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fisica</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geografia_fisica-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Attiva/disattiva la sottosezione Geografia fisica</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geografia_fisica-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Idrografia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Idrografia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Idrografia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Idrografia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Clima" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Clima"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Clima</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Clima-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flora_e_fauna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flora_e_fauna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Flora e fauna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flora_e_fauna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Suddivisioni" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Suddivisioni"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Suddivisioni</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Suddivisioni-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Attiva/disattiva la sottosezione Suddivisioni</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Suddivisioni-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Città_principali" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Città_principali"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Città principali</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Città_principali-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politica" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politica"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Politica</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Politica-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Economia</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Economia-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Attiva/disattiva la sottosezione 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<span>Note</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Note-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliografia" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliografia"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Bibliografia</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliografia-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voci_correlate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voci_correlate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Voci correlate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voci_correlate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Altri_progetti" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Altri_progetti"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Altri progetti</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Altri_progetti-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Collegamenti_esterni" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Collegamenti_esterni"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Collegamenti esterni</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Collegamenti_esterni-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Indice" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Mostra/Nascondi l&#039;indice" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Mostra/Nascondi l&#039;indice</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Bengala Occidentale</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox 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Disponibile in 129 lingue" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-129" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">129 lingue</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes-Bengale" title="Wes-Bengale - afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Wes-Bengale" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%9D%E1%8B%95%E1%88%AB%E1%89%A5_%E1%89%A4%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8B%E1%88%8D" title="ምዕራብ ቤንጋል - amarico" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ምዕራብ ቤንጋል" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="amarico" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal - inglese antico" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="West Bengal" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="inglese antico" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="البنغال الغربية - arabo" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="البنغال الغربية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="arabo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97" title="পশ্চিমবংগ - assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="পশ্চিমবংগ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Occidental" title="Bengala Occidental - asturiano" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bengala Occidental" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="asturiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C9%99rbi_Benqaliya" title="Qərbi Benqaliya - azerbaigiano" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qərbi Benqaliya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="azerbaigiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84" title="باتی بنقال - South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="باتی بنقال" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala_Kauh" title="Benggala Kauh - balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Benggala Kauh" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Заходняя Бенгалія - bielorusso" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Заходняя Бенгалія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="bielorusso" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F%D1%8F_%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Заходняя Бэнгалія - Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Заходняя Бэнгалія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Западна Бенгалия - bulgaro" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Западна Бенгалия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="bulgaro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97" title="পশ্চিমবঙ্গ - bengalese" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পশ্চিমবঙ্গ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="bengalese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97" title="পশ্চিমবঙ্গ - bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="পশ্চিমবঙ্গ" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korn%C3%B4g_Bengal" title="Kornôg Bengal - bretone" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kornôg Bengal" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="bretone" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-btm mw-list-item"><a href="https://btm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Barat" title="Bengal Barat - Batak Mandailing" lang="btm" hreflang="btm" data-title="Bengal Barat" data-language-autonym="Batak Mandailing" data-language-local-name="Batak Mandailing" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Batak Mandailing</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Occidental" title="Bengala Occidental - catalano" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bengala Occidental" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="catalano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%83%CC%A4_Bengal" title="Să̤ Bengal - Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Să̤ Bengal" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%85%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Малхбузен Бенгали - ceceno" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Малхбузен Бенгали" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="ceceno" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal - cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="West Bengal" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%95%DB%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7" title="بەنگالی ڕۆژاوا - curdo centrale" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بەنگالی ڕۆژاوا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="curdo centrale" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%AD_Beng%C3%A1lsko" title="Západní Bengálsko - ceco" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Západní Bengálsko" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="ceco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorllewin_Bengal" title="Gorllewin Bengal - gallese" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gorllewin Bengal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="gallese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestbengalen" title="Vestbengalen - danese" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Vestbengalen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="danese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbengalen" title="Westbengalen - tedesco" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Westbengalen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="tedesco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal%C3%AA_Rocawani" title="Bengalê Rocawani - Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Bengalê Rocawani" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>डोटेली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%88%DE%AC%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%93%DE%AA_%DE%84%DE%AC%DE%82%DE%B0%DE%8E%DE%A7%DE%8D%DE%B0" title="ވެސްޓު ބެންގާލް - divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ވެސްޓު ބެންގާލް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%92%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7" title="Δυτική Βεγγάλη - greco" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Δυτική Βεγγάλη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="greco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal - inglese" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="West Bengal" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="inglese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okcidenta_Bengalio" title="Okcidenta Bengalio - esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Okcidenta Bengalio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Occidental" title="Bengala Occidental - spagnolo" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bengala Occidental" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="spagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Bengali_osariik" title="Lääne-Bengali osariik - estone" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lääne-Bengali osariik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="estone" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendebaldeko_Bengala" title="Mendebaldeko Bengala - basco" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mendebaldeko Bengala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="basco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="بنگال غربی - persiano" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بنگال غربی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="persiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nsi-Bengali" title="Länsi-Bengali - finlandese" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Länsi-Bengali" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="finlandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengale-Occidental" title="Bengale-Occidental - francese" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bengale-Occidental" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="francese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waastbengaalen" title="Waastbengaalen - frisone settentrionale" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Waastbengaalen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="frisone settentrionale" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beang%C3%A1l_Thiar" title="Beangál Thiar - irlandese" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Beangál Thiar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="irlandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E5%AD%9F%E5%8A%A0%E6%8B%89%E9%82%A6" title="西孟加拉邦 - gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="西孟加拉邦" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Occidental" title="Bengala Occidental - galiziano" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bengala Occidental" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="galiziano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gom mw-list-item"><a href="https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="अस्तंत बंगाल - konkani goano" lang="gom" hreflang="gom" data-title="अस्तंत बंगाल" data-language-autonym="गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni" data-language-local-name="konkani goano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%B6%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%AE_%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B3" title="પશ્ચિમ બંગાળ - gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="પશ્ચિમ બંગાળ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_ta_Yamma" title="Bengal ta Yamma - hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Bengal ta Yamma" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%AE_Bengal" title="Sî Bengal - hakka" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Sî Bengal" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="hakka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C" title="מערב בנגל - ebraico" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מערב בנגל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="ebraico" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal - hindi figiano" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="West Bengal" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="hindi figiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadni_Bengal" title="Zapadni Bengal - croato" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zapadni Bengal" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="croato" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyugat-Beng%C3%A1l" title="Nyugat-Bengál - ungherese" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nyugat-Bengál" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="ungherese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D6%87%D5%B4%D5%BF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Արևմտյան Բենգալիա - armeno" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արևմտյան Բենգալիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="armeno" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala_Barat" title="Benggala Barat - indonesiano" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Benggala Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="indonesiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestur-Bengal" title="Vestur-Bengal - islandese" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Vestur-