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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        ●   यह क्षे त्र मौर्यों और गु प्ता सहहत कई प्राचीन
    pan-Indian empires, including the                 अखिल भारतीय साम्राज्यों का हहस्सा था।
    Mauryans and Guptas.                          ●   1352 में स्थाहित इस्लाममक बंगाल सल्तनत के
●   During the Islamic Bengal Sultanate,              दौरान, बों गाल दु हनया में प्रमुि व्यापाररक राष्ट्र था
    founded in 1352, Bengal was major                 और अक्सर र्यू रोपीर्य लोगों द्वारा व्यािार करने के
    trading nation in the world and was often         हलए सबसे अमीर दे श के रूि में सोंदहभि त हकया
    referred by the Europeans as the richest          जाता था।
    country to trade with.                        ●   1757 में प्लासी के र्यु द्ध में हिहिश ईस्ट इों हिया
●   By the 18th century, the state was ruled by       कोंिनी द्वारा हिजय प्राप्त करने से िहले 18 वी ं
    the Nawabs of Bengal, before being                शताब्दी तक, बंगाल पर बंगाल के नवाबों का
    conquered by the British East India               शासन था।
    Company at the Battle of Plassey in           ●   कलकत्ता ने कई िर्षों तक मिमिश भारत की
    1757.                                             राजधानी के रूि में कायि हकया।
●   Calcutta served for many years as the
    capital of British India.

Geography
●    West Bengal is the thirteenth-largest Indian     ●   िहिम बोंगाल ते रहवां सबसे बडा भारतीय राज् है ।
    state.                                            ●   िहिम बोंगाल में दामजि मलंग महमालर्यी पहाडी क्षेत्र,
●   West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan         गंगा डे ल्टा, रार क्षेत्र और तिीर्य सुंदरवन शाहमल
    hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region,       हैं ।
    and the coastal Sundarbans.                       ●   संदाकफू, जय 3,636 मीिर (11,929 फीि) िर,
●   Sandakfu, which, at 3,636 m (11,929 ft), is the       राज् की सबसे ऊोंची चयिी है ।
    highest peak in the state.                        ●    दामोदर, गोंगा की एक सहायक नदी और हजसे
●   Damodar, a tributary of the Ganges and once           कभी "Sorrow of Bengal" कहा जाता था।
    known as the "Sorrow of Bengal".

●   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

Important National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in West Bengal
●   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

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

Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal

●   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

Famous Personalities of 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

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