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STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES OF INDIA

WEST BENGAL
Capital: Kolkata
Language: Bengali
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established on 1 November, 1956

Districts
North 24 Parganas
South 24 Parganas
Bankura
Birbhum
Cooch Behar
Dakshin Dinajpur
Darjeeling
Hooghly
Howrah
Jalpaiguri
Jhargram
Kalimpong
Kolkata
Malda
Murshidabad
Nadia
Paschim Burdwan
Purba Burdwan
Paschim Medinipur
Purba Medinipur
Purulia
Uttar Dinajpur
Alipurduar


Places of interest
Bankura
Barrackpore - Kali temple
Bishnupur - terraota
Cooc h Behar - monuments
Digha, Mandarmani Beaches
Darjeeling
Hooghly River

Jaldapara National Park
Jalpaiguri
Kalimpong - hill station
Kamarpukur
Kolkata
Malda - monuments
Mayapur - ISKCON

Midnapore - temples
Murshidabad - palaces, mosques
Pandua and Gaur - Muslim ruins
Purulia
Bhirbhum -Shantiniketan
Siliguri
Sundarbans National Park

Dance Forms
Chhau dance


Handicrafts
Kantha ebroidery
Patua scroll paintings
Kalighat painting
Dokra Metal Craft
Conch shell artefacts
Terracota