 Eastern Bengal was reunited with western Bengali districts, and Assam was made a chief commissioner's province.Eastern Bengal and Assam had a total area of 111,569 sq m and was situated between 20° 45' and 28° 17' N., and between 87° 48' and 97° 5' E. It was bounded by Tibet and the Kingdom of Bhutan to the north, British Burma to the east and the Bay of Bengal to the south.Within these limits, were the princely states of Hill Tippera, Cooch Behar and Manipur.