Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Operation Lalgarh, Calcutta Tramways Company, Maidan, Operation Barga, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi, Buxa Tiger Reserve, History of West Bengal, India-Bangladesh border, Tiger attacks in the Sundarbans, Climate of West Bengal, Rabindra Sarobar, Damodar Valley Corporation, Grand Chord, Indo-Bangladesh enclaves, Tattwabodhini Sabha, 2010 West Bengal ferry sinking, Silda camp attack, Madhukunda, 2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal, Jayrambati, 2007 West Bengal food riots, Hinduism in West Bengal, Bindu, Samsing, Ghanashyampur, Mongpong, Routhgram, Dakshinapan shopping center, Ramkrishnapur, Kala Pokhri, Burdwan division, Jalpaiguri division, Presidency division, Calcutta State Transport Corporation, West Bengal Fire Service, South Bengal State Transport Corporation, Malnutrition in West Bengal, Henry Island, Kanki, Shimurali, Gangpur. Excerpt: West Bengal (Bengali: pronounced ) is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth most populous. It is also the seventh most populous sub-national entity in the world. West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP. It is bordered by the countries of Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh and the states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam and has an area of 34,267 sq mi (88,752 sq km); the capital is Kolkata (Calcutta). West Bengal encompasses two broad natural regions, the Gangetic Plain in the south and the sub-Himalayan and Himalayan area in the north. From the 3rd century BCE the broader region of Bengal formed part of Ashoka's empire. In the 4th century CE it was absorbed into the Gupta empire. From the 13th century the region was ruled by several sultans, powerful Hindu states and land-lords-Baro-Bhuyans for the next few hundred years until it came under the British in the 18th century. At Indian independence in 1947, Bengal was partition...