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Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden (Hindi:आचार्य जगदिश चंद्र बसु भारतीय वानस्पतिक उद्यान) (previously known as Indian Botanic Garden) is situated in Shibpur, Howrah near Kolkata.
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Adina Mosque
The Adina Mosque is the ruins of the largest mosque in the Indian subcontinent, located in the Indian state of West Bengal near the border with Bangladesh.
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Ajay River
Ajay (/ˈədʒɑɪ/) is a river which flows through the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
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Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is a Bengali and Hindi film director.
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Archaeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is a Government of India (Ministry of Culture) organisation responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country.
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Arijit Singh
Arijit Singh (Bengali: অরিজিৎ সিংহ; Hindi: अरिजीत सिंह) is an Indian musician, singer, composer, music producer, recordist and music programmer.
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Art film
An art film is typically a serious, independent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience.
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Atul Prasad Sen
Atul Prasad Sen অতুল প্রসাদ সেন (20 October 1871 – 26 August 1934) was a Bengali composer, lyricist and singer, and also a lawyer, philanthropist, social worker, educationist and littérateur.
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B. B. D. Bagh
B.B.D. Bagh, formerly called Dalhousie Square, is the shortened version for Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh.
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Bahula
Bahula is a census town in Pandabeswar CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Bakkhali
Bakkhali is seaside hamlet in Namkhana (community development block) in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India.
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Bandel
Bandel, is a locality of Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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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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Bardhaman
Bardhaman (Pron: ˈbɑ:dəˌmən) is a city in West Bengal state in eastern India.
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Bardhaman district
Bardhaman district (also spelled Burdwan or Barddhaman) was a district in West Bengal.
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Barowari
Barowari refers to the public organisation of a religious or other festival, mainly in West Bengal.
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Basilica of the Holy Rosary, Bandel
The Basilica of the Holy Rosary commonly known as Bandel Church is one of the oldest Christian churches in West Bengal, India.
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Baul
Baul or Bauls (বাউল) are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal, which includes Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
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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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Beguni
Beguni is a Bengali snack made of eggplant (also known as aubergine or brinjal) which is sliced and battered before being either fried or deep fried in oil.
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Belgachia
Belgachia is a neighbourhood of north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Belur Math
(Bengali: বেলুড় মঠ) is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
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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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Bengal tiger
The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the most numerous tiger subspecies in Asia, and was estimated at fewer than 2,500 individuals by 2011.
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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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Bengali literature
Bengali literature (বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language.
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Bhawaiya
Bhawaiya (ভাওয়াইয়া) is a musical form or a popular folk music in Northern Bangladesh, especially Rangpur District and in Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, part of Darjeeling and North Dinajpur district of West Bengal and Dhubri and Goalpara of Assam in India.
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Bhutia Busty Monastery
Bhutia Busty monastery or Karmaa Dorjee Chyoling monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Bhutia Busty, Darjeeling district, 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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Bison
Bison are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae.
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Bollywood
Hindi cinema, often metonymously referred to as Bollywood, is the Indian Hindi-language film industry, based in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Maharashtra, India.
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Bolpur
Bolpur-Santiniketan is a municipality, city and headquarters of Bolpur subdivision in Birbhum District in the state of West Bengal, India.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Buddha's Birthday
Buddha's Birthday is a holiday traditionally celebrated in most of East Asia to commemorate the birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha and founder of Buddhism.
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Buxa Tiger Reserve
The Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) (বক্সা জাতীয় উদ্যান; Pron: ˈbʌksə) is a tiger reserve located inside the Buxa National Park (বক্সা জাতীয় উদ্যান Bôksha Jatio Uddan) in West Bengal, India, in the Buxa Hills of the southern hilly area of Bhutan.
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Calcutta Jain Temple
Calcutta Jain Temple (also called Parshwanath Temple) is a Jain temple at Badridas Temple Street and a major tourist attraction in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
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Chaudhary Group
Chaudhary Group (CG Global) is a multi-national conglomerate company headquartered in Nepal.
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Chhaang
Chhaang or chang (छ्याङ) is a Nepalese and Tibetan alcoholic beverage also popular in parts of the eastern Himalayas, Newar, Sunuwar, Rai, Gurung, Magar, Sherpa, Tamang communities.
