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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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    Indian state of West Bengal with approximately 70.53% of the population identifying themselves as Hindus (as of 2011). The Hindus in West Bengal mostly belong...
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    Kalyani is a planned urban city in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also a municipality and Community Development Block in Nadia...
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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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    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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    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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    of West Bengal is the site of India's first modern university and 33 universities are listed under the University Grants Commission (India). In West Bengal...
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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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  • The West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education is the state government administered autonomous examining authority for affiliated and recognized madrasahs...
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  • attractions in West Bengal refers to the tourist attractions in the Indian state of West Bengal. West Bengal is a state in the eastern] region of India and...
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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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    Cinema of West Bengal, also known as Tollywood or Bengali cinema, is an Indian film industry of Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge...
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    Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jackals (sheal in Bengali) howled around Sealdah...
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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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    The Bengal School of Art, commonly referred as Bengal School, was an art movement and a style of Indian painting that originated in Bengal, primarily Kolkata...
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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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    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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    Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal and later Bengal Province, was a province of British India and the largest of all...
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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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    block in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the Greater Siliguri Metropolitan Area...
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  • missionaries and the Indian social reformists. West Bengal has many institutes of higher education like –Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Marine Engineering...
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    Khagen Murmu (category Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal)
    Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from Maldaha Uttar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from West Bengal. He has served four terms as...
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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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    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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    Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha. The Bengal Subah reached it's peak during the reign of Nawab Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan...
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    Agnimitra Paul (category Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal)
    serves as the Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Asansol South and as the President of the West Bengal unit of BJP Mahila Morcha. Prior...
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    Suvendu Adhikari (category Lok Sabha members from West Bengal)
    who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2021 and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from...
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