At the time of partition of India, which one of the following provinces of the British India came forward with a plan for a united and independent existence?

1. During the partition of India in 1947, the future of various provinces and princely states was being decided. 2. While the dominant narrative involved joining either India or Pakistan, some regions explored other possibilities. 3. In Bengal, prominent leaders like Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (then Premier of Bengal) and Sarat Chandra Bose (elder brother of Subhas Chandra Bose) proposed a plan for a united and independent Bengal, separate from both India and Pakistan. 4. This proposal aimed to avoid the division of Bengal along religious lines and maintain its cultural and economic integrity. 5. However, the plan did not gain sufficient support from the Congress, the Muslim League high commands, or Lord Mountbatten, and Bengal was ultimately partitioned between India (West Bengal) and Pakistan (East Bengal, later Bangladesh). 6. Punjab was also partitioned, but the dominant political forces did not seriously pursue an independent Punjab plan. Assam and Bihar were integrated into India.