Formation of West Bengal: Who founded West Bengal?

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The early history of West Bengal is undated to the 3rd century BC. The history of Bengal begins in 1947, when the Hindu-majority western part of the British territory of Bengal was formed. After the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in the early 1700s, proto-industrial Mughal Bengal became a semi-independent state under the Nawabs of Bengal.