West Bengal General Knowledge
West Bengal GK
CAPITAL : Kolkata (Hoogly River) ESTABLISHED : 26 January, 1950 CHIEF MINISTER : Mamata Benerjee (As on Nov 2017) GOVERNOR : Kesharinath Tripathi (As on Nov 2017)
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RULING PARTY : All India Trinamool Congress HIGH COURT : Kolkata DISTRICTS : 23 LANGUAGES : Bengali, Hindi, English, Nepali, POPULATION : 9, 13, 47, 736 (4th) [Male = 4, 68, 09, 027 & Female = 4, 44, 67, 088] M : F = 1000 : 947 AREA : 88, 752 sq km (14th) Density: 1029 per sq km LITERACY : 77. 08% ASSEMBLY : 295 LOKSABHA : 42 RAJYASABHA : 16 BOUNDARY STATES: Bihar, Odisha, Sikkim, Assam, Jharkand, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Bay of Bengal STATE ANIMAL : Fishing Cat STATE BIRD : White Breasted Kingfisher STATE TREE : Devil Tree STATE FLOWER : Night – flowering Jasmine STATE DANCE : Chau (folk dance), Jatra, Kathi, Baul dance, Keertana, GaudiyaNritya (classical dance), Gambhira TRIBES : Santhalu WEST BENGAL FESTIVALS : Charakh, Poila, Baishaki, Boi Mela, Durga Puja, Diwali, Vasant Panchami, Holi, Laxmi Puja, Id – Ul – Fitr RIVERS : Damordar, Hugli, Bhagirathi, Mayurakshi, Kangsbati, Teesta, Torsha, Jaldhaka, Subarnarekha, Mahananda POWER PLANTS : Mayurakshi Hydro Power Plant Farakka Thermal Power Plant Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant Barkeshwar Thermal Power Plant Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Plant Bandil Thermal Power Plant PROJECTS/ DAMS : Farakka barrage, Damodar project, NATIONAL PARKS : Sundarbans National Park (Tigers), Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary, Singalila National SANCTUARIES Neora Valley National Park Buxa National Park Ballavpur Wild Life Sanctuary Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary Haliday Island Wild Life Sanctuary Lothian Island Wild Life Sanctuary Mahananda Wild Life Sanctuary Gorumar National Park Sajnakhal Wildlife Sanctuary – Parganas Rasikbil Bird Sanctuary – Coochbehal INDUSTRIES : Durgapur Iron & Steel, Engineering, Automobiles, Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Ceramics, Jute, Cotton textiles, Locomotives, Fertilizers, MAIN CITIES : Kharagpur, Sheharanpur, Raniganj, Barakpur, Chitterajan, Beluru, Asansol, Howrah, Durgapur, Jadhavpur, Bardhaman, Siliguri, Murshidabad, Sealdah, Bandel, AIRPORTS : Dum Dum International Airport – Kolkata, Kalaikunda, Panagarh, Malda, Barrakpore, Behala, Balurghat, Nataji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport – Kolkata, Bagdora Airport – Siliguri, IMPORTANT PERSONS: Swami Vivekananda, Ravindranath Tagore, Pranab Mukerjee, Jyotibasu, Asha poornima deviMISCELLANEOUS : West Bengal General Knowledge
The Gate way of Eastern India = Siligiri Demand for new state = Gurkhaland City of Palaces = Kolkata Botanical survey of India = Kolkata Zoological Survey of India = Kolkata Jadhavapur Central University = Jadhavpur Kolkata Central University = Kolkata Indian Institute of Management (IIM) = Kolkata Indian Institute of Chemical Biology = Kolkata Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute = Jadhavpur Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute = Durgapur Birla Industrial Technological Museum = Kolkata Indian Jute Industries Research Association = Kolkata All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health = Kolkata Central Drug Laboratory = Kolkata Chittaranjan Cancer Research Centre = Kolkata School of Trophical Medicine = Kolkata International Institute of Hotel Management = Kolkata Badogra Airport = Badogra Eden Gardens (Cricket) = KolkataIndian States - GK
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