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'''[[West Bengal]]''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ''Poshchimbôŋgo'') is a [[States and territories of India|state]] in eastern [[India]]. With [[Bangladesh]], which lies on its eastern border, the state forms the ethno-linguistic region of [[Bengal]]. To its northeast lie the states of [[Assam]] and [[Sikkim]] and the country [[Bhutan]], and to its southwest, the state of [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. To the west it borders the state of [[Jharkhand]] and [[Bihar]], and to the northwest, [[Nepal]]. <br />
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The region that is now West Bengal was a part of a number of empires and kingdoms during the past two millennia. The [[British East India Company]] cemented their hold on the region following the [[Battle of Plassey]] in 1757 CE, and the city of [[Kolkata]], then Calcutta, served for many years as the capital of [[British India]]. A hotbed of the [[Indian independence movement]] through the early 20th century, [[Bengal]] was [[1947 Partition of Bengal|divided in 1947]] into two separate entities, West Bengal - a state of India, and [[East Pakistan]] belonging to the new nation of [[Pakistan]].<br />
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Following India's independence in 1947, West Bengal's economic and political theatres were dominated for many decades by intellectual [[Marxism]], [[Naxalite]] movements and [[Trade union|trade unionism]]. From late 1990s, economic rejuvenation led to a spurt in the state's economic and industrial growth. An agriculture-dependent state, West Bengal occupies only 2.7% of the India's land area, though it supports over 7.8% of Indian population, and is the most densely populated state in India. West Bengal has been ruled by the [[CPI(M)]]-led [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] for three decades, making it the world's longest-running democratically-elected [[communist]] government. Many notable poets, writers, artists and performers are native to West Bengal. ([[West Bengal|'''more...''']])</div>WikiDwarf