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[[Image:Map of Bengal.svg|left|200px|Map of the Bengal region: [[West Bengal]] and [[Bangladesh]]]]<br />
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'''[[Bengal]]''' is a historical and geographical region in the northeast of [[South Asia]]. Today it is mainly divided between the independent nation of [[Bangladesh]] ([[East Bengal]]), and the [[India]]n federal republic's constitutive state of [[West Bengal]], although some regions of the previous kingdoms of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are now part of the neighboring Indian states of [[Bihar]], [[Tripura]] and [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. The majority of Bengal is inhabited by [[Bengali people]] who speak the [[Bengali language]].<br />
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The region of Bengal is one of the most densely populated regions on earth, with population density exceeding 900/km². Most of the Bengal region lies in the low-lying [[Ganges]]–[[Brahmaputra]] River Delta or [[Ganges Delta]], the world's largest delta. In the southern part of the delta lies [[Sundarbans]]— world's largest mangrove forest and home to the famed [[Bengal tiger]]. Though the population of the region is mostly rural and agrararian, two [[megacities]], [[Kolkata]] (previously Calcutta) and [[Dhaka]], are located in Bengal. The Bengal region is notable for its contribution to the socio-cultural uplift of Indian society in the form of [[Bengal Renaissance]], and [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence|revolutionary activities]] during the [[Indian independence movement]]. ([[Bengal|'''more...''']])</div>WikiDwarf