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Encyclopedia: West Bengal

West Bengal pronunciation (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, Poshchimbôŋgo) is a state in eastern India. With Bangladesh, which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. To its northeast lie the states of Assam and Sikkim and the country Bhutan, and to its southwest, the state of Orissa. To the west it borders the state of Jharkhand and Bihar, and to the northwest, Nepal.

The region that is now West Bengal was a part of a number of empires and kingdoms during the past two millennia. The British East India Company cemented their hold on the region following the Battle of Plassey in 1757 CE, and the city of Kolkata, then Calcutta, served for many years as the capital of British India. A hotbed of the Indian independence movement through the early 20th century, Bengal was divided in 1947 into two separate entities, West Bengal - a state of India, and East Pakistan belonging to the new nation of Pakistan.

Translations

How to say "West Bengal" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	西孟加拉邦
	(Japanese)	西ベンガル州
	(German)	Westbengalen
	(Spanish)	Bengala Occidental
	(French)	Bengale-Occidental
	(Italian)	Bengala Occidentale

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Santhals

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Marxist Forward Bloc

Marxist Forward Bloc , splinter-group of All India Forward Bloc. MFB is led by Pratim Chatterjee, Fire services minister of West Bengal. Chatterjee is the sole representative of the party in the West Bengal assembly, elected from Tarakeswar. MFB is part of the Left Front...

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Forward Bloc (Socialist)

around 1996-1998. The party was primarily based in northern West Bengal. In the Lok Sabha elections 1996 FB(S) had launched two candidates from West Bengal. Hiten Barman from Cooch Behar got 145 078 votes... Assembly election in West Bengal 1996, FB(S) had launched 20 candidates, who together got 123 316 votes...

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Football in India

Football is one of India's most popular sports. It ranks only behind cricket. Football is played in almost all schools in the country. The sport is the top sport in the states of Goa, Kerala and West Bengal...

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Sen

Sen is a surname. It is a popular family name in the state of West Bengal, India. People with the name include : Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize for Economics, 1998 Ashoke Sen, theoretical physicist Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, Miss Universe, 1994...

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Left Front

Left Front election propaganda in Kolkata 2004 DSP-meeting in Kolkata West Bengal Left... parties. In West Bengal and Tripura there are state-level committees of the Left Front. Left Front governments rule both states. In West Bengal the following parties are part of LF Communist Party of...

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States of India by size of economy

These data are from 1998-1999. INR 2.51 trillion Maharashtra INR 1.72 trillion Uttar Pradesh (undivided) INR 1.17 trillion Tamil Nadu INR 1.14 trillion Andhra Pradesh INR 1.10 trillion West Bengal...

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Naxalites

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Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee (born December 11, 1935, West Bengal, India) is defence minister of India in the Manmohan Singh government. He is from the Indian National Congress. Background He served as Finance Minister of India between 1982 and 1984, and President of West Bengal state...

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Asansol

Asansol is an industrial town in the state of West Bengal, India. Situated about two hundred miles from Kolkata, the city is based on primarily the Coal and Steel industry. Situated on the Damodar River valley, and a major rail junction, the city has evolved and expanded over time...

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