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Chhau dance
Chhau dance, also spelled as Chau or Chhau, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk origins.
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Chhurpi
Chhurpi (Nepali: छुर्पी) or durkha is a traditional cheese, similar to ricotta, consumed in the Himalayan regions of Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling hills, Bhutan, and Tibet.
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Chinkara
The chinkara (Gazella bennettii), also known as the Indian gazelle, is a gazelle species native to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
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Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary (CKBS) (Narendrapur, 24Pgs (South), West Bengal, India) situated at south Kolkata and near Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission.
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Chotrul Duchen
Chötrul Düchen, also known as Chonga Choepa or the Butter Lamp Festival, is one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to Tibetan traditions.
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Chowringhee Road
Chowringhee Road (also spelt Chourangi Road) (Bengali: চৌরঙ্গী রোড), located in the Chowringhee neighbourhood of Kolkata, is the arterial road running from the eastern fringes of Esplanade southwards up to the crossing with Lower Circular Road, in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Church of the Lord Jesus, Kolkata
The Lord Jesus Church (in Bengali: Prabhu Jisur Girja) is a Catholic church located at Taltala, a locality at the centre of the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) in India.
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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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Coastal fish
Coastal fish, also called inshore fish or neritic fish, inhabit the sea between the shoreline and the edge of the continental shelf.
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Confectionery
Confectionery is the art of making confections, which are food items that are rich in sugar and carbohydrates.
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Cooch Behar Palace
Cooch Behar Palace, also called the Victor Jubilee Palace, is a landmark in Cooch Behar city, West Bengal.
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Crocodile
Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
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Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Dakshineswar near Kolkata.
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Darjeeling
Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Darjeeling district
Darjeeling District (pronunciation: dɑ:rʤi:lɪŋ) is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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Darjeeling Himalayan hill region
Darjeeling Himalayan hill region or Darjeeling Himalaya is the mountainous area on the North-Western side of the state of West Bengal in India.
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Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, also known as the DHR or Toy Train, is a narrow-gauge railway based on zig zag and loop-line technology which runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Darjeeling tea
Darjeeling tea is a tea from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.
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Deul
Deul or Deoul is a local term in West India and Bengal for the tower of a Hindu temple — what would be called a shikara elsewhere in north India.
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Digha
Digha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India.
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Diwali
Diwali or Deepavali is the Hindu festival of lights celebrated every year in autumn in the northern hemisphere (spring in southern hemisphere).
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Domestic yak
The domestic yak (Bos grunniens) is a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayan region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia.
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Dooars
The Dooars or Duars are the alluvial floodplains in northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the Brahmaputra River basin.
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Dwijendralal Ray
Dwijendralal Ray (দ্বিজেন্দ্রলাল রায়; 19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray (ডি.), was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician.
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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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Eden Gardens
Eden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata, India established in 1864.
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Ektara
Ektara (एकतारा, একতারা, ਇਕ ਤਾਰਾ; literally "one-string", also called iktar, ektar, yaktaro, gopichand, gopichant, gopijiantra, tun tuna) is a one-string instrument most often used in traditional music from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, and Pakistan.
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Furfura Sharif
Furfura Sharif (also known as Furfura, Phurphura, Furfura Darbar Sharif) is a village in Jangipara community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Gangasagara
Gangasagara is a village in the Y N Hosakote Hobli of Pavagada taluk in Tumkur District, Karnataka, India.
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Ganges
The Ganges, also known as Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh.
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Ganges Delta
The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta (also known as the Brahmaputra Delta, the Sunderbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta in the Bengal region of the South Asia, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Gauḍa (city)
Gauḍa, Gaur, or Gour, also known as Lakhnauti, is a ruined city on the Indo-Bangladesh border, most of the former citadel is located in the present-day Malda district of West Bengal, India, while a smaller part is located in Nawabganj District of Bangladesh.
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Gaur
The gaur (Bos gaurus), also called the Indian bison, is the largest extant bovine.
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Ghum Monastery
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling.
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Gombhira
Gambhira is a type of song (originating in Chapai Nawabganj, in the Northern region of Bangladesh).
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Gorumara National Park
Gorumara National Park (গোরুমারা জাতীয় উদ্যান; Pron: ˌgɔ:rʊˈmɑ:rə; Gorumara Jatio Uddan) is a National Park in northern West Bengal, India.
