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3 days ago · West Bengal, Indian state located in the eastern part of the country. It has a peculiar configuration; its breadth varies from 200 miles at one point to hardly 10 miles at another. Although in area West Bengal ranks as one of the smaller states in India, it is one of the largest in population. The capital is Kolkata.
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West Bengal - Agriculture, Industry, Trade: Agriculture...
- History
The eastern sector of Bengal, largely Muslim, became East...
- West Bengal Duars
Table of Contents West Bengal Duars, physiographic region in...
- Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, wildlife preserve in West...
- Tarai
Tarai, region of northern India and southern Nepal running...
- Jharkhand
Jharkhand, state of India, located in the northeastern part...
- Damodar
The Damodar valley, along the Bihar–West Bengal border,...
- Chota Nagpur
Chota Nagpur, plateau in eastern India, in northwestern...
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4 days ago · The eastern sector of Bengal, largely Muslim, became East Pakistan (later Bangladesh); the western sector became India’s West Bengal state. The partition of Bengal left West Bengal with ill-defined boundaries and a constant inflow of non-Muslim, mostly Hindu, refugees from East Pakistan.
1 day ago · Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), city, capital of West Bengal state, and former capital (1772–1911) of British India. It is one of India’s largest cities and one of its major ports. The city is centered on the east bank of the Hugli River, about 96 miles upstream from the head of the Bay of Bengal.
2 days ago · After the partition of India in 1947, Darjeeling became a part of the new province of West Bengal in the Dominion of India, and in 1950, of the state of West Bengal in the Republic of India. A British exodus from Darjeeling quickly followed.
5 days ago · At lest 12 mob violence cases registered in West Bengal in a week. In another incident of mob violence in West Bengal, a man died after he was beaten up by a group on suspicion of theft. This comes on the heels of a similar attack on a couple in North Dinajpur, a video of which went viral and stirred a loud political debate.
4 days ago · The recent public flogging incident in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district sparked an outrage with Governor C.V. Ananda Bose seeking a report from CM Mamata Banerjee. The main accused, Tajmul alias 'JCB', the man seen in the viral video beating up the couple with a bamboo stick was arrested last ...
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday accused assembly Speaker Biman Bose of ‘constitutional impropriety’ after the latter administered oath to two legislators of the ruling Trinamool ...
