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Varanasi–Kolkata Expressway. Purulia to Kolkata. 242. 6. Under construction (as of 2024) [4] Gorakhpur–Siliguri Expressway. Uttar Dinajpur to Siliguri. 19.
West Bengal celebrates many holidays and festivals. Throughout the Bengali calendar, many festivals are celebrated. Durga Puja is solemnized as perhaps the most significant of all celebrations in West Bengal. Here is a list of the main festivals of West Bengal. Main festivals. 21 February - Bengali language Day ভাষা দিবস
The Department of Tourism in West Bengal is engaged in facilitating the services for promotion of tourism. Facilities [ edit ] The Department has a unit named West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation which has many tourist centers all around the state in various districts, where online booking is also available.
Headquarters. Camac Street, Kolkata. Minister responsible. Dr. Sashi Panja. The Department of Industry, Commerce & Enterprises of West Bengal is a Bengal government department, mainly responsible for the functions relating to promotion, regulation and development of large and medium scale industries and trade and commerce in West Bengal. [1]
The State Emblem of India. West Bengal has come under President's rule on four occasions, all between 1968 and 1977. With over 23 years in office, Jyoti Basu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is India's third longest-serving chief minister. Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who served for over 10 years.
District wise Scheduled Tribes demographic map of West Bengal. More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts. Of the remaining districts, Bankura, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, and Dakshin Dinajpur have sizable ST population. List of tribes
Vanga was an ancient kingdom and geopolitical division on the Ganges delta. It was located in southern Bengal, with the core region including present-day southwestern Bangladesh and southern West Bengal ( India ). [9] Known Vanga rulers are: Samudrasena. Chadrasena. Karna. Bhagabhatta.
Susobhan Sarkar, historian. Amartya Sen, Nobel Prize awardee in Economics. Dinesh Chandra Sen, historian of Bengali literature and folklorist. Sukumar Sen, linguist. Hara Prasad Shastri, historian of Bengali language and culture. Maniklal Sinha, novelist, historian and archaeologist of west Rarh.