West Bengal is a state in Eastern India. It stretches from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. It is bounded on the north by Sikkim and Bhutan and to its east it has Assam and Bangladesh. On the south it has the Bay of Bengal and in the west it has Bihar, Orissa and Nepal. The state lies between 27°13'15" and 21°o25'24" north latitudes and 85°48'20" and 89°53'04" east longitudes. It has an area of about 88,752.Sq.km. West Bengal was created as a constituent state of the Indian union on 15 August 1947 as the result of partition of the undivided British Indian province of Bengal into West Bengal. It has nineteen districts.
Kolkatta (Calcutta) is the capital of West Bengal and is one of the largest cities in India. Bengali is the official language of the state. The exact origin of the word “bangla” or Bengal” is yet to be known, though it is believed to have been derived from the Dravidian speaking tribe “Banga”. During the Vedic age Bengal was known as Vanga and was the habitat of people belonging to different races. Remnants of the Bengal region date back to 4000 years ago, when the region was occupied by Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman and Austro-Asiatic people. Bengal was one of the four main kingdoms of India during the time of Buddha. From the 3rd to the 6th centuries, it served the kingdom of Magadha. The first recorded independent kind of Bengal was Shashanka.
The land is mostly plain except the northern region, which comes under the Himalayan mountain range. On the basis of landforms, the state can be divided into the following regions:
* Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
* Terai region
* North Bengal plains
* Rarh region
* Coastal plain
* Sunderbans
* Western plateau and high lands
* Ganges delta
At the time of partition Bengal was split into East Bengal and West Bengal. East Bengal became the eastern wing of Pakistan and later, with the disintegration of that country, Bangladesh. West Bengal became a state of India with its largest city, Calcutta, as its capital. The state is long and narrow, running from the delta of the Ganges-river system at the Bay of Bengal in the south to the heights of the Himalayas at Darjeeling in the north. There is not a great deal of interest in the state apart from these two extremes — Calcutta, all noise, confusion and squalor, at one end and Darjeeling, serene and peaceful at the other. Nevertheless the intrepid traveller will find a number of places to consider visiting, either south of Calcutta on the Bay of Bengal or north along the route to Darjeeling.
The region that is now West Bengal was part of a number of empires and kingdoms during the past two millennia. The British East India Company cemented their hold on the region following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, and the city of Calcutta, now Kolkata, served for many years as the capital of British India. A hotbed of the Indian independence movement through the early 20th century, Bengal was divided in 1947 along religious lines into two separate entities, West Bengal—a state of India, and East Bengal, a part of the new nation of Pakistan. Following India's independence in 1947, West Bengal's economic and political systems were dominated for many decades by Marxism, Naxalite movements and trade unionism.
West Bengal is known for its position among the leading industrialized states of India. There are over 10000 registered factories in the state. Tea, Steel, Jute, Sugar, Chemical, Fertilizers, Medicines and Pharmaceuticals are some of the important industries in the state. The state government has opened 'Shilpa bandhu', a single window agency for providing investors with all kinds of assistance in setting up and running industrial unWomen plucking leaves in tea gardensits. The agriculture of the state mainly constitutes crops such as rice, maize, pulses, oil seeds, wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables. Kolkatta is a major hub for the Information Technology. Real estate, financial consultancies, travel and tourism and hotel industry are some other services that contribute to the state economy. Calcutta city is noted as a major centre for industries including the jute industry. Other Major industrial towns are Asansol, Bankura, Baharampu, Durgapur and Malda.
Kolkatta (Calcutta) is the capital of West Bengal and is one of the largest cities in India. Bengali is the official language of the state. The exact origin of the word “bangla” or Bengal” is yet to be known, though it is believed to have been derived from the Dravidian speaking tribe “Banga”. During the Vedic age Bengal was known as Vanga and was the habitat of people belonging to different races. Remnants of the Bengal region date back to 4000 years ago, when the region was occupied by Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman and Austro-Asiatic people. Bengal was one of the four main kingdoms of India during the time of Buddha. From the 3rd to the 6th centuries, it served the kingdom of Magadha. The first recorded independent kind of Bengal was Shashanka.
The land is mostly plain except the northern region, which comes under the Himalayan mountain range. On the basis of landforms, the state can be divided into the following regions:
* Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
* Terai region
* North Bengal plains
* Rarh region
* Coastal plain
* Sunderbans
* Western plateau and high lands
* Ganges delta
At the time of partition Bengal was split into East Bengal and West Bengal. East Bengal became the eastern wing of Pakistan and later, with the disintegration of that country, Bangladesh. West Bengal became a state of India with its largest city, Calcutta, as its capital. The state is long and narrow, running from the delta of the Ganges-river system at the Bay of Bengal in the south to the heights of the Himalayas at Darjeeling in the north. There is not a great deal of interest in the state apart from these two extremes — Calcutta, all noise, confusion and squalor, at one end and Darjeeling, serene and peaceful at the other. Nevertheless the intrepid traveller will find a number of places to consider visiting, either south of Calcutta on the Bay of Bengal or north along the route to Darjeeling.
The region that is now West Bengal was part of a number of empires and kingdoms during the past two millennia. The British East India Company cemented their hold on the region following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, and the city of Calcutta, now Kolkata, served for many years as the capital of British India. A hotbed of the Indian independence movement through the early 20th century, Bengal was divided in 1947 along religious lines into two separate entities, West Bengal—a state of India, and East Bengal, a part of the new nation of Pakistan. Following India's independence in 1947, West Bengal's economic and political systems were dominated for many decades by Marxism, Naxalite movements and trade unionism.
West Bengal is known for its position among the leading industrialized states of India. There are over 10000 registered factories in the state. Tea, Steel, Jute, Sugar, Chemical, Fertilizers, Medicines and Pharmaceuticals are some of the important industries in the state. The state government has opened 'Shilpa bandhu', a single window agency for providing investors with all kinds of assistance in setting up and running industrial unWomen plucking leaves in tea gardensits. The agriculture of the state mainly constitutes crops such as rice, maize, pulses, oil seeds, wheat, barley, potatoes and vegetables. Kolkatta is a major hub for the Information Technology. Real estate, financial consultancies, travel and tourism and hotel industry are some other services that contribute to the state economy. Calcutta city is noted as a major centre for industries including the jute industry. Other Major industrial towns are Asansol, Bankura, Baharampu, Durgapur and Malda.
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