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Government of India
The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.
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Haldia
Haldia is an industrial city and municipality in Purba Medinipur district, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Hangseshwari Temple
Hangseswari temple or Hanseswari temple is a Hindu Temple of goddess Hangseswari (the goddess who came in a dream of Raja Nrisingha Deb Roy Mahasay) in the town of Banshberia at Hooghly District, Indian state of West Bengal.
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Hazarduari Palace
Hazarduari Palace (হাজার দুয়ারী রাজপ্রাসাদ), earlier known as the Bara Kothi, is located in the campus of Kila Nizamat in Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.
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Hindu
Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally, ethnically, or religiously adhering to aspects of Hinduism.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.
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Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the traditional music of northern areas of the Indian subcontinent, including the modern states of India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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Holi
Holi (Holī), also known as the "festival of colours", is a spring festival celebrated all across the Indian subcontinent as well as in countries with large Indian subcontinent diaspora populations such as Jamaica, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mauritius, and Fiji.
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Hooghly River
The Hooghly River (Hugli; Anglicized alternatively spelled Hoogli or Hugli) or the Bhāgirathi-Hooghly, traditionally called 'Ganga', is an approximately distributary of the Ganges River in West Bengal, India.
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Howrah
Howrah or Haora, is the second largest city in West Bengal, India, after Kolkata.
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Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge is a bridge with a suspended span over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India.
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Howrah Junction railway station
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Ilish
Tenualosa ilisha (ilish, hilsa, hilsa herring "ইলিশ" in Bangla, or hilsa shad) is a species of fish related to the herring, in the Clupeidae family.
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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 elephant
The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia.
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Indian epic poetry
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá) or Kappiyam (Tamil language: காப்பியம், kāppiyam).
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Indian rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and great Indian rhinoceros, is a rhinoceros native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Indo-Gangetic Plain
The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the Indus-Ganga Plain and the North Indian River Plain, is a 255 million-hectare (630 million-acre) fertile plain encompassing most of northern and eastern India, the eastern parts of Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal.
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Jaldapara National Park
Jaldapara National Park (জলদাপাড়া জাতীয় উদ্যান; Pron: ˌʤʌldəˈpɑ:rə) (formerly Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary) is a national park situated at the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in Alipurduar District of northern West Bengal and on the banks of the Torsa River.
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Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri (Pron: ˌʤælpaɪˈgʊəri) is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Jana Gana Mana
"Jana Gana Mana" is the national anthem of India.
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Jatra (theatre)
Jatra (যাত্রা, origin: Yatra meaning procession or journey in Sanskrit) is a popular folk-theatre form of Bengali theatre, spread throughout most of Bengali speaking areas of the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh and Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Orissa and Tripura As of 2005, there were some 55 troupes based in Calcutta's old jatra district, Chitpur Road, and all together, jatra is a $21m-a-year industry, performed on nearly 4,000 stages in West Bengal alone, where in 2001, over 300 companies employed over 20,000 people, more than the local film industry and urban theatre.
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Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Jorasanko Thakur Bari (Bengali: House of the Thakurs (anglicised to Tagore) in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is currently located on the Rabindra Bharati University campus at 6/4 Dwarakanath Tagore Lane Jorasanko, Kolkata 700007. It is the house in which the poet and first non-European Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was born. It is also the place where he spent most of his childhood and died on 7 August 1941.
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Kalighat Kali Temple
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in West Bengal, India dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali.
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Kalij pheasant
The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Pakistan to western Thailand.
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Kalimpong
Kalimpong is a hill station in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Kankalitala
Kankalitala is a temple town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Kati roll
A kati roll (sometimes spelt kathi roll; কাঠি রোল) is a street-food dish originating from Kolkata, India.
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Katra Masjid
The Katra Masjid (also known as Katra Mosque) is a mosque and the tomb of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan built between 1723 and 1724.
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Ketugram
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Kirtan
Kirtan or Kirtana (कीर्तन) is a Sanskrit word that means "narrating, reciting, telling, describing" of an idea or story.
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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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Kolkata railway station
Kolkata railway station formerly known as Chitpur Station, is the newest of the five intercity railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah Station, in Kolkata, Shalimar Station in Howrah and Howrah Station in Howrah, Santragachi Junction railway station in Howrah.
