Merger of Part-C State Cooch Behar with West Bengal as District
During the Freedom struggle, Rajbanshis of North Bengal or Koch Rajbanshis Assam took part in all activities under the banner of Indian National Congress. Even the native Rajbanshis of the princely State of Cooch Behar unconditionally actively supported the Congress party in pursuance of freedom. Numerous Rajbanshi people courted arrest during different stages of the freedom struggle. Most of these people had deep faith on the Congress Party that spearheaded the freedom struggle. Indian Independence Act, at last was passed in British Parliament on the 18 th July 1947 and India became a free nation on the 15 th August 1947. The kingdom of Cooch Behar, which was reduced to a much smaller in size, by a document signed by Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan, ceded it to the free India on the 28 th August 1949. Subjects of the erstwhile king of Cooch Behar were given all possible of assurances by the leadership of Dominion of India for overall development and fulfilling social-economic-politi