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Malda (West Bengal): Like in the past, parts of West Bengal bordering Bangladesh celebrated August 18 as "Bharat Bhukti Dibas" or "India Inclusion Day", to hail rectification of the "Radcliffe Line" that had awarded parts of undivided Bengal to India three days after they were added in East Bengal province of Pakistan on August 15, 1947. Sir Cyril Radcliffe had awarded large parts of Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, 24 Parganas and Dinajpur districts to East Bengal. While Malda, Nadia and Dinajpur districts were bifurcated and awarded to both the countries, Murshidabad was returned in entirety to India. The then District Magistrate of Malda, Ashok Sen had hoisted the Indian national flag in Malda district administrative building on August 18, 1947, marking inclusion of the western part of the district into India. Continuing with the tradition, English Bazar municipal councillor Amlan Bhaduri unfurled the national flag on Sunday (August 18) in Fulbari area of the Malda district headquarters to celebrate the occasion..