PRIOR TO 1937 BRITISH INDIA WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PRESIDENCIES: BOMBAY, WHICH COVERED THE WEST AND NORTH OF THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WHAT IS NOW PAKISTAN; BENGAL, WHICH COVERED THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY AND INCLUDED BURMA AND WHAT IS NOW BANGLADESH, AND MADRAS, WHICH COVERED THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF INDIA.@en-GB