eastern India

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region of India

Eastern India is a culturally diverse and historically rich region of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing states along the Bay of Bengal such as West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, and Jharkhand.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern India 9
East India 1

Statements (93)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of India ⓘ
borders Bay of Bengal ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasClimateType humid subtropical climate ⓘ
tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic high linguistic diversity ⓘ
rich literary traditions ⓘ
strong folk music and dance traditions ⓘ
hasHistoricalSite Bodh Gaya ⓘ
Gaur ⓘ
Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
Nalanda ⓘ
hasImportantAgriculturalProduct jute ⓘ
oilseeds ⓘ
pulses ⓘ
rice ⓘ
tea ⓘ
hasImportantCoalfield Bokaro coalfield ⓘ
Jharia coalfield ⓘ
Raniganj coalfield ⓘ
hasImportantCuisine Bengali cuisine ⓘ
Bihari cuisine ⓘ
Jharkhandi cuisine ⓘ
Odia cuisine ⓘ
hasImportantEcosystem Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Chota Nagpur Plateau forests

Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forest
hasImportantFestival Chhath Puja ⓘ
Diwali ⓘ
Durga Puja ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
Rath Yatra ⓘ
hasImportantIndustrialArea Durgapur-Asansol industrial belt ⓘ
Jamshedpur industrial region ⓘ
Rourkela industrial region ⓘ
hasImportantMineral bauxite ⓘ
coal ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
mica ⓘ
hasImportantMountainRange Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
hasImportantPort Haldia Port ⓘ
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata Port

Paradip Port ⓘ
hasLargestCity Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
hasMajorCity Bhubaneswar ⓘ
Cuttack ⓘ
Jamshedpur industrial region ⓘ
surface form: Jamshedpur

Patna ⓘ
Ranchi ⓘ
hasMajorReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
Sikhism ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Subarnarekha River ⓘ
surface form: Brahmani River

Ganges ⓘ
Hooghly River ⓘ
Mahanadi River ⓘ
surface form: Mahanadi

Subarnarekha River ⓘ
hasMajorTribe Ho ⓘ
Munda ⓘ
Santhal ⓘ
surface form: Oraon

Santhal ⓘ
hasMajorUniversity Jadavpur University ⓘ
Patna University ⓘ
Ranchi University ⓘ
University of Calcutta ⓘ
Utkal University ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Maithili ⓘ
Nepali ⓘ
Odia ⓘ
Santhali ⓘ
surface form: Santali

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
hasSubregion Bengal region ⓘ
Chota Nagpur Plateau ⓘ
Magadh region ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha region
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Bodh Gaya ⓘ
surface form: Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya

Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans National Park
includesState Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

Sikkim ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
includesUnionTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
partOf South Asia ⓘ
surface form: Indian subcontinent
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ

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

Indo-Aryan languages → dominantIn → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: East India
Asiatic lion → historicalRange → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Bay of Bengal → influencesClimateOf → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Bihar → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Calcutta → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Champaran → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Cuttack → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Hooghly River → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Jharkhand → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Odisha (parts) → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Orissa → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Son River → locatedIn → eastern India ⓘ
Madhubani district → locatedInRegion → eastern India ⓘ
Palashi → locatedInRegion → eastern India ⓘ
Patna → locatedInRegion → eastern India ⓘ
Samastipur district → locatedInRegion → eastern India ⓘ
Battle of Buxar → location → eastern India ⓘ
Eastern Air Command → operatesInRegion → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Alivardi Khan → region → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Arrah → region → eastern India ⓘ
Austroasiatic → region → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Dravidian languages → region → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Howrah → region → eastern India ⓘ
Jadavpur University → region → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Kurukh → region → eastern India ⓘ
Maithili → region → eastern India ⓘ
Presidency College, Kolkata → region → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
Sena dynasty → region → eastern India ⓘ
West Bengal → region → eastern India ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern India
University of Calcutta → regionServed → eastern India ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → spokenInHistorical → eastern India ⓘ
Santhali → spokenInRegion → eastern India ⓘ
Najafi dynasty → territorialExtent → eastern India ⓘ