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88,752 sq.km |
Capital |
Kolkata |
Language |
Bengali |
Districts |
19 |
Population
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80,221,171 |
Literacy |
94.59% |
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| State Bird
: White-throated King Fisher |
State Animal : Fishing
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State Flower
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State Tree : Chatian |
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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. West Bengal covers the
bottle neck of India in the east, stretching from Himalayas
in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. It is bounded
on the north by Sikkim and Bhutan, on the east by Assam and
Bangladesh. On the south by the Bay of Bengal and on the west
by Orissa, Bihar and Nepal. It has therefore, three international
frontiers-to the north, east and west. The state lies between
27o13'15" and 21o25'24" north latitudes and 85o48'20"
and 89o53'04" east longitudes.
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West Bengal celebrates
all religious, commercial and cultural
festivals in great fervor. In fact
the festivals set apart by cheerful
ceremonies, enthusiasm paralleled
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In ancient Bengal, dancing
was popular entertainment. Courtesans and
temple girls (devadasis) were required to
be proficient in the art of dance prescribed
by Bharata in his 'Natysastra'. Popular
forms of dancing were rendered at mundane
celebrations and on other occasions by low-caste
tribes.Song compositions of Rabindranatha
Tagore has the most extensive adaptation
of the all the styles, Hindustani classical
as well as indigenous and European and a
personal styles assimilating and synthesising
all extant styles..More.. |
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Dance
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In ancient Bengal, dancing was popular entertainmentkkkk
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Music
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Kirtan
is a sophisticated style of
vocal music deriving from Dhrupadkkkk
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Hand-made
pottery is predominantly a woman's
art in West Bengal |
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