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Place of tourist Interest in West Bengal
Following is list of Places of tourist Interest in West Bengal for detail about tourist spots, How to reach, Hotel accomodation, local transport and complete tour guid, click on the name of place of your choise.
| Bishnupur | Darjeeling | Digha | Durgapur | Kalimpong | Khursheong | Kolkata | Mayapur | Murshidabad | Raiganj | Shantiniketan | Sunderbans |
West Bengal
West Bengal: Referred as Banga in the Epic Mahabharata, this area has a long history that predates the Aryan invasions of India. It was part of the Mauryan, Gupta, Pala, Mughal & British Empires. This place has a great historical importance in the history of India in various points of view. With Maharashtra & Punjab, then the Bengal played a major role in the struggle for India's Independence. Not only in Militant Nationalism, but also in other aspects of civilization, like that of in literature, art, crafts, Science & mathematics, Bengal was a forerunner in the time of the British rule. It was the capital of the British India.
Area: 87,853
Capital : : Kolkata
Population : : 74.5
Language : : Bengali, Hindi
Art : : The handicrafts of Bengal are famous all over the world. Bishnupur's metal works, clay dolls from Krishnanagar get lots of acclaim from the art Mayapur loving people. Rasogolla & other sweets are also very famous.
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Industry : : West Bengal is the industrial hub of the eastern India. Major industries include iron & steel, cotton textiles, jute, engineering, tea, food processing, power, Software Industries etc. A number of other projects are coming up in the State.