WEST BENGAL

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Basic Facts about West Bengal

● Statehood: 26 January 1950

● Capital: Kolkata

● Number of District : 23

● Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar

● Chief Minister: Mamata Banerjee

● High court: Calcutta High Court

● Chief Justice: Thottathil B. Nair Radhakrishnan

● Members of the Legislative Assembly: 295

● Lok Sabha Seats : 42

● Rajya Sabha Seats : 16

Boundaries

It borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also

borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam.

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State Symbols

● State Animal: Fishing cat

● State Bird: White-throated kingfisher

● State Flower: Jasmine

● State Tree: Chatim tree

History of West Bengal

● The region was part of several ancient

pan-Indian empires, including the

Mauryans and Guptas.

● During the Islamic Bengal Sultanate,

founded in 1352, Bengal was major

trading nation in the world and was often

referred by the Europeans as the richest

country to trade with.

● By the 18th century, the state was ruled by

the Nawabs of Bengal, before being

conquered by the British East India

Company at the Battle of Plassey in

1757.

● Calcutta served for many years as the

capital of British India.

● यह के्षत्र मौर्यों और गुप्ता सहहत कई प्राचीन

अखिल भारतीय साम्राज्यों का हहस्सा था।

● 1352 में स्थाहित इस्लाममक बंगाल सल्तनत के

दौरान, बोंगाल दुहनया में प्रमुिव्यापाररक राष्ट्र था

और अक्सर रू्यरोपीर्य लोगो ंद्वारा व्यािार करने के

हलए सबसे अमीर देश के रूि में सोंदहभित हकया

जाता था।

● 1757 में प्लासी के रु्यद्ध में हिहिश ईस्ट इोंहिया

कों िनी द्वारा हिजय प्राप्त करने से िहले 18 वी ं

शताब्दी तक, बंगाल पर बंगाल के नवाबो ं का

शासन था।

● कलकत्ता ने कई िर्षों तक मिमिश भारत की

राजधानी के रूि में कायि हकया।

Geography

● West Bengal is the thirteenth-largest Indian

state.

● West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan

hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region,

and the coastal Sundarbans.

● Sandakfu, which, at 3,636 m (11,929 ft), is the

highest peak in the state.

● Damodar, a tributary of the Ganges and once

known as the "Sorrow of Bengal".

● िहिम बोंगाल तेरहवां सबसे बडा भारतीय राज् है।

● िहिम बोंगाल में दामजिमलंग महमालर्यी पहाडी के्षत्र,

गंगा डेल्टा, रार के्षत्र और तिीर्य संुदरवन शाहमल

हैं।

● संदाकफू, जय 3,636 मीिर (11,929 फीि) िर,

राज् की सबसे ऊों ची चयिी है।

● दामोदर, गोंगा की एक सहायक नदी और हजसे

कभी "Sorrow of Bengal" कहा जाता था।

● A Legislative Assembly election was held in 2016 for the 294 seats (out of 295 seats) of the Vidhan

Sabha in the state of West Bengal in India.

● The All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was

reelected with an enhanced majority.

● Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in West Bengal in 2021.

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Major Dams

● Damodar Valley Corporation: The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is an Indian governmental

organization which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India.

● Durgapur Barrage: Durgapur Barrage is built across the Damodar River at Durgapur in Bankura district

and partly in Paschim Bardhaman district.

● Farakka Barrage: Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganges River, located in Murshidabad

district.

● Mukutmanipur Dam: The Mukutmanipur Dam is a dam in Bankura district on the Kangsabati River

General Facts

● Kolkata is known as the "cultural capital of India".

● The main river in West Bengal is the Ganges, which divides into two branches. One branch enters

Bangladesh as the Padma, while the other flows through West Bengal as the Bhagirathi River and

Hooghly River.

● The Kolkata metro is the country's first underground railway.

● Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at Dum Dum, Kolkata, is the state's largest airport.

● Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, India's first private sector airport, serves the twin cities of Asansol-Durgapur

at Andal, Bardhaman.

● Kolkata is one of the major centres for football in India and houses top national clubs such as Mohun

Bagan Athletic Club, East Bengal Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club.

Festivals & Fairs of West Bengal

● Durga Puja

● Rasa Jatra

● Charak

● Gangasagar Mela

● Kenduli Mela

● Jalpesh Mela

● Rash Mela

● Poush Mela

Dances of West Bengal

● Chau dance of Purulia

● Gambhira Dance

● Brita Dance

● Santhal Dance

● Tusu Dance

● Lathi Dance

● Buxa National Park

● Gorumara National Park

● Neora Valley National Park

● Singalila National Park

● Sunderban National Park

● Jaldapara National Park

● Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary

● Bibhuti Bhusan Wildlife Sanctuary

● Jorepokhri Salamander Wildlife Sanctuary

● Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary

● Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary

● Ramnabagan Wildlife Sanctuary

Important National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in West Bengal

GI Tags of West Bengal

● Darjeeling Tea

● Nakshi Kantha

● Shantiniketan Leather Goods

● Fazli Mango grown in the district of Malda

● Monsooned Malabar Robusta Coffee

● Baluchari Saree

● Dhaniakhali Saree

● Gobindabhog Rice

● Banglar Rasogolla

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Sundarbans National Park: 1987

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway : 1999

● Chandraketu's Fort: 24 Parganas (North)

● Jhater Deul Temple: 24 Parganas (South)

● Kalachand Temple: Bankura

● Temple of Ichai Ghosh: Burdwan

● Cooch Behar Palace: Cooch Behar

● Haneswari and Vasudev temples: Hooghly

Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal

● Rabindranath Tagore Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913

● Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

● Swami Vivekananda

● Amitav Ghosh

● Jhumpa Lahiri

● Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize Awardee in Economics

● Sushmita Sen

● Pranab Mukherjee

● Sourav Ganguly, Former Indian Captain, Athletico de Kolkatta Co-Owner

● Leander Paes noted Lawn tennis player of India

● Abhijit Banerjee

Famous Personalities of West Bengal

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