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  Bengal
Bengal (known locally as Bangala or Vanga) is a region in the northeast of the Indian subcontinent, today comprising the nation of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
Bengal became a political entity during the Bhuddist Pala kings of Bengal in the 6th century.
Bengal's trade and wealth was so vast that the Moghul's called it as the "Paradise of the Nations" in their times.
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 East Bengal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
East Bengal was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly included the modern state of Bangladesh.
Bengal was divided into two provinces on 3rd July 1946 in preparation for the Partition of India - the Hindu-majority West Bengal and the Muslim-majority East Bengal.
The province of East Bengal was administered by ceremonial Governor and an indirectly-elected Chief Minister.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_Bengal_(province)   (682 words)

  
 Informat.io on Bengal
Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia.
Today it is mainly divided between the independent nation of Bangladesh (eastern Bengal), and the Indian federal republic's constitutive state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous kingdom of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are now part of the neighbouring Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa.
East Pakistan (East Bengal) later rebelled against Pakistani military rule to become independent republic of Bangladesh, literally "Land of Bengal", after a war of independence against the Pakistani army in 1971.
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 Mahindra, East Bengal in Big Fight | oHERALDo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
East Bengal lost to Mahindra United at home in Kolkata by a solitary goal, but since then, the Kolkata giants have won seven matches on the trot and have left Mahindra United gasping for breath.
The statistics, however, disguise the fact East Bengal have scored more than three goals on four occasions against relatively tougher opposition while their counterparts have laboured to subdue weak opposition with winning margins that were rarely more than one goal.
The East Bengal spirit is there for all to see as unheralded players call the shots with contributions from the seniors in equal measure.
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 East Bengal Football Club - Famous Players
He has also scored 6 goals for East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan in Calcutta Football League which is a record for the Derby Clashes in the League.
Played for East Bengal in 1938 and from 1940 to 1948 being the Captain of the Club during 1944.
East Bengal won 11-0 which is also the record for the highest margin of victory by the Club in any tournament so far.
www.eastbengalfootballclub.com /club/famousPlayers.asp   (732 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for East Bengal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bengal BENGAL [Bengal], region, 77,442 sq mi (200,575 sq km), E India and Bangladesh, on the Bay of Bengal.
Pakistan is bordered by India on the east, the Arabian Sea on the south, Iran on the southwest, and Afghanistan on the west and north; in the northeast is the
It is bounded on the west by Bangladesh, India, and the Bay of Bengal; on the north and northeast by China; on the east by Laos and Thailand; and on the south by
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=East+Bengal&StartAt=1   (694 words)

  
 The Hindu : East Bengal defeats Vasco
East Bengal staved off a spirited second half challenge from Vasco Sports Club of Goa to win the 14th round match of the Coca-Cola VIII National Football League 1-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Thursday.
East Bengal, which managed to hold Vasco in their first meeting 1-1, was lucky to emerge winner.
East Bengal missed the services of captain Dipak Mondal in the defence, who was out on one-match ban owing to a red card booking in the previous match.
www.hindu.com /2004/03/12/stories/2004031205551800.htm   (365 words)

  
 Kingfisher - Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
East Bengal’s new recruit, Brazilian defender Luiz Octavio Alvez D’Souza put the club ahead in the 10th minute and mid-fielder Dipankar Roy scored the second in the 54th minute in a match largely dominated by the winners.
East Bengal went all out from the very early minutes of the match — considered a "warm-up" before the August 26 derby against Mohun Bagan.
East Bengal continue to attack with the same vigour and in the 54th minute they found the net for the second time through Roy.
kingfisherworld.com /sports/sports-football-index.htm   (416 words)

  
 West Bengal travel guide,west bengal travel,west bengal India tour operators,travel guide west bengal,west bengal ...
East Bengal became the eastern wing of Pakistan and later, with the disintegration of that country, Bangladesh.
The state is ling and narrow, running from the delta of the Ganges River system at the Bay of Bengal in the south to the heights of the Himalaya at Darjeeling in the north.
Later Sasanka became King of Bengal and is said to have played an important role in north-eastern India in the early half of the seventh century.
www.tourmyindia.com /states/west_bengal/index.html   (575 words)

  
 netGuruIndia Sports :: A Date With History : East Bengal Wins ASEAN Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
East Bengal scripted history on Saturday by becoming the first Indian club to win any Asian level football tournament by demolishing Thailand's BEC Terro Sasana 3-1 in the final of the LG ASEAN Cup in Jakarta.
The victory was even sweeter because BEC Terro is the champion club of Asia and had defeated East Bengal in the first league match of the tournament 1-0.
Following this triumph, East Bengal, which is also the Indian National Football League champions, have played 93 matches against foreign teams, winning 44 and losing 27, with 22 games ending in a draw.
www.netguruindia.com /sports/asean2003   (252 words)

