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Outline of West Bengal

Index Outline of West Bengal

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to West Bengal: West Bengal – state in eastern India and is the nation's fourth-most populous state, with over 91 million inhabitants. [1]

109 relations: Alipurduar district, Alstonia scholaris, Architecture of Bengal, Asia, Assam, Bangladesh, Bankura, Bay of Bengal, Bengal, Bengali cuisine, Bengali language, Bihar, Birbhum district, Burdwan division, Capital city, Cinema of West Bengal, Climate of West Bengal, Cooch Behar, Cricket Association of Bengal, Culture of West Bengal, Dakshin Dinajpur district, Darjeeling, East India, Eastern Hemisphere, Economy of West Bengal, Education in West Bengal, Elections in West Bengal, Eurasia, Fishing cat, Geography of West Bengal, Government, Government of West Bengal, Governor of West Bengal, Head of government, Head of state, History of West Bengal, Hooghly district, Howrah, India, Indian general election, 2009 (West Bengal), Indian general election, 2014 (West Bengal), Indian Standard Time, Islam in West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Jalpaiguri division, Jhargram district, Jharkhand, Kalimpong district, Kolkata, List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India, ..., List of airports in West Bengal, List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal, List of cities in West Bengal by population, List of constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, List of districts of West Bengal, List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index, List of Indian states and union territories by GDP, List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate, List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth, List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal, List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal, List of people from West Bengal, List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal, List of rivers of West Bengal, List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal, List of states and union territories of India by area, List of states and union territories of India by crime rate, List of states and union territories of India by population, Malda district, Malda division, Mamata Banerjee ministry (2011–15), Medinipur division, Motor vehicle registration, Murshidabad, Music of West Bengal, Nadia district, North 24 Parganas district, Northern Hemisphere, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, Odisha, Outline (list), Outline of India, Parliamentary system, Paschim Bardhaman district, Paschim Medinipur district, Politics of West Bengal, Presidency division, Protected areas of West Bengal, Purba Bardhaman district, Purba Medinipur district, Purulia, Representative democracy, Sikkim, South 24 Parganas, South Asia, Sports in West Bengal, State governments of India, States and union territories of India, Time zone, Tourism in West Bengal, Transport in West Bengal, UTC+05:30, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, West Bengal football team, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, West Bengal Police, West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee, White-throated kingfisher. Expand index (59 more) »

Alipurduar district

Alipurduar District is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Alstonia scholaris

Alstonia scholaris (commonly called blackboard tree, devil tree, ditabark, milkwood-pine,saptparni,shaitan tree,white cheesewood) is an evergreen tropical tree in the family Apocynaceae.

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Architecture of Bengal

The architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements with influences from different parts of the world.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Assam

Assam is a state in Northeast India, situated south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ, lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ), is a country in South Asia.

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Bankura

Bankura (pron: bænˈkʊərə) (Bengali: বাঁকুড়া) is a city and a municipality in Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গোপসাগর) is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and north by India and Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India).

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Bengal

Bengal (Bānglā/Bôngô /) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in Asia, which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.

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Bengali cuisine

Bengali cuisine is a culinary style originating in Bengal, a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, which is now divided between Bangladesh and the West Bengal state of India.

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Bengali language

Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in South Asia.

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Bihar

Bihar is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern as well as Northern India.

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Birbhum district

Birbhum district (pron: biːrbʰuːm) is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Burdwan division

Burdwan Division is a division in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Cinema of West Bengal

The cinema of West Bengal (ṭôliuḍ), also known as Tollywood refers to the Indian Bengali language film industry based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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Climate of West Bengal

The climate of West Bengal varies from tropical savannah in the southern portions to humid subtropical in the north.

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Cooch Behar

Cooch Behar is the district headquarters of the Cooch Behar District in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Cricket Association of Bengal

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is the governing body for cricket in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Culture of West Bengal

The culture of West Bengal is an Indian Culture which has its roots in the Bengali literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema.

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Dakshin Dinajpur district

Dakshin Dinajpur or South Dinajpur is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Darjeeling

Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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East India

East India is a region of India consisting of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and also the union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Eastern Hemisphere

The Eastern Hemisphere is a geographical term for the half of Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, UK) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pole).

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Economy of West Bengal

West Bengal has the sixth largest economy in India with.

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Education in West Bengal

Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector.

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Elections in West Bengal

Elections in West Bengal, a state in India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is a combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia.

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Fishing cat

The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia.

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Geography of West Bengal

Geography of West Bengal, a state in eastern India, is diverse, of high peaks of Himalaya in the northern extremes to coastal regions down south, with regions such as plateau and Ganges delta intervening in between.

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Government

A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, often a state.

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Government of West Bengal

The Government of West Bengal also known as the State Government of West Bengal, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of West Bengal and its 23 districts.

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Governor of West Bengal

The Governor of West Bengal is a nominal head and representative of the President of India in the state of West Bengal.

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Head of government

A head of government (or chief of government) is a generic term used for either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, (commonly referred to as countries, nations or nation-states) who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments.

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Head of state

A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona that officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state.

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History of West Bengal

The history of West Bengal began in 1947, when the Hindu-dominated western part of British Bengal Province became the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Hooghly district

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India.

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Howrah

Howrah or Haora, is the second largest city in West Bengal, India, after Kolkata.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian general election, 2009 (West Bengal)

The Indian general election, 2009 in West Bengal were held for 42 seats with the state going to polls in the last three phases of the general elections.

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Indian general election, 2014 (West Bengal)

There are 42 Lok Sabha Constituencies in West Bengal, India.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Islam in West Bengal

Since the partition of India in 1947, the majority of the Bengali Muslims have lived in Bangladesh.

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Jalpaiguri

Jalpaiguri (Pron: ˌʤælpaɪˈgʊəri) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Jalpaiguri division

Jalpaiguri Division is a division in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Jhargram district

Jhargram district (Bengali: ঝাড়গ্রাম জেলা)is a district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Jharkhand

Jharkhand (lit. "Bushland" or The land of forest) is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000.

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Kalimpong district

Kalimpong district is a district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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List of adjectives and demonyms for states and territories of India

Where an adjective is a link, the link is to the language or dialect of the same name.

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List of airports in West Bengal

This is a list of airports in West Bengal, a state in eastern India, grouped by type and sorted by location.

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List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the chief executive of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.

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List of cities in West Bengal by population

This is a list of urban agglomerations and cities (those not included in the urban agglomerations), with a population above 100,000 as per the 2011 census in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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List of constituencies of West Bengal Legislative Assembly

Vidhan Sabha constituencies in West Bengal are as follows.

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List of districts of West Bengal

The Himalayas lies in the north of the state and the Bay of Bengal is at the south.

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List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index

The national average HDI for India in 2008 was 0.467.

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List of Indian states and union territories by GDP

These are lists of Indian states and union territories by their nominal gross state domestic product (GSDP).

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List of Indian states and union territories by literacy rate

Literacy rate in India is uneven and as such, different States and Union Territories of India have differences in their literacy rates.

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List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth

This is a list of Indian states by Life expectancy at birth.

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List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal

This is a list of educational institutions in West Bengal.

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List of Monuments of National Importance in West Bengal

This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state West Bengal.

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List of people from West Bengal

This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India.

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List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India.

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List of rivers of West Bengal

List of rivers of West Bengal state, located in Eastern India.

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List of State Protected Monuments in West Bengal

This is a list of State Protected Monuments as officially reported by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state West Bengal.

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List of states and union territories of India by area

The following is a list of states and union territories of the Republic of India by area from largest to smallest according to the census of 2011.

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List of states and union territories of India by crime rate

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked by the recognizable Crime Rate as on 2012 and 2015, and represents the number of cognizable crimes occurred for every 100,000 persons.

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List of states and union territories of India by population

India is a union of 29 states and 7 union territories.

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Malda district

Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (often; মালদা, মালদহ) is a district in West Bengal, India.

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Malda division

Malda Division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Mamata Banerjee ministry (2011–15)

The Council of Ministers of West Bengal is the collective decision-making body of the Government of West Bengal, composed of the Chief Minister and 34 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers.

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Medinipur division

Medinipur Division is a division in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Motor vehicle registration

Motor vehicle registration is the registration of a motor vehicle with a government authority, either compulsory or otherwise.

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Murshidabad

Murshidabad (Pron: ˈmʊəʃɪdəˌbɑ:d/bæd or ˈmɜ:ʃɪdəˌ) is a town in Murshidabad district of West Bengal state in India.

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Music of West Bengal

The music of West Bengal includes multiple indigenous musical genres such as Baul, Bishnupuri Classical, Kirtan, Shyama Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet, Nazrul Geeti, Atulprasadi, Dwijendrageeti, Kantageeti, Ganasangeet, Adhunik Gaan, Bengali rock etc.

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Nadia district

Nadia district (Pron: nɔd̪iːaː) (নদিয়া জেলা) is a district of the state of West Bengal, in eastern India.

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North 24 Parganas district

North 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs) or abv.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Nyctanthes arbor-tristis

Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, the night-flowering jasmine or parijat, is a species of Nyctanthes native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Odisha

Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.

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Outline (list)

An outline, also called a hierarchical outline, is a list arranged to show hierarchical relationships and is a type of tree structure.

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Outline of India

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to India: India – seventh-largest country by area, located on the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.

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Parliamentary system

A parliamentary system is a system of democratic governance of a state where the executive branch derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the confidence of the legislative branch, typically a parliament, and is also held accountable to that parliament.

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Paschim Bardhaman district

Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal.

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Paschim Medinipur district

Paschim Medinipur district or West Midnapore district (Pron: ˌmɪdnəˈpʊə) (also known as Midnapore West) is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India.

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Politics of West Bengal

Politics in West Bengal is dominated by the following major political parties: the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Indian National Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress.

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Presidency division

Presidency Division is an administrative division within the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Protected areas of West Bengal

Protected areas of West Bengal cover 4% of the state area.

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Purba Bardhaman district

Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal.

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Purba Medinipur district

Purba Medinipur (English: East Medinipur, alternative spelling Midnapore) district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Purulia

Purulia City (Pron: ˈpʊru:ˌlɪə), also known as "Manbhum City", is a city located in West Bengal state, India, and was constituted in 1876.

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Representative democracy

Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

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Sikkim

Sikkim is a state in Northeast India.

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South 24 Parganas

South 24 Parganas is a district in the Indian State of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Sports in West Bengal

Sports in West Bengal has its own importance.

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State governments of India

State governments in India are the governments ruling States of India and the head of the council of ministers in a state is chief minister.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Time zone

A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.

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Tourism in West Bengal

Tourism in West Bengal refers to West Bengal's tourism.

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Transport in West Bengal

Total length of road in West Bengal is 92,223 Kilometers (57,180 miles).

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UTC+05:30

UTC+05:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30.

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Uttar Dinajpur district

Uttar Dinajpur or North Dinajpur is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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West Bengal

West Bengal (Paśchimbāṅga) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.

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West Bengal football team

The Bengal football team (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ফুটবল টীম) is an Indian football team representing West Bengal in the Santosh Trophy.

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West Bengal Legislative Assembly

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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West Bengal Police

The West Bengal Police is one of the two police forces of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WB.P.C.C or WPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of West Bengal.

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White-throated kingfisher

The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from Turkey east through the Indian subcontinent to the Philippines.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_West_Bengal

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