Bengal is the historical and cultural region of the eastern Indian subcontinent, occupying the delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, and divided since the 1947 partition of British India between the Indian state of West Bengal and the independent nation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan. One of the most densely populated regions on Earth, it gave rise to a rich Bengali literary and artistic tradition, including the work of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, and its 1905 and 1947 partitions along religious lines remain defining episodes in South Asian history.
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Area (sq km)The article states two different totals for Bengal: the infobox total is 239,021 km2 (92,287 sq mi); its own Geography section separately states 237,212 km2 (91,588 sq mi), broken down as West Bengal 88,752 km2 plus Bangladesh 148,460 km2. The infobox figure is recorded as the primary value; the Geography section figure is the same source's own alternate total. Connections
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Bengal is politically divided between Bangladesh and Indian territory.
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Most of Bengal lies within the delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.
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Kolkata was the capital of both Bengal and India until 1911.
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Bengal is a region in South Asia, north of the Bay of Bengal.
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narratives of indigenous deities of rural Bengal
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The Bengal famine of 1943 was a famine during World War II in the Bengal Province and Orissa Province of British India.
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Chandradwip, Bengal (now in Barishal, Bangladesh)
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It is primarily spoken by the Bengali people, native to the Bengal region (Bangladesh, India's West Bengal) as well as in Barak Valley in Assam and Tripura in South Asia.
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The Bihari languages are mainly spoken in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, and also in Nepal.
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The Dhimalish languages, Dhimal and Toto, are a small group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, and the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, India.
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The Kherwarian languages consist of non-Korku North Munda languages that are mainly spoken in Eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and neighboring countries of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.
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Bagh Bandi is a hunt game played in the Lower Bengal region of South Asia.
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The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757.
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Total 239,021 km2 (92,287 sq mi)
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(2022) Total 273,610,384
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Bengal ( ben-GAWL) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, historically geopolitical region in South Asia north of the Bay of Bengal.
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politically divided between the sovereign state of Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and Karimganj district in the Indian state of Assam.
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the capital of both Bengal and India until 1911
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The Ganges Delta arises from the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers and their respective tributaries
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Bengal ( ben-GAWL) is a geographical, ethnolinguistic, historically geopolitical region in South Asia north of the Bay of Bengal.
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