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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
State of West Bengal 4
Indian state of West Bengal canonical 3

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 People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Bhutan ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
bordersState Assam ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

Sikkim ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
capital Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
surface form: Poila Boishakh
hasMajorPort Haldia Port ⓘ
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata Port
hasMountainRange Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Gorumara National Park ⓘ
Jaldapara National Park ⓘ
Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans National Park
highCourt Calcutta High Court ⓘ
historicalEvent Bengali Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Bengal Renaissance

Partition of Bengal 1947 ⓘ
historicalRegionIncludes Bengal ⓘ
surface form: East Bengal

West Bengal ⓘ
ISOCode WB ⓘ
surface form: IN-WB
knownFor Bengali cinema ⓘ
Bengali literature ⓘ
Durga Puja ⓘ
surface form: Durga Puja festival

artistic heritage ⓘ
cultural richness ⓘ
literary heritage ⓘ
largestCity Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Bengal region
primaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
significantReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
traditionalCuisineItem fish curry ⓘ
rasgulla ⓘ
sandesh ⓘ
traditionalMusic Baul ⓘ
surface form: Baul music

Rabindra Sangeet ⓘ
traditionalSport cricket ⓘ
football ⓘ
traditionalTheatre Jatra ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode WB ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal → successorState → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
Bengali literature → primaryRegions → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
French India → successorAdministrativeUnit → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of West Bengal
Bengali people → associatedWith → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
West Bengal Forest Department → jurisdiction → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of West Bengal
Howrah Bridge Act → enforcedIn → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of West Bengal
Netaji Subhas Open University → jurisdiction → Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of West Bengal