What is the Provincial emblem of East Bengal?

Answer 1

The Provincial emblem of East Bengal provincial region of Pakistan was adopted shortly after independence in 1947 and adopted in 1956.

Located on the emblem is a water lily, that is bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above the water lilly are four stars and a three connected jute leaves. The water lily is the province's state flower, and is representative of the many rivers that run through East Pakistan. Rice represents its presence as the staple food of East Pakistanis, and for the agriculture of that region and throughout North-east India. The four stars represent the four founding principles that were originally enshrined in the first constitution of East Pakistan in 1962: provincialism, secularism, socialism, and democracy.

The details of the emblem is given as quoted below:

The state emblem of the Republic is the provincial flower Shapla (nympoea-nouchali) resting on water, having on each side and ear of paddy and being surmounted by three connected leaves of jute with two stars on each side of the leaves. - Constitution of East Pakistan region Article 4(3)[1]