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  Reference for List of people from West Bengal - Search.com
This is a list of famous and notable people from West Bengal, India.
Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present.
This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali Refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, or those who were based in Calcutta prior to partition and chose not to return to their ancestral districts.
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  West Bengal Summary
To its east and northeast, West Bengal borders Bangladesh and the Indian state of Assam; to its south and south-east lie the Bay of Bengal and the state of Orissa; to its west lie Jharkhand and Bihar; to the northwest is Nepal; to the north are Sikkim and Bhutan.
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.
www.bookrags.com /West_Bengal   (2198 words)

  
 West Bengal Hotel Guide and Rating - West Bengal Hotel List - West Bengal Hotel Reviews - Ask West Bengal City Experts
West Bengal has its boundaries kissing with three international countries, which are, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
The population of West Bengal as per the 1991 census was around 68,077,965.
West Bengal, located in the eastern division of the Indian isthmus, is one of the most racially and ethnically assorted states of India.
www.indiahotelreview.com /state-west-bengal.htm   (508 words)

  
 West Bengal: Encyclopedia - West Bengal
West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India.
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.
Bengal was ruled by the Buddhist Pala dynasty from 750 to 1161.
www.experiencefestival.com /a/West_Bengal/id/2002033   (1406 words)

  
 West Bengal travel guide - Wikitravel
West Bengal [1] is a state in India's East region.
West Bengal was born with the partition and independence of India, with millions of refugees pouring into the state.
West Bengal serves as entry point for some of the neighbouring states, particularly Sikkim and the North East and also for Bhutan.
wikitravel.org /en/West_Bengal   (682 words)

  
  List of people from West Bengal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of famous and notable people from West Bengal, India.
Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present.
This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali Refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947, or those who were based in Calcutta prior to partition and chose not to return to their ancestral districts.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_people_from_West_Bengal   (302 words)

  
 West Bengal Resource Page - cabinet ministers of west bengal
Bengal was ruled by the Buddhist Pala dynasty from 750 to 1161.
Bengal came under Islamic rule starting in the 13th century, and developed into a wealthy centre of trade and industry under the Mughal Empire during the 16th century.
Also from West Bengal is the famous Indian singer in films, Kishore Kumar (a Bengali by lineage but born in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, India), as well as the world-famous sitarist Ravi Shankar.
www.bizhisto.com /West-Bengal-cabinet-ministers-of-west-bengal.html   (1102 words)

  
 THE GREAT HOLOCAUST OF BENGAL
Bengal was overcrowded with refugees as well as with retreating soldiers from various British colonies which were temporarily occupied by the Japanese.
Yet, during the past five and a half decades, the number of starvation deaths in East Bengal (or West Bengal) is not even one per cent of the number of people that died of starvation during the half-century before independence.
Bengal was a victim of a criminal act perpetrated for more than one and three quarters of a century.
www.samarthbharat.com /bengalholocaust.htm   (2114 words)

  
 Political Affairs Magazine - India: Elections in West Bengal
West Bengal has 3 per cent of total land in the country but accounts for 22 per cent of the total redistributed land.
That the Left Front government of West Bengal is the bastion of the process of consolidation of the Left and democratic forces in the country is an established fact.
The Left Front government of West Bengal and its record of achievement are not only a product of people’s struggle within the state alone but also an expression of the aspirations of the entire democratic and patriotic people in the country.
www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/3214/1/161   (2138 words)

  
 Kolkata travel guide, Calcutta travel guide, West Bengal travel map, West Bengal travel guides
Although in area West Bengal ranks as one of the smaller states of India, it is one of the largest in population.
Later Sasanka became the king of Bengal and is said to have played an important role in the early half of the seventh century.
Bengal was ruled by various Muslim rulers and governors till the Mughal period in sixteenth century.
www.mapsofindia.com /stateprofiles/westbengal   (1108 words)