  
 Indax - India Web Site- States in India - West Bengal
West Bengal stretches 600 kilometres from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, with a narrow central area cut through by the Ganges River.
Gaur, in Central Bengal, was at one point in its history a city of one million.
Bengal became the cornerstone of the commercial activities of the British East India Company and remained so until India became an official colony of England in the 1850s.
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 Virtual Bangladesh : Commentary : Jinnah's Anti Bangali Design
The seed of colonial mode of governance in East Bengal (East Pakistan) was planted by Jinnah, the Founder of Pakistan.
Aimed at packing the East Pakistan Muslim League with Jinnah loyalists, it was the deliberate policy of Jinnah to either ignore or malign the progressive members of the Bengal Muslim League.
The East Bengal delegates requested that Maulana Akram Khan "be immediately directed to make the membership of the party available to the dissident groups." However, neither representation nor pressure from the dissidents did open the door of the Muslim League for those whose views were at variance with the ruling coterie.
www.virtualbangladesh.com /commentary/jinnah.html   (4129 words)

  
 East Bengal unstoppable
East Bengal continued with its fine performance and made the Shield triumph the third in the series of title wins.
East Bengal won 3-0 as JCT, despite having a clutch of national players, could only provide a meek resistance that underlined a lack of match-practice.
East Bengal found its saviour in right-back Surkumar Singh who scored against an outstanding opposition from Agragami while Mohun Bagan had star schemer Basudev Mondal doing the scoring against a lethargic JCT.
www.indianfootball.com /article/article080.html   (1022 words)

  
 East Bengal form dream team
East Bengal delivered a masterstroke by wresting Baichung Bhutia to complete a dream squad while arch rivals Mohun Bagan failed to cement weaker links in defence during the inter-club transfers this season.
The National Football League champions, who retained their winning combination, barring medio S Venkatesh, further consolidated their strengths by signing Debjit Ghosh and Mahesh Gawli to form the defence line of the national side along with last year's 'Player of the Year' Deepak Mondal.
With the induction of Bhutia upfront making a lethal strike-force along with Nigerian Mike Okoro, the abundance of talent in the middle and a rich reserve bench, East Bengal look too strong for any of their rivals and, in fact, capable of even taking on a Rest of India side.
specials.rediff.com /sports/2003/jun/09eb.htm   (728 words)

  
 Tourism of India - States of India - East India - West Bengal
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.
Bengal has a long history, that dates back to before the Aryan invasion of India.
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.
www.tourismofindia.com /sts/stwestbengal.htm   (480 words)

  
 East Bengal beat Churchill
Defending champions East Bengal utilised the space provided by rival defenders to beat Churchill Brothers 2-0 and scored their first win in the ninth National Football League, at Margao on Sunday.
Since this was the second yellow card for the midfielder in the match, East Bengal had to play the remaining match with 10 players.
East Bengal who looked dangerous in the counter attack had two chances but substitute goalkeeper Vinay Singh did a good job to foil Bhutia from scoring.
www.rediff.com /sports/2005/jan/23nfl.htm   (327 words)

  
 East Bengal beat Dempo, stay in title race
The victory swelled East Bengal's tally to 43 points, one less than second-placed Dempo, and kept them in the hunt for the title.
Today's result kept Sporting, Dempo and East Bengal in the title race (see league table), which will be decided on May 20 when Dempo take on Tollygunge Agragami in Goa, East Bengal clash with another Goan club, Vasco, in Kolkata, and Sporting play Mahindra United in the another match in Goa.
Dempo, who had beaten East Bengal 3-2 in the first leg, reduced the margin seven minutes from the end through a penalty, scored by Clifford Miranda, after Ranty Martins was tripped by M Suresh inside the box.
specials.rediff.com /sports/2005/may/16nfl.htm   (276 words)

  
 East Bengal self-destruct against Mahindras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
MUMBAI, FEB 7: Calcutta's East Bengal dug their own grave when they went down by a solitary goal to Mumbai's Mahindras in a thrilling encounter of the Coca-Cola National Football league at the Cooperage, on Monday.
East Bengal were in a total command from the outset but a stray Mahindra raid midway through the first-half, spelt doom for them.
East Bengal coach Subhash Bhowmick was a dejected man and stated that his side, as usual, plays well in the initial stages but could not convert the chances that come their way.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000208/isp08100.html   (544 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport / Football : East Bengal — only pride to play for
The continental club contest is already a closed chapter for the city giant, which is placed at the bottom of the group A table with only four points after having played five out of the six matches of the two-tier league.
East Bengal, the quarterfinalist in the inaugural AFC Cup last year, is in a dishevelled state tending a big list of injuries, which has grounded almost all the big names in its arsenal.
Needing a win to ensure their position on top of the table, Meredov said he was confident of the existing strength of the team, which will go for the full quota of points against the host.
www.hindu.com /2005/05/25/stories/2005052509881800.htm   (520 words)

