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The 2021 West Bengal Legislative Asembly election was the 17th quinquennial legislative election held in West Bengal, to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021 , taking place in eight phases. [3]
2024 Indian general election in West Bengal ← 2019 19 April - 1 June 2024 2029 → ← outgoing members All 42 West Bengal seats in the Lok Sabha Opinion polls First party Second party Leader Mamata Banerjee Sukanta Majumdar Party AITC BJP Leader since 1998 2021 Leader's seat Did not contest Balurghat Last election 43.3%, 22 seats 40.7%, 18 seats Seats won 29 12 Seat change 7 6 Popular vote ...
Hinduism is the largest religious tradition in the Indian state of West Bengal with approximately 70.54% of the population identifying themselves as Hindus (as of 2011). The Hindus in West Bengal mostly belong to the Shakta (the Kalikula tradition), minority to Vaishnavite and a small community belong to Shaivite and other denominations.
The Partition of Bengal in 1947, also known as the Second Partition of Bengal, part of the Partition of India, divided the British Indian Bengal Province along the Radcliffe Line between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The Bengali Hindu -majority West Bengal became a state of India, and the Bengali Muslim -majority East ...
Bengal [a] ( Bengali: বঙ্গ, romanized : Bôṅgo, pronounced [ˈbɔŋgo] ⓘ) or endonym Bangla ( Bengali: বাংলা, romanized : Bāṅlā, pronounced [ˈbaŋlaˑ] ⓘ) is a historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal.
Bengali architecture includes ancient urban architecture, religious architecture, rural vernacular architecture, colonial townhouses and country houses and modern urban styles. The bungalow style is a notable architectural export of Bengal. The corner towers of Bengali religious buildings were replicated in medieval Southeast Asia.
The history of West Bengal began in 1947, when the Hindu -dominated western part of British Bengal Province became the Indian state of West Bengal . When India gained independence in 1947, Bengal was partitioned along religious lines. The western part went to India (and was named West Bengal) while the eastern part joined Pakistan as a province ...
Kolkata. / 22.56750°N 88.37000°E / 22.56750; 88.37000. Kolkata, [a] also known as Calcutta [b] ( its official name until 2001 ), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, 80 km (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh.