Indian state of West Bengal

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administrative territorial entity state of India

The Indian state of West Bengal is a culturally rich and densely populated eastern state of India, known for its capital Kolkata, its literary and artistic heritage, and its historical role in the Bengal region.

Aliases (1)

West Bengal ×89

Statements (89)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → state of India →
additionalOfficialLanguage	English →
associatedWithPerson	Amartya Sen → Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → Rabindranath Tagore → Satyajit Ray → Subhas Chandra Bose → Swami Vivekananda →
bordersCountry	Bangladesh → Bhutan → Nepal →
bordersState	Assam → Bihar → Jharkhand → Odisha → Sikkim → Tripura →
capital	Kolkata →
contains	Asansol → Bankura → Darjeeling → Durgapur → Haldia → Howrah → Kalimpong → Murshidabad → Purulia → Siliguri → Sundarbans →
country	India →
demonym	Bengali →
governingBody	Government of West Bengal →
hasAirport	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport →
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate → tropical savanna climate →
hasCoastlineOn	Bay of Bengal →
hasCulturalFestival	Durga Puja → Kali Puja → Poila Boishakh →
hasMajorPort	Haldia Port → Kolkata Port →
hasMountainRange	Eastern Himalayas →
hasProtectedArea	Gorumara National Park → Jaldapara National Park → Sundarbans National Park →
highCourt	Calcutta High Court →
historicalEvent	Bengal Renaissance → Partition of Bengal 1947 →
historicalRegionIncludes	East Bengal → West Bengal →
ISOCode	IN-WB →
knownFor	Bengali cinema → Bengali literature → Durga Puja festival → artistic heritage → cultural richness → literary heritage →
largestCity	Kolkata →
legislature	West Bengal Legislative Assembly →
locatedIn	eastern India →
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time →
majorAgriculturalProduct	jute → rice → tea →
majorIndustry	information technology → jute industry → petrochemicals → steel → tea industry →
majorRiver	Ganges → Hooghly River →
officialLanguage	Bengali →
partOfRegion	Bengal region →
primaryReligion	Hinduism →
significantReligion	Buddhism → Christianity → Islam → Sikhism →
traditionalCuisineItem	fish curry → rasgulla → sandesh →
traditionalMusic	Baul music → Rabindra Sangeet →
traditionalSport	cricket → football →
traditionalTheatre	Jatra →
UTCOffset	+05:30 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	WB →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bengali literature →	primaryRegions
Bengal →	successorState