West Bengal

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


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

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