BENGAL

Bengal

Bengal is a historical, geographical and ethno-linguistic region in Asia, which forms the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, which was politically divided in 1947, and the region today comprises the nation of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous kingdoms of Bengal are now part of the neighbouring Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Bihar, Jharkand and Odisha. The region of Bengal is natively inhabited by Bengali people who speak the Bengali language .

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