Bengal

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cultural region historical region

Bengal is a historical and cultural region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, known for its rich literary, artistic, and political heritage and now divided between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Bengal region 11
East Bengal 3
West Bengal, India 1

Statements (92)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Bengali Renaissance ⓘ
surface form: Bengal Renaissance

Indian independence movement ⓘ
Language Movement in East Bengal ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater Bay of Bengal ⓘ
colonialPower British Empire ⓘ
Danish colonial empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
French colonial empire ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
culturalIcon Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay ⓘ
Jibanananda Das ⓘ
Kazi Nazrul Islam ⓘ
Michael Madhusudan Dutt ⓘ
Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
Satyajit Ray ⓘ
dividedInto Bengal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Bengal

West Bengal ⓘ
dominantLanguage Bengali ⓘ
economicActivity jute cultivation ⓘ
rice cultivation ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
hasClimate tropical monsoon ⓘ
hasGeographicFeature Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system ⓘ
surface form: Ganges Delta

Sundarbans ⓘ
surface form: Sundarbans mangrove forest

fertile alluvial plains ⓘ
hasHistoricalCapital Dhaka ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata
historicalLanguage Bengali ⓘ
historicalReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
knownFor Bengali Renaissance ⓘ
Bengali ⓘ
surface form: Bengali cinema

Bengali cuisine ⓘ
Bengali literature ⓘ
Bengali music ⓘ
partition of Bengal ⓘ
political activism ⓘ
rich artistic heritage ⓘ
rich literary heritage ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Indian subcontinent ⓘ
majorCity Chittagong ⓘ
Dhaka ⓘ
Howrah ⓘ
Khulna ⓘ
Calcutta ⓘ
surface form: Kolkata

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

India ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
siteOfBattle Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
successorState People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Indian state of West Bengal ⓘ
traditionalCraft jamdani weaving ⓘ
kantha embroidery ⓘ
muslin weaving ⓘ
traditionalFestival Navaratri ⓘ
surface form: Durga Puja

Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
Kali Puja ⓘ
Pohela Boishakh ⓘ
traditionalFood fish and rice ⓘ
traditionalMusic Baul ⓘ
Nazrul Geeti ⓘ
Rabindra Sangeet ⓘ
traditionalSport cricket ⓘ
football ⓘ
kabaddi ⓘ
traditionalSweet mishti doi ⓘ
rasgulla ⓘ
sandesh ⓘ
traditionalTheatre Jatra ⓘ
traversedByRiver Brahmaputra ⓘ
Ganges ⓘ
Meghna ⓘ
underwentEvent Partition of Bengal 1905 ⓘ
Partition of India ⓘ
surface form: Partition of Bengal 1947

Partition of Bengal 1905 ⓘ
surface form: Reunification of Bengal 1911
wasProvinceOf British India ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
wasRegionOf Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Gupta Empire ⓘ
Maurya Empire ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
surface form: Nawab of Bengal

Pala Empire ⓘ
Sena dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

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

tanka → region → Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bengal region
Ghare-Baire → setInPlace → Bengal ⓘ
Anandamath → setInRegion → Bengal ⓘ
Chokher Bali → settingPlace → Bengal ⓘ
Kabuliwala → settingRegion → Bengal ⓘ
Pala Empire → territory → Bengal ⓘ
Battle of Buxar → theatre → Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bengal region