  
 History of Bangladesh
The territory inhabited by Bengal-speaking people goes beyond the boundary of Bengal, which stretches from the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south, from Brahmaputra, Kangsa, and Surma in the east to Nagar, Barakar and Suvarnerekha in the west.
Greek and Latin writers refer to the ancient people of Bengal as the Gangaridai or the 'people of the Ganges region.' Historians of Alexander refer to the Gangaridai, a people who lived in the lower Ganges and its tributaries.
King of Bengal, who is believed to have reigned during the last half of the tenth century A.D. In a later hand it seems to indicate that the manuscript was recited on the banks of the river Veng in Jessore, Bangladesh.
www.bongoz.com /history   (7883 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In their report to the apex court in mid-August, commissioners.C. Saxena and S.R. Sankaran observed that the list of people below poverty line was not drawn up transparently and “little was done to publicise the issue and foster public participation”.
Gram sansads (as gram sabhas are called in West Bengal) were not involved at all,” says the report.
The Bengal government completed this exercise well before May and a large number of families — about a fifth of the previous below poverty line population — was removed from the list.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030922/asp/bengal/story_2389332.asp   (345 words)

  
 A RECORD IN WEST BENGAL
The rapid strides made by West Bengal in agriculture and allied sectors, certain policy initiatives and political stability under the Left Front are factors that have spurred industrial growth in the State.
Although West Bengal has less than 4 per cent of the total agricultural land in the country, nearly 20 per cent of the land distributed through land reforms in India is in the State.
The process of de-industrialisation of West Bengal was accentuated by the Union government's economic policies, which gave preference to petrochemical industries over steel and coal-based industries, in which the eastern region had a competitive advantage.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/fline/fl1914/19140310.htm   (2537 words)

  
 26 people isolated in Bengal with flu symptoms
India is battling its worst outbreak of avian influenza, which has spread to 13 of West Bengal's 19 districts.
Veterinary staff have already culled 2.6 million birds in West Bengal, completing what officials said was a successful operation that had brought the bird flu situation under control.
Experts fear the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person, leading to a pandemic, especially in countries such as India where people live in close proximity to backyard poultry.
www.ibnlive.com /news/26-people-isolated-in-bengal-with-flu-symptoms/57928-17.html?xml   (432 words)

  
 Scientology Today: Scouts of India Add "Spiritual First-Aid" to Their List of Skills
This year marks the 100th anniversary of scouting, a program whose mission is "to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society," and which "promotes peace in local and global communities by recognizing the needs of young people in a rapidly changing environment."
To accomplish this there are many scouting programs, teaching basic life skills and providing young people with the experience of working in groups where one learns to get along better with one's fellows.
As the scouts learned first-hand, by studying these techniques which were easy to master and tremendously effective, they are not only able to help people with their problems and difficulties, but they came away from the workshop with new confidence, pride and skill—all qualities that scouting was originally created to develop.
www.scientologytoday.org /press/705242029401_scn-vm.html   (613 words)

  
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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
West Bengal, westbengal, West Bengal hotels, Kolkata, Kolkata Classifieds, West Bengal tourism, West Bengal News, - www.WestBengalin.com
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 India, Indian States, India States, Indian hotels, Indian News and Indian Tourism, India Travel
West Bengal, westbengal, West Bengal hotels, West Bengal tourism - www.WestBengalin.com
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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 Groundwater Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In West Bengal, we identified patients with lesions in seven of nine districts.
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)

  
 TraveliteIndia.com: Welcome to West Bengal, Jewel of East   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bengal was brought under Muslim control by Qutb-ud-din, first of the Sultans of Delhi at the end of the 12th century AD.
Some of Bengal's proud sons are the liberal thinker Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the saint Sri Ramakrishna, the renowned philosopher Swami Vivekananda, Nobel literature laureate Rabindranath Tagore and celebrated film maker Satyajit Ray.
The main entry point of West Bengal is Kolkata and this city is well connected by air to all the major cities of India as well as abroad.
www.traveliteindia.com /guide/state/westbengal.asp   (6165 words)

  
 West Bengal: The State Offensive on Civil Liberties
The purpose of the visit was to ascertain the facts and the context pertaining to the widespread allegations of violation of civil and democratic rights of the people of certain parts of the southern and northern districts of the state.
In North Bengal Kalidas Roy of Bagribari village of Coochbehar district was murdered in Makhliganj prison on 31-1-2002.
The practice of rearresting people released on bail or booking fresh cases as soon as they are released on bail should be given up and the view of the High Court of Calcutta should be strictly respected.
revolutionarydemocracy.org /rdv9n1/westbengal2.htm   (2684 words)

  
 West Bengal Travel Guide - West Bengal Travel and Tourism, Visit West Bengal India, Tourist Places in West Bengal, West ...
West Bengal is one of the most culturally and ethnically divers states of India.
The people of West Bengal inherit their identity and aspiration from the larger Indian mosaic and from civilizations beyond the shore.
It is celebrated by people of all walks of life both young and old by smearing each other with colored powder especially red.
travel.sulekha.com /westbengal   (638 words)

  
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This list, known as Appendix I of the Convention, includes, for example, all the great apes; various big cats such as cheetahs, snow leopards and the tiger; numerous birds of prey, cranes, and pheasants; all sea turtles; many species of crocodiles, tortoises and snakes; and some cacti and orchids.
These species are listed in Appendix II and include, for example, all those primates, cats, cetaceans, birds of prey, parrots, crocodiles and orchids not listed in Appendix I. Appendix III includes species subject to regulation within a particular member country and for which the co-operation of other member countries is needed to control international trade.
West Bengal Forest Minister Jogesh Burman Monday said the elephant had killed nine people in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and three in neighbouring areas in Nepal.
www.indialists.org /pipermail/wildlife-india/2002-June.txt   (15049 words)

  
 A record in West Bengal
West Bengal was perhaps the only State where communal and separatist forces had failed to raise their heads in the last 24 years, he said.
Later, she alleged that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre, the Left Front government in West Bengal and the Election Commission had conspired to defeat the alliance she led.
Another major reason for the defeat of the Mamata Banerjee-led coalition was that she underestimated the Left Front's strength and its credibility with the people.
www.hindu.com /fline/fl1811/18110210.htm   (1571 words)

  
 Famous people of West Bengal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with List of people from West Bengal.
West Bengal is often referred to as the cultural capital of India and has a number of famous people.
In the religious realm, Bengal gave birth to great Hindu sages and saints like Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (a 15th century major Vaishnava leader), Ramprasad Sen (a famous Kali Bhakta and poet) and Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Famous_people_of_West_Bengal   (441 words)

  
 How Rao went about Operation West Bengal
According to PTI, on February 22, when the final voters' lists were published, West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Debashis Sen announced that 12.98 lakh names had been deleted, which was four times the number in 2004.
Known to be one of the most strategic electoral districts of West Bengal comprising 17 blocks and four sub-divisions and bordering Bangladesh, Nadia is home to countless refugees from the other Bengal.
Marked by a palpable domination of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, very few people here were willing to speak their minds, despite my posing as a documentation consultant working with a voluntary organisation -- and not a journalist.
in.rediff.com /news/2006/mar/14westb.htm   (718 words)

  
 Hindu Unity - Links
The problem has become so vast that West Bengal is now the launching pad for carrying out subversive activities throughout India (mainly in the north-eastern region of the country).
This sorry state of affairs was brought on by none other than the people of India and mainly the people of West Bengal.
This means that the people have to shed their cowardice and tackle the problem head on starting from their own locality.
www.hinduunity.org /articles/politics/westbengalislamicterro.html   (1141 words)

  
 ishida >> writings: Bengali script notes [Draft]
This page sets out to list the symbols used to represent Bengali text, describe their use, and relate them to appropriate characters for representation in Unicode.
Some conjunct forms that are specifically described in the later sections appear in both the first and third lists.
In West Bengal it is more like the pf in the German 'pfennig', and this is a fairly standard rendering.
people.w3.org /rishida/scripts/bengali/bengali-script   (3190 words)

  
 Criminal Investigation Department - West Bengal :: Citizen Charter   (Site not responding. Last check: )
At CID West Bengal, We realize that a missing person can be a source of immense trauma and concern for family members and friends.
Each year about 1,000 people are reported missing from West Bengal.
Some people deliberately want to stay 'lost' and a small number are victims of foul play.
www.cidwestbengal.gov.in /missing-persons/missinglist.asp   (208 words)

  
 Paris Hilton Eyed for Mother Teresa Role | Mother Teresa, Paris Hilton : People.com
PEOPLE Top 5 are the most-viewed stories on the site over the past three days, updated every 60 minutes.
Film director T. Rajeevnath, who is based in Thiruvananthapuram, India, says Hilton is on his short list to play Mother Teresa in a biopic he's planning about the Nobel Peace Prize winner, who worked among Calcutta's poor with the Missionaries of Charity.
Indian press reports say the movie will be in English, and shooting in West Bengal and several other countries is scheduled to begin in early 2007, with proceeds benefiting the Missionaries of Charity.
people.aol.com /people/article/0,26334,1179866,00.html   (487 words)

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