  
 AFC Cup Soccer: Bijen does it for East Bengal
East Bengal Club of India handed a 1-0 defeat to Muktijoddah Sangsad KC in their prestigious tie of the AFC Cup Soccer Tournament at the flood-lit Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.
Earlier, Subash of East Bengal got the easiest chance in the 36th minute of the game but his shot was gripped by Aminul.
East Bengal Club of India and Muktijoddha Sangsad Club of Bangladesh earned four points each from their respective five Group-A matches of the AFC Cup Soccer Tournament.
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 East Bengal Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
East Bengal immediately made their impact by not only securing the third position in the Second Division but also went down fighting to Dalhousie A.C., a first division club, in the third round of I.F.A. Shield, only after the fourth meeting, under controversial circumstances.
East Bengal took up their claim with the authorities and despite their rival's protests became co-sharer of the ground in 1922.
In 1948, East Bengal defeated the Chinese Olympic XI 2-0; in 1951, it was the Swedish FC Gothenburg that lost, 0-1; and in 1956, the Chinese Olympic XI lost again, 1-3.
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 Bengal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of the earliest historical references to Bengal as a separate entity is the mention of a land named Gangaridai by the Greeks around 100 BC.
The invaders,under the leadership of Bakhtiar Khiljee, defeated the Sena king Laxmansena at his capital, Nabadwip in 1203 (1204?) The Deva family — the last Hindu dynasty to rule in Bengal — ruled briefly in eastern Bengal, although they were suppressed by the mid-fourteenth century.
India's most populous province, in 1905 Bengal was divided by the British rulers for administrative purposes into an overwhelmingly Hindu west (including present-day Bihar and Orissa) and a predominantly Muslim east (including Assam) (1905 Partition of Bengal).
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 BANGLAPEDIA: East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act 1950 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act 1950 a law relating to tenancies to be held under the state and other matters connected therewith.
Prior to its enactment, agrarian law of Bengal mainly consisted of the Bengal permanent settlement regulations of 1793 and the bengal tenancy act 1885.
Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885 defined the rights and liabilities of the tenants in relation to their superior landlords.
banglapedia.search.com.bd.cob-web.org:8888 /HT/E_0004.htm   (1379 words)

  
 East Bengal overcomes weather to defeat George 2-0
Before that goal in the 69th minute, East Bengal did not look much better than an unorganised George Telegraph.
The relief on the face of Mr Pereira after the first goal, and his decision to replace the player who was making the difference, indicates that a win was all that he wanted.
Telegraph's Goutam Thakur found a loose ball, and dodged past even the East Bengal custodian, but had nobody at the centre to provide the finishing touch.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Sports/20060802/410505.html   (263 words)

  
 East : West Bengal : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The East Bengal club members were meeting on Saturday to decide their stance on Bhowmick.
The West Bengal government sounded an alert in the metropolis and along the Indo-Bangla border.
The battle for control of the Indian cricket board (BCCI) is on after the master of miracles came back from a seemingly hopeless position on Monday and saved five of the six votes his rivals were expecting him to lose.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Dec/09/7170_0,000900030001.htm   (385 words)

  
 East Bengal lift ASEAN Cup
Soon East Bengal went into the lead through a snap goal that totally caught the Thais off guard in the 28th minute.
With their tails up East Bengal mounted further pressure but efforts by Surkumar Singh, Alvito and Duley did not bear fruit.
I m a die hard east bengal fan and i m very proud of your success.
www.rediff.com /sports/2003/jul/26foot2.htm   (871 words)

  
 West Bengal
West Bengal, the gateway to the exotic east - is a land of sheer passion and poetry, natural beauty and strong people, marked by a humaneness, evident in every facet of their life.
From the northern highlands at the feet of the Himalayas to the tropical forests of Sunderbans, West Bengal is a land of myriad beauty, each region different from the other.
Bengal's artistic genius is reflected in numerous ways in its theatre, folk music, literature, films and paintings.
www.tourindia.com /htm/wbengal.htm   (638 words)

  
 West Bengal travel guide - Wikitravel
West Bengal is a state in India's East region.
West Bengal was born with the partition and independnce of India, with millions of refugees pouring into the state.
Bengal is famous for fish preparations and sweet-meat but some of the vegetarian dishes are also a speciality.
wikitravel.org /en/West_Bengal   (678 words)

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