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Kopai River
The Kopai River (also called Sal River) is a tributary of the Mayurakshi River.
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Kumortuli
Kumortuli (also spelt Kumartuli, or the archaic spelling Coomartolly) is a traditional potters’ quarter in northern Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the east Indian state of West Bengal.
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Kurseong
Kurseong (Nepali: कुर्सियांग Bangla:কার্শিয়ং) comes from the Lepcha word 'Kharsang', meaning "The land of white Orchids".
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Lava, West Bengal
Lava is a small hamlet situated east of the town of Kalimpong near Algarah in Kalimpong district of the state of West Bengal, India.
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Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five species in the genus Panthera, a member of the Felidae.
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Liluah
Liluah (also spelled Lillooah) is a town near Bally municipality in Howrah district, West Bengal, India.
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List of Geographical Indications in India
A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g. a town, region, or country).
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List of gurdwaras
A gurdwara (ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, or ਗੁਰਦਵਾਰਾ), meaning "the doorway to the Guru", is the Sikh place of worship and may be referred to as a Sikh temple.
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List of Nobel laureates
The Nobel Prizes (Nobelpriset, Nobelprisen) are prizes awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.
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List of stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable sports stadiums, ordered by their capacity, which refers to the maximum number of spectators they can normally accommodate.
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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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List of temples in Bishnupur
Bishnupur is a town located in the Bankura district of West Bengal.
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List of tourist attractions in Kolkata
Kolkata (also known as Calcutta) is currently the third-most populous metropolitan city in India after Delhi and Mumbai.
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List of works by Kazi Nazrul Islam
This is a complete listing of the works by Kazi Nazrul Islam, in the Bengali language.
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Litter (vehicle)
The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of persons.
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Littoral zone
The littoral zone is the part of a sea, lake or river that is close to the shore.
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Loleygaon
Loleygaon (also spelt Lolaegaon or Lolegaon) is a small Lepcha village with a population of about 5000.
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Losar
Losar ("new year"William D. Crump, "Losar" in Encyclopedia of New Year's Holidays Worldwide (McFarland & Co.: 2008), pp. 237-38.) is a festival in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery
Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery is a gompa (Buddhist monastery) in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Maghe Sankranti
Maghe Sankranti (Nepali:माघे सङ्क्रान्ति, Mathili:माघि, Nepal Bhasa:घ्यःचाकु संल्हु) is a Nepalese festival observed on the first of Magh in the Vikram Sambat (B.S) calendar (about 14 January) bringing an end to the winter solstice containing month of Poush.
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Mandarmani
Mandarmani is a seaside resort village in the state of West Bengal, India, lies in East Midnapore district and at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal.
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Mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.
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Mayapur
Mayapur is a holy city located on the banks of the Ganges river, at the point of its confluence with the Jalangi, near Nabadwip, West Bengal, India, 130 km north of Kolkata (Calcutta).
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Meghna River
The Meghna River (মেঘনা নদী) is one of the most important rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal.
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Millet
Millets (/ˈmɪlɪts/) are a group of highly variable small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food.
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Ministry of Tourism (India)
The Ministry of Tourism, a branch of the Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules, regulations and laws relating to the development and promotion of tourism in India.
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Minivet
The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus Pericrocotus in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae.
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Mirik
Mirik is a tourist spot located in the hills of Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.
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Momo (food)
Momo is a type of South Asian dumpling; native to Bhutan, Tibet, Nepal, and the Ladakh, Sikkim, Assam and Darjeeling regions of India.
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Mubarak Ali Khan of Bengal
Sayyid Mubarak Ali Khan (মুবারক আলী খান; 1759 – 6 September 1793), better known as Mubarak ud-Daulah (spelled also as: Mubarak ud-Daula), was the Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
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Muntjac
Muntjacs, also known as barking deer and Mastreani deer, are small deer of the genus Muntiacus.
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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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Murshidabad district
Murshidabad district is a district of West Bengal, in eastern India.
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Music of Bengal
Bengali music (বাংলা সংগীত) comprises a long tradition of religious and secular song-writing over a period of almost a millennium.
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Nakshi kantha
Nakshi kantha, a type of embroidered quilt, is a centuries-old Bengali art tradition of West Bengal and Bangladesh.
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National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremonies in India.
