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Bengal was divided along religious lines into predominantly Hindu West Bengal, which became part of India, and Muslim-majority East Pakistan, later becoming Bangladesh.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The nearby structure fire, a department official said, “was likely due to downed power lines or other factors related to the heavy winds that night,” as opposed to the official fire front.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Services also resumed on Northern and Transpennine Express lines between Leeds and Wakefield at about 13:30 BST.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Mr. Parsons, who in his teens made a YouTube series along the same lines as the movie, exhibits a smooth facility for taking viewers into the backrooms, a David Lynch-Stanley Kubrick dreamland of the subconscious.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The still-woozy Kate began reciting religious poetry like an automaton, at least a hundred lines in a row.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock