Ben·gal 
(bĕn-gôl, bĕng-, bĕngəl, bĕng-)
(bĕn-gôl, bĕng-, bĕngəl, bĕng-) A region of eastern India and Bangladesh. It was a province of India until 1947, when the eastern part became East Pakistan, and later (1971) Bangladesh, and the western section was included in independent India.
Ben′ga·lese (bĕn′gə-lēz, -lēs, bĕng′-) adj. & n.