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Natural region
A natural region is a basic geographic unit.
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Navaratri
Navaratri (नवरात्रि, literally "nine nights"), also spelled Navratri or Navarathri, is a nine nights (and ten days) Hindu festival, celebrated in the autumn every year.
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Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad
The Nawabs of Bengal (full title, the Nawab Nizam of Bengal and Orissa) were the rulers of the then provinces of Bengal and Orissa.
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NDTV
New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian television media company founded in 1988 by Radhika Roy, a journalist.
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Neora Valley National Park
Neora Valley National Park is situated in the Kalimpong district, West Bengal, India and was established in 1986.
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Nizamat Imambara
The Nizamat Imambara (নিজামত ইমামবাড়া) is a Shia Muslim congregation hall in Murshidabad, India.
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Noodle
Noodles are a staple food in many cultures.
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Nripendra Narayan
Nripendra Narayan (Bengali: নৃপেন্দ্র নারায়ণ) (4 October 1862 – 18 September 1911) was Maharaja of the princely state of Koch Bihar, India from 1863 till 1911.
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Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.
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Odisha
Odisha (formerly Orissa) is one of the 29 states of India, located in eastern India.
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Pangolin
Pangolins or scaly anteaters are mammals of the order Pholidota (from the Greek word φολῐ́ς, "horny scale").
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Panipuri
Panipuri is a common street snack in several regions of the Indian subcontinent.
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Pinophyta
The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.
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Pitha
Pitha (Bengali/Assamese: পিঠা piṭha, ପିଠା or ꠙꠤꠑꠣ; fiṭa) is a type of rice cake from the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, common in Bangladesh, Nepal and India, especially the eastern states of Odisha, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and the northeastern region of India.
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Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.
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Puranas
The Puranas (singular: पुराण), are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories.
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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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Rabindra Sangeet
Rabindra Sangeet (রবীন্দ্রসঙ্গীত Robindro shonggit), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore FRAS, also written Ravīndranātha Ṭhākura (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941), sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with Contextual Modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary (রায়গঞ্জ বন্যপ্রাণী অভয়ারণ্য Raegônj Bonnoprani Ôbhôearonno) (also popularly known as Kulik Bird Sanctuary) is situated near Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Rajanikanta Sen
Rajanikanta Sen (26 July 1865 – 13 September 1910) was a Bengali poet and composer, known for his devotional (bhakti) compositions, as well as his patriotic songs.
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Rama Navami
Rama Navami (Devanagari: राम नवमी; IAST) is a spring Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of god Rama.
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Rasgulla
Rasgulla is a syrupy dessert popular in the Indian subcontinent and regions with South Asian diaspora.
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Red panda
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also called the lesser panda, the red bear-cat, and the red cat-bear, is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
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Rhododendron
Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon "rose" and δένδρον déndron "tree") is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.
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Rimbick
Rimbick is a village near the India-Nepal border in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal state, India.
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Salt Lake Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium, officially known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), is a multipurpose stadium in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, with a current capacity of 85,000.
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Samastipur district
Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India.
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Sandakphu
Sandakphu or Sandakfu or Sandakpur (3636 m; 11,930 ft) is the highest peak in the district of Ilam, Nepal and West Bengal, India.
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Sandesh (confectionery)
Sandesh (সন্দেশ Shôndesh; হান্দেশ Handesh; संदेश) is a Bengali dessert created with milk and sugar.
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Santiniketan
Santiniketan (Santiniketôn) is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 km north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta).
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Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter, graphic artist, music composer and author, widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.
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Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta
The Scottish Cemetery at Calcutta was established in 1820 catering to the specific needs of the large Scottish population in the Kolkata area.
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Sealdah railway station
Sealdah Railway Station is one of the major railway stations serving Kolkata in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station, Santragachi Junction and Kolkata Railway Station.
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Seating capacity
Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.
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Serow
The serows are six species of medium-sized goat-like or antelope-like mammals of the genus Capricornis.
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Shah Rukh Khan
Shah Rukh Khan (born Shahrukh Khan; 2 November 1965), also known as SRK, is an Indian film actor, producer and television personality.
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Shakti Peetha
The Shakti Peeth (शक्ति पीठ,, seat of Shakti) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-focused Hindu tradition.
