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    Indian state West Bengal has a rich cultural heritage. Due to the reign of many different rulers in the past, arts and crafts in West Bengal underwent many...
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    culture of West Bengal is an Indian culture which has its roots in Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. Different geographic regions of West...
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    West Bengal (/bɛnˈɡɔːl/; Bengali: Poshchim Bongo, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃim ˈbɔŋɡo] , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated...
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    of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language. Bengal has...
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    by an Act of the Legislative Assembly on 2007. The Government of West Bengal through an Act of the Legislative Assembly has passed West Bengal Act XXVIII...
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    Indian state of West Bengal with approximately 70.54% of the population identifying themselves as Hindus (as of 2011). The Hindus in West Bengal mostly belong...
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  • The West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education is the state government administered autonomous examining authority for affiliated and recognized madrasahs...
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    municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. Berhampore is the administrative headquarters of the Murshidabad district. As of 2011 census, Berhampore...
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  • Mahatma Gandhi University, West Bengal (MGU West Bengal) is a university in Mahishadal, Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The university was established...
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    of West Bengal. It is also a municipality and Community Development Block in Nadia. It is located around 40 kilometers from Kolkata — the capital of West...
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    Kolkata (redirect from Kolkata, West Bengal)
    capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh...
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    West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous state. The state capital is Kolkata. The state encompasses...
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    is a city and a municipality and in the district of Bankura in the state of West Bengal, India. It is famous for its terracotta temples built by...
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    The Indian state of West Bengal is the site of India's first modern university. Thirty-three universities are listed in the state by the University Grants...
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    is an Indian political party that is mainly influential in the state of West Bengal. It was founded by Mamata Banerjee on 1 January 1998 as a breakaway...
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    in the Kashipur CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in West Bengal, India. Kalloli, where the CD Block headquarters are located...
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  • in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. Health Sciences, University of North Bengal and University of Calcutta...
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    Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood or Bengali cinema, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the...
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    Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha. The Bengal Subah reached its peak during the reign of Nawab Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan...
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    town and a municipality of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It...
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    Kantha (category Culture of West Bengal)
    or qanta, is a type of embroidery craft in Bangladesh and eastern regions of India, particularly in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Odisha...
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    Radh Bengal is a region in West Bengal also known as the Temple Town. This region consists of arrays of temples in varying sizes and devoted to different...
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    of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the...
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  • Rajasthan List of museums in West Bengal List of aviation museums in India List of transport museums in India List of railway museums in India List of music museums...
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    The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British...
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    India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal and also the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar...
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    Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district...
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    Varanasi in the west. In 1353, Ilyas Shah was defeated by Delhi Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq in the Siege of Ekdala Fort during the Bengal Sultanate-Delhi...
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  • Look up Bengal or বঙ্গ in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bengal is a region in South Asia. Bengal or Bengals may also refer to: Bengal Presidency, a...
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    Nakshi kantha (category Culture of West Bengal)
    type of embroidered quilt, is a centuries-old Bengali art tradition of the Bengal region, notable in Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura...
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