West Bengal

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state of India

West Bengal is an eastern Indian state known for its cultural heritage, literature, and the metropolis of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).

Aliases (3)

Statements (172)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	state of India →
additionalOfficialLanguage	English →
bordersBodyOfWater	Bay of Bengal →
bordersCountry	Bangladesh → Bhutan → Nepal →
bordersState	Assam → Bihar → Jharkhand → Odisha → Sikkim →
capital	Kolkata →
chiefMinisterTitle	Chief Minister of West Bengal →
containsCity	Asansol → Durgapur → Howrah → Kolkata → Siliguri →
containsProtectedArea	Bhitarkanika is not in West Bengal → Buxa Tiger Reserve → Gorumara National Park → Jaldapara National Park → Neora Valley National Park → Singalila National Park → Sundarbans National Park →
containsTown	Alipurduar → Baharampur → Bakkhali → Bally → Balurghat → Bankura → Baranagar → Bardhaman → Barrackpore → Basirhat → Bhatpara → Bolpur → Bongaon → Chandannagar → Contai → Cooch Behar → Darjeeling → Diamond Harbour → Dum Dum → Gangasagar → Habra → Haldia → Halisahar → Hugli-Chuchura → Islampur → Jalpaiguri → Jangipur → Jhargram → Kalimpong → Kalyani → Kanchrapara → Kharagpur → Krishnanagar → Kulti → Kurseong → Malda → Mayapur → Medinipur → Mirik → Murshidabad → Nabadwip → Naihati → New Town → Panihati → Purulia → Raiganj → Raniganj → Rishra → Salt Lake City (Bidhannagar) → Santiniketan → Serampore → South Dum Dum → Sundarbans → Tamluk → Tarakeswar → Tarapith → Titagarh → Uluberia →
country	India →
famousSweet	Mishti Doi → Rasgulla → Sandesh →
firstMetroInIndia	Kolkata Metro →
formationYear	1947 →
formedBy	partition of Bengal Presidency →
formerName	Calcutta →
governorTitle	Governor of West Bengal →
hasAirport	Bagdogra Airport → Balurghat Airport → Cooch Behar Airport → Durgapur Airport → Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport →
hasCricketStadium	Eden Gardens →
hasCricketTeam	Bengal cricket team →
hasCulturalIcon	Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay → Kazi Nazrul Islam → Mother Teresa → Rabindranath Tagore → Satyajit Ray → Subhas Chandra Bose → Swami Vivekananda →
hasFootballStadium	Salt Lake Stadium →
hasIndustry	coal mining → information technology → jute industry → steel industry → tea industry →
hasIPLTeam	Kolkata Knight Riders →
hasITHub	New Town, Kolkata → Sector V, Salt Lake →
hasMajorPort	Haldia Port → Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata →
hasMajorUniversity	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur → Indian Statistical Institute → Jadavpur University → Presidency University, Kolkata → University of Calcutta → Visva-Bharati University →
hasMetroSystem	Kolkata Metro →
hasMountainRange	Darjeeling Himalayas →
hasRailwayZoneHeadquarters	Eastern Railway → Northeast Frontier Railway (partly) → South Eastern Railway →
hasRegion	Coastal plain → Dooars → Rarh region → Sundarbans delta → Terai →
hasScript	Bengali script →
hasUNESCOSite	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway → Santiniketan → Sundarbans National Park →
highCourt	Calcutta High Court →
historicalRegion	Bengal →
isoCode	IN-WB →
knownFor	Baul music → Bengali cinema → Bengali literature → Durga Puja festival → Rabindra Sangeet → cuisine including fish and sweets → rich cultural heritage →
largestCity	Kolkata →
legislativeBody	West Bengal Legislative Assembly →
legislatureType	unicameral →
locatedIn	eastern India →
majorReligion	Hinduism → Islam →
minorityReligion	Buddhism → Christianity → Jainism → Sikhism →
officialLanguage	Bengali →
region	Eastern India → Indo-Gangetic Plain →
sharesCulturalHeritageWith	Bangladesh →
stateAnimal	Fishing cat →
stateBird	White-throated kingfisher →
stateFlower	Night-flowering jasmine →
stateSong	Banglar Mati Banglar Jol →
stateSport	football →
stateTree	Chatim tree →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →
traversedByRiver	Ganges → Hooghly River →
utcOffset	+05:30 →
vehicleRegistrationCode	WB →

Referenced by (71)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eden Gardens → Fort William, Kolkata → Government House, Calcutta → Hooghly River → Howrah Bridge → Indian Museum → Jadavpur University → Jorasanko Thakur Bari → Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata → Palashi → St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata → University of Calcutta → Victoria Memorial → Visva-Bharati University → Writers’ Building →	locatedIn
Barrackpore → Hooghly River → Howrah → Jadavpur University → Murshidabad → Presidency College, Kolkata → Santiniketan →	state
Jibanananda Das → Nabaneeta Dev Sen → Satyajit Ray → Satyendra Nath Bose → Tenzing Norgay →	placeOfDeath
Assamese → Bengali → Jorasanko Thakur Bari →	region
Assam → Jharkhand →	borderedBy
Calcutta → Palashi →	locatedInState
Bose → Dasgupta →	regionOfOrigin
Bengali script → Eastern Nagari script →	usedIn
Rajshahi ("Indian state of West Bengal") →	adjacentTo
Radcliffe Line →	affectsRegion
Indo-Mauritians →	ancestralOrigin
Indo-Caribbean people →	ancestralRegion
Namami Gange →	basinStates
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak →	birthPlace
Bihar →	bordersState
Calcutta →	capitalOf
Pohela Boishakh →	celebratedIn
Bengal →	dividedInto
Kali Puja →	especiallyProminentIn
Teesta River →	flowsThrough
Bodo language →	hasMinorityLanguageStatusIn
Santhali →	hasOfficialStatusIn
Indian Jews →	historicalPresence
West Bengal →	historicalRegionIncludes
Eastern India →	includesState
Teesta River →	irrigationProjectIn
Siege of Calcutta →	locatedInPresentDay
Kali →	majorRegionOfWorship
Chhath Puja →	observedIn
Makar Sankranti →	observedInState
Urdu →	officialLanguageOf
Hindi Belt →	partiallyIncludesState
Bengal →	partiallyLocatedIn
Palashi ("state of West Bengal") →	partOf
Swami Prabhupada →	placeOfBirth
Sen →	regionOfPrevalence
University of Calcutta →	regionServed
Magahi →	spokenIn
Santhali →	spokenInIndianState
Dhol →	usedInRegion
Satyajit Ray →	workLocation