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 The state of West Bengal was the result of division of the province of Bengal in 1947. The province of Bengal was probably the largest and the most populous in the British India.
The demography of the province with more than 40 percent Muslim population brought the scissors of partition on a land with varied geography. The State of West Bengal today stretches from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
The capital Kolkata is the first in India to shed its British legacy, well just in name of the city. The other Indian cities have followed suit and Bangalore has become Bengaluru, Madras turned to Chennai and so on. |
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