except in two thanas, Balurghat (marked 27 on this map) in Dinajpur district and Daulatpur (marked 1 on the map) in Nadia district. As a result of the partition the following changes have been made in West and East Bengal.The portion af Dinajpur district lying in West Bengal has been named West Dinajpur with its headquarters at Balur- ghat.The portion of Nadia district lying in East Bengal has been named Kushtia district with its district headquarters at Kushtia.In Balurghat thana the main railway line including the Hilly railway station and the portion lying east of the line (1,923 acres ap- proximately) has been included in East Bengal.In Daulatpur thana, in Nadia district the original off- take of the Matabhanga including the portion lying west of the river (11,200 acres approximately) has been induded in West Bengal.