West Bengal | |
Capital | Calcutta |
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Residents | 91.276.115 (2011) |
surface | 88,752 km² |
website | www.wb.gov.in |
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West Bengal is lying in east of indian Subcontinent.
Regions
The Indian state West Bengal borders in the east Bangladesh, to the northeast Assam and Sikkim, in the west Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. In the south it has access to the sea on the Bay of Bengal.
places
- Kolkata, the capital is with us as Calcutta known
- Haora
- Durgapur
- Darjeeling
- Jorepokhri
Tourist Attractions
- Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. Symbol of the British Empire.
- Sunderbans. Mangrove forests.
- Shantiniketan. University City.
- Darjeeling. Hill station in the Himalayas with a wonderful selection, famous tea-growing area. Fifty kilometers away the Singalila National Park.
- Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. From Ghoom to Darjeeling.
activities
kitchen
Bengal is known for its fish dishes and its range of sweets, but some of the vegetarian dishes are also specialties. In earlier centuries widows were the main cooks in large houses, but they were only allowed to take out vegetarian food. Therefore, they developed the vegetarian dishes extensively.
Bengali sweets are known all over India.
- is a dessert made from milk and sugar to which all possible flavorings are added. Some Sandesh recipes call for chhena, a sour milk whey or paneer, a cream cheese made from cow's milk, instead of milk.Sandesh.
- cheese balls are dipped in sugary syrup, Panthua are a fried variant of the same, Roshomalai the same cheese balls are dipped in creamy, sweetened milk.Roshogolla.
- is a sweet yogurt.Mishti Doi.
Sandesh
Roshogolla
Mishti Doi
nightlife
security
climate
literature
Web links
- https://www.wb.gov.in - Official website of West Bengal