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	West Bengal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neighbouring regions are Nepal to the northwest, Sikkim and Bhutan to the north, Assam to the northeast, Bangladesh to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the south, Orissa to the southwest and Jharkhand and Bihar to the west.
		With a total area of 88,853 km², West Bengal is on the eastern bottle-neck of India, stretching from the Himalayas in the North to the Bay of Bengal in the south.
		West Bengal's climate is transitional between tropical savanna in the southern portions and humid subtropical in the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Bengal (1662 words)

	West Bengal - India travel & tourism information
		The Himalayan north, comprising the districts of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Bihar are watered by the swift flowing rivers Tista, Torsa, Jaldhaka and Ranjit.
		Although in area West Bengal ranks as one of the smaller states of India, it is one of the largest in population.
		Bengal was ruled by various Muslim rulers and governors till the Mughal period in sixteenth century.
	www.bharatheritage.in /west-bengal (872 words)

	Welcome to West Bengal, INDIA
		Situated in the east of India, West Bengal is stretches from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the South.
		Hooghly and its tributaries - Mayurakshi, Damodar, Kangsabati and the Rupnarayan, enrich the soils of Bengal.
		West Bengal, like many other places in the world, is a place of contrasts- a curious blend of the old and the new, partly feudal, partly born out of growing urbanization, partly undefinable.
	www.wb.nic.in /westbg/west2.asp (418 words)

	Nadia District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nadia is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of the Republic of India.
		It is dominated by the Congress and District Magistrate Mr.
		The district was named after the renowned Indian pioneer and poet Nadia Quraishi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nadia_district (145 words)

	Millions vote peacefully in Left citadel West Bengal
		Election Commission officials put the vote turnout at over 65 percent in the districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura hit by Maoist violence, and the authorities and independent analysts agreed it was a free, fair and peaceful 10-hour exercise.
		Polling was held for 21 seats in West Midnapore, 11 in Purulia and 13 in Bankura.
		West Midnapore's Keshpur, where a whopping 95 percent votes were cast in some booths till afternoon, was under the scanner because of its history of political violence and the overwhelming winning margin of CPI-M candidates.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060418/308792.html (597 words)

	Beaches, tourism and travel guide on India from chooseindiatravels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		West Bengal is the gateway to the beautiful north eastern states of India where the visitor can only gaze in wonder at the pristine beauty.
		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.
		West Bengal is known for its fertility, which makes is it one of the largest producer of Jute.
	www.chooseindia.com /tourism/wb/info.html (676 words)

	Polling begins in three West Bengal districts
		in three Maoist-affected southern districts of West Bengal Monday in the first of the five-phase state assembly elections under heavy security in the wake of a boycott call by the rebels.
		All eyes would be on the eight Maoist-violence racked constituencies of Binpur, Salbani and Garbeta West in West Midnapore, Banduan in Purulia and Ranibandh, Raipur, Simlapal and Sarenga in Bankura district.
		Keshpur in West Midnapore, where Rameswar Dolui is the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate, is under the scanner because of a history of political violence in the area.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060417/308393.html (401 words)

	Indian States - West Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		West Bengal is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse states of India.The people of India inherit their identity and aspirations from the larger Indian mosaic and from the civilizations across the shore.
		West Bengal is one of the country's top state for export of finished leather goods.
		West Bengal is the leader and pioneer in the country for the manufacturing of Jute Textiles.
	www.indiainbusiness.nic.in /indian-states/westbengal/Advantages.htm (419 words)

	arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh/India
		A minimum of 6 million people including about 2 million children belonging to 9 out of the total 18 districts of West Bengal were drinking arsenic contaminated water which contains arsenic more than the maximum permissible limit set by WHO (which is 50 mg/l) and about 300,000 are already suffering from arsenic related diseases.
		This finding proves that most probably these companies are using ground water from contaminated districts for their injection ampoules and while water was purified, arsenic was properly removed in some batches, the same had not been done always.
		West Bengal and Bangladesh have been referred to as the land of rivers and rains.
	www.sos-arsenic.net /english/westbengal,india.html (3379 words)

	Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
		Although the total population of the 42 districts in Bangladesh and the nine affected districts in West Bengal are approximately 80 million and 42 million, respectively, it does not mean that all of the individuals are drinking arsenic-contaminated water and will suffer from arsenic toxicity.
		Epidemiologic research is needed in the arsenic-affected areas of West Bengal and Bangladesh to characterize and quantify the arsenic-related public health burden and to document the long-term health benefits of arsenic exposure reduction.
		In Bangladesh and West Bengal, the surface resources of sweet water such as rivers, wetlands, flooded river basins, and oxbow lakes are among the largest in the world.
	aquaticpath.umd.edu /appliedtox/chowdhury-full.html (3780 words)

	Groundwater arsenic contamination in West Bengal
		A summary of the present arsenic status in the 9 arsenic affected districts (South 24-Pargana, North 24-Pargana, Howrah, Hooghly, Bardhaman, Nadia, Murshidabad, Malda and South Calcutta) of West Bengal, as revealed by our survey during the last 17 years is presented in Table-1.
		Even after working for the last 17 years in the arsenic affected areas of West Bengal, we have realized that we are still merely seeing the tip of the iceberg.
		This is to inform that West Bengal is known as the land of rivers and lakes.
	www.soesju.org /arsenic/wb.htm (790 words)

	XIII LOK SABHA DEBATES, Session I
		Besides Orissa, all the districts of West Bengal and a major part of Bihar and the coastal parts of Andhra Pradesh, particularly, Srikakulam district, were badly affected.
		In West Bengal, all the blocks in 14 districts were badly affected, due to the effect of cyclonic storm.
		In the State of West Bengal, the Government had held an all-Party meeting in the Writers' Building and a unanimous resolution was passed in which an amount of Rs.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls13/ses1/3028109901.htm (2967 words)

	Districts of Bengal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The city is 97km from state capital Calcutta by rail and one of the major rail junction in West Bengal.
		Siraj-ud-Dawlah the last nawab of Bengal was defeated by British at the battale of Palashi(1757) and thereby the first stone of British empire was laid.
		District Headquarter is also called Darjeeling, situated 305 miles north of Calcutta and is well connected by major road, rail, and air connections with the metropolis.
	www.infobengal.com /html/Districts.html (1876 words)

	Poush Mela, West Bengal, shantiniketan, fairs and festivals of india, poet Rabindranath Tagore.
		With its predominantly agrarian population and a clutch of locally popular Hindu shrines, Bibun would have remained one of the laidback districts of West Bengal, if it was not for Shantiniketan.
		The westernmost corner of Bengal, Birbhum is a red laterite soil zone, watered by the several rain-fed rivulets.
		West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation’s Shantiniketan Tourist Lodge at Bolpur Ph : 03463-52699 and Hotel Rangamati with is opposite to it is mid-budget but clean and comfortable.
	www.indiaprofile.com /fairs-festivals/poushmela.htm (1533 words)

	Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bengal became Islamic starting in the 13th century and developed into a wealthy centre of trade and industry under the Mughal Empire during the 16th century.
		The Partition of India saw Bengal divided between the two new countries: an eastern part called East Bengal corresponding to what is now Bangladesh, and a western part, the Indian state of West Bengal.
		East Pakistan was dominated and neglected by West Pakistan, which comprised the rest of Pakistan (West Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, and the Northwest Frontier Province).
	bangladesh.iqnaut.net (2551 words)

	Pakistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pakistan was formed on August 14, 1947 with two Muslim-majority wings in the eastern and northwestern regions of the South Asia, separated by Hindu-majority India, and comprising the provinces of Balochistan, East Bengal, the North-West Frontier Province, West Punjab and Sindh.
		The provinces and the capital territory are subdivided into a total of 107 districts which contain numerous tehsils and local governments.
		To the west of the Indus are the dry, hilly deserts of Balochistan; to the east are the rolling sand dunes of the Thar Desert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pakistan (4889 words)

	West Bengal, Kerala set for polls today : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Four more southern districts of West Bengal go to the polls on Saturday in the second round of staggered assembly elections the ruling Left Front hopes to win hands down.
		As everywhere in West Bengal, the main battle will be between the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee.
		In Nadia district, illegal migration of Bangladeshis is a major problem and an election issue.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1679925,001302200000.htm (1012 words)

	sheep and goat breeds of india
		West Bengal's mountain regions are Darjeeling, Sandakpu, Phalut, Tanglu and Midnapur, while the plains and table-lands are mainly in Jalpaiguri, Cooch Bihar, Dinajpur and Malda.
		South Bihar and West Orissa have red and yellow soils, while the soils of East Orissa and West Bengal are red sandy to red loamy.
		The total Bengal-type goat population in the States of West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, according to the 1972 census, was 14.164 m, of which 2.198 m adult males and 6.257 m adult females.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/X6532E/X6532E05.htm (2327 words)

	The Hindu : New Delhi News : Paramilitary forces to be deployed in three districts of West Bengal
		A heavy deployment of security personnel including the State police was required in areas affected by Maoist insurgency to instil confidence among voters and poll personnel alike, he said.
		It had earlier issued a directive extending the West Bengal Prevention of Defacement of Property Act 1976 to all districts of the State.
		A team of 20 observers which had been sent recently to the State by the Election Commission have completed their tour of the districts and will be returning to the capital where it will submit its report to the Chief Election Commissioner on March 9, Mr.
	www.hindu.com /2006/03/08/stories/2006030815500400.htm (443 words)

	The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Feature Stories - October 2005
		The independent (i.e., explanatory) variables are the annual average growth rates of income, decadal change in urban-rural population ratio, and decadal change in male and female literacy rates in different districts of West Bengal during the period 1991-2001.
		Lastly, there is a positive impact of the change in urban-rural population ratio in the districts of West Bengal on the annual average growth rate of the places of worship.
		4 Border Districts are the districts adjacent to the international borders, i.e., border between India and Bangladesh, and border between India and Bhutan.
	www.harekrsna.com /sun/features/10-05/features84.htm (3870 words)

	PMID: 15124845 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The paediatric age group (up to 10 y), in the districts of Burdwan, Bankura, Midnapore and Purulia of West Bengal, India, was assessed for recent activity of these viruses, for 4 consecutive years from 1996 to 1999.
		This indicates that the JE virus is in recent circulation in the population of these four districts, and as the majority of children lack substantial immunity to JE virus, they may be affected by an epidemic.
		CONCLUSION: Children up to 10 y of age in the four districts of West Bengal are mostly non-immune to JE virus.
	invention.swmed.edu /cgi-bin/etblast/abstract_local?pmid=15124845&user_id=107540017 (286 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Arsenic poisoning hits parts of Tripura
		After West Bengal and the bordering districts of Bangladesh, Tripura is also being affected by arsenic poisoning, caused by increased use of tainted ground water.
		Though Comilla and Sylhet districts of Bangladesh, bordering west Tripura's Sonamura, Bishalgarh and Khowai sub-divisions, are worst-affected, these officials said other parts of the state also face the threat, specially Belonia in south Tripura and Kailashawar in north Tripura.
		Chakraborty said the worst affected districts of West Bengal were Nadia, Malda, Burdwan,south 24 Parganas and Murshidabad.
	www.rediff.com /news/oct/13as.htm (479 words)

	ENDANGERED GENERATIONS :
		Arsenic contamination of groundwater and its human consequences in three villages from two districts of the state of West Bengal in the eastern part of India was first brought to attention in 1982.
		Yet the Government of West Bengal has steadily ignored or deliberately reduced the extent of this environmental hazard.
		In August 2000 a high-ranking official of the state government told in an international meeting in Bangladesh that West Bengal had only 450 arsenic patients from all arsenic affected districts and that arsenic-free drinking water is supplied to people in the affected areas through a pipeline network.
	www.physics.harvard.edu /~wilson/arsenic/countries/bangladesh/Chakraborti/Chakraborti-Jan-2002.html (3363 words)

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		Poor management and negligence has compelled villagers in several districts of West Bengal to drink water contaminated by arsenic even 18 years after the calamity was first discovered.
		Till January, 1999 the status of the arsenic calamity in West Bengal was like this: 1000 villages/ wards in 69 blocks are affected in 9 districts (including southern part of Calcutta).
		So far from the affected 9 districts we have examined 29,000 people from arsenic affected villages of 7 districts (Hooghly and Howrah have not yet covered for patient) and 14% have been identified with skin lesions.
	www.physics.harvard.edu /~wilson/arsenic/countries/india/arsenic_orphans_Chakriborti.html (1201 words)

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