Portal:West Bengal
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 West Bengal 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 millenia. 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. Following India's independence in 1947, West Bengal's economic and political theatres were dominated for many decades by intellectual Marxism, Naxalite movements and trade unionism. From late 1990s, economic rejuvenation led to a spurt in the state's economic and industrial growth. An agriculture-dependent state, West Bengal occupies only 2.7% of the India's land area, though it supports over 7.8% of Indian population, and is the most densely populated state in India. West Bengal has been ruled by the CPI(M)-led Left Front for three decades, making it the world's longest-running democratically-elected communist government. Many notable poets, writers, artists and performers are native to West Bengal.(more)
Kalimpong is a hill station nestled in the Shiwalik Hills in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is the headquarters of the Kalimpong subdivision, a part of the district of Darjeeling. A major forward base of the Indian Army is located on the outskirts of the town. Kalimpong is well-known for its many educational institutions, which attract students from all over North East India, West Bengal, Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh. In recent times, Kalimpong has become an important tourist destination owing to its temperate climate and proximity to popular tourist locations in the region. Kalimpong is also famous for its flower market, especially the wide array of orchids. It houses several Buddhist monasteries holding a number of rare Tibetan Buddhist scriptures. (more...)  The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur is an autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India. IIT Kharagpur was the first of the seven IITs, established in 1951. The Main Building of IIT Kharagpur (pictured) houses most of the administrative offices of the institute, and also has the Central Library, an auditorium, and lecture halls. The tower of the Main Building has a Steel tank with 10,000 gallons of water capacity for emergency supply needs. Photo credit: Saikat Sarkar  Satyendra Nath Bose (January 1, 1894 – February 4, 1974) was a Bengali Indian physicist, specializing in mathematical physics. He is best known for his work on quantum mechanics in the early 1920s, providing the foundation for Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate. The elementary particle boson was named after him. Although more than one Nobel Prize was awarded for researches related to the concept of the boson, Bose himself was never awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Among his other talents, Bose knew many languages and also could play Esraj (a musical instrument similar to violin) very well. (More...) December 10 – ‘Nationwide’ bandh but only in West Bengal on 14 December. (Source: The Telegraph) December 10 – Suicide rates rising among models. (Source: Times of India) December 9 – State government to go ahead with Tata Motors project. (Source: The Statesman) December 8 – Strike divide dogs CITU. (Source: The Telegraph) December 8 – About 50% farmers had refused to hand over land at Singur. (Source: The Statesman) December 8 – State lagging in milk production. (Source: The Statesman) December 8 – Fire minister cautions high-rises. (Source: The Statesman) December 7 – Demand low for conditional access system as date for change-over approaches. (Source: The Telegraph) December 7 – Kolkata Municipal Corporation to preserve Ram Mohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore relics in UK. (Source: The Telegraph)
West Bengal • History • Geography • Districts • Cities and towns • Education • People • Culture • Political parties • Buildings and structures Geography: Darjeeling Himalayan hill region | Terai | North Bengal plains | Rarh region | Sundarbans | Western plateau and high lands | Ganges Delta | Sundarbans National Park | Singalila National Park | Khoai | Monsoon | More... History: Shashanka | Pala Empire | Sena dynasty | Sher Shah Suri | Mughal Empire | British East India Company | Siraj ud-Daulah | Battle of Plassey | Dutch India | Bengal Presidency | Bengal Renaissance | Brahmo movement | Indian rebellion of 1857 | Bengal famine of 1770 | Bengal famine of 1943 | Partition of Bengal (1905) | Revolutionary movement for Indian independence | Anushilan Samiti | Jugantar | Subhash Chandra Bose | Partition of Bengal (1947) | Bangladesh Liberation War | Naxalite movement | More... Districts and cities: Districts of West Bengal | Kolkata | Siliguri | Bardhaman | Darjeeling | Kalimpong | Howrah | Durgapur | Asansol | Haldia | Tamluk | Kharagpur | Cooch Behar | Midnapore | Baharampur | Krishnanagar | More... Economy & Politics: Government of West Bengal | Chief Ministers | Governors | Legislative Assembly | Political parties | Left Front | Conglomerates based in West Bengal Culture: Bengali language |Baul | Gombhira | Chau dance | cuisine | Rabindra Sangeet | Rabindra Nritya Natya | Dolyatra | Pohela Baishakh | Durgapuja | Bengali literature | Bengali cinema | Jatra People: Rabindranath Tagore • Satyajit Ray • Subhas Chandra Bose • Amartya Sen • Ram Mohan Roy • Mother Teresa • Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay • Kazi Nazrul Islam • Swami Vivekananda • Meghnad Saha • More... Photos required - Urgent: Cooch Behar • Kolkata Airport Citations/References required – Alipore • Barrackpore • Ichapore • Kalyani, West Bengal • Sitarampur Clean-up required – Purulia District • Dakshin Dinajpur • Birnagar • Jayrambati • Shibpur • Tamluk Links required - Algarah • Ghoshpara Bally Wikify - Malbazar Information required – for many towns, please check list for towns in West Bengal and see if you can assist in improving the contents of any town as per Guide to layout and Manual of Style.
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