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Shalimar railway station
Shalimar railway station is one of four railway stations serving Howrah and Kolkata, India; the others are Sealdah Station, in Kolkata, Kolkata Station in Kolkata and Howrah Station in Howrah.
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Shankarpur
Shankarpu'r is a beach town located 14 km east of Digha in West Bengal, India.
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Shibpur
Shibpur or Sibpur is a residential area located in the city of Howrah, West Bengal, India.
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Singalila National Park
Singalila National Park is a national park of India located on the Singalila Ridge at an altitude of more than 7000 feet above sea level, in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
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South Asian river dolphin
The South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is an endangered freshwater or river dolphin found in the Indian subcontinent which is split into two subspecies, the Ganges river dolphin (P. g. gangetica)(~3,500 individuals) and the Indus river dolphin (P. g. minor)(~1,500 individuals).
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South Park Street Cemetery
South Park Street Cemetery is located on Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, India.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.
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Sringeri
Sringeri also called Sri Kshetra Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the state of Karnataka, It is the site of the first maṭha (Sringeri Sharada Peetham) established by Adi Shankara, Hindu theologian and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, in the 8th century CE It is located on the banks of the river Tungā.
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St. James' Church, Kolkata
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St. John's Church, Kolkata
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St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata
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Street food
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or other public place, such as at a market or fair.
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Sundarbans
The Sundarbans is a vast forest in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal and considered one of the natural wonders of the world.
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Sundarbans National Park
The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a Biosphere Reserve in West Bengal, India.
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Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.
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Takin
The takin (Budorcas taxicolor), also called cattle chamois or gnu goat, is a goat-antelope found in the eastern Himalayas.
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Tamluk
Tamluk is a town in India.
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Tarapith
Tārāpīṭh is a small temple town near Rampurhat in Birbhum district of the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its Tantric temple and its adjoining cremation (Maha Smashan) grounds where sādhanā (tantric rituals) are performed.
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Tendong Lho Rumfaat
Tendong Lho Rumfaat (Prayer of the Tendong Mountain) is a festival of the Lepcha people of eastern Nepal and north-east India.
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Terrapin
A terrapin is one of several small species of testudines living in fresh or brackish water.
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Tharpa Choling Monastery
Gaden Tharpa Choling Monastery is a Gelugpa monastery situated at the hilltop in Kalimpong, India.
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The Great Banyan
The Great Banyan is a banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) located in Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, near Kolkata, India.
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The Telegraph (Calcutta)
The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 7 July 1982.
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Thukpa
Thukpa is a Tibetan noodle soup, which originated in the eastern part of Tibet and eastern and northern part of Nepal.
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Tibet
Tibet is a historical region covering much of the Tibetan Plateau in Central Asia.
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Tipu Sultan Mosque
The Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque (also known as Tipu Sultan Masjid) is a famous mosque in Kolkata, India.
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Tollygunge
Tollygunge is a locality of south Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
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Tongba
Tongba (तोङवा) is a millet-based alcoholic beverage found in the eastern mountainous region of Nepal and the neighbouring Darjeeling and Sikkim.
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Tourism in India
Tourism in India is economically important and is growing rapidly.
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Tourism in North East India
Northeast India consists of the eight states Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
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Tourist attractions in West Bengal
Tourist attractions in West Bengal refers to the tourist attractions in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar (3 September 1926– 24 July 1980) (born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee) was an Indian film actor, director, producer, singer, composer, and playback singer who predominantly worked in Indian Cinema.
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Vedanta
Vedanta (Sanskrit: वेदान्त, IAST) or Uttara Mīmāṃsā is one of the six orthodox (''āstika'') schools of Hindu philosophy.
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Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
The Victoria Memorial is a large marble building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, which was built between 1906 and 1921.
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Vidyasagar Setu
Vidyasagar Setu (Bidyasagôr Setu), also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge (Dwitiyô Hugli Setu), is a toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta) and Howrah.
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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 Tourism Development Corporation
The West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDCL) is a state government agency which promotes tourism in West Bengal, India.
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World Network of Biosphere Reserves
The UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) covers internationally designated protected areas, each known as biosphere reserves, that are meant to demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature (e.g. encourage sustainable development).
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Yoga
Yoga (Sanskrit, योगः) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.
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Zang Dhok Palri Phodang
Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_West_Bengal
