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Indian States
Information West Bengal
Bengal has a long history, that dates back to before the Aryan invasion of India. Known as 'Gauda' or 'Vanga' in ancient Sanskrit literature, Bengal had a well-settled civilization and culture when the Aryans came. It was an integral part of successive empires of the Mauryas and Guptas. It also had its own dynasty of independent rulers, the Palas, who extended the state boundaries considerably. The Senas and the Muslim Sultanate, who occupied Bengal, shaped its' distinct identity. Modern Bengal's history began with the advent of European and English trading companies. The end of British imperialism saw a divided Bengal in 1947, with East Bengal (now the sovereign state of Bangladesh) becoming a part of Pakistan. The cradle of Indian renaissance and the national freedom movement, West Bengal has long been considered by many as the cultural centre of India. Its' artistic genius is reflected in numerous ways, in its theatre, folk music, literature, films and paintings. A land of aesthetes and political activists, West Bengal is famous for its many eminent writers, poets, artists, spiritualists, social reformers, freedom fighters and revolutionaries. Cities Kolkata Kolkata, three hundred years old, traces its history to the landing of Robert Clive on the banks of the Hooghly beside three villages. Kolkata was the first headquarters of the East India Company, and it was from here that the British Raj was launched in India. However, the city's 300 years' of history has seen it host other communities - Chinese, Armenians, Jews - all of whom have left their imprint in pockets of Kolkata. If Delhi is the political capital of the nation, and Mumbai its financial capital, then Kolkata has long been acknowledged as its' intellectual capital. Poets, thinkers, writers and film directors of international renown hail from this city where avant garde plays and art exhibitions go on show practically every day of the year. Kolkata is a city with a soul and its' residents are passionately fond of it. Visit:
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Places to Interest : Darjeeling West Bengal's most popular hill station is a slice of England 2,134 metres above sea level. Surrounded by tea gardens growing the prized leaf known as "Darjeeling", the little town faces some of the Himalaya's highest peaks. Darjeeling is an abrupt variation from the lowlands of West Bengal. Buddhism is a major faith here, and Darjeeling and the nearby town of Kalimpong have, between them, several Buddhist monasteries, chiefly of the Yellow Hat sect. Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary South of Kolkata on the Bay of Bengal is the area known as the Sunderbans, part of the world's largest estuarine delta formed by the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers. Sunderbans is home to the elusive Royal Bengal tiger, and a World Heritage listed park. The dense forests, fringed by mangrove jungles, are truly one of the great wild areas of the world. Most journeys through these humid forests are done by boat. Shantiniketan 136 km from Kolkata is this one-of-its- kind university, started by Rabindranath Tagore as an experimental open-air classroom. Vishnupur The temples of Vishnupur are an architectural treasure trove. Digha The seven km long flat, hard beach, dotted with casuarina plantations, is close to the border with Orissa and a 5 hour drive from Kolkata. Here the river Hooghly becomes indistinguishable from the Bay of Bengal. |
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West
Bengal covers the bottleneck of India in the east, stretching from the
Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. It shares
international boundaries with Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal, and national
borders with Sikkim, Assam, Orissa and Bihar. The alluvial plain in the
south is watered by the legendary River Hooghly and its tributaries, while
the Himalayan north is watered by the swift flowing Tista, Torsa, Jaldhaka
and Ranjit rivers. The terrain varies from the northern highlands at the
feet of the Himalayas to the tropical forests of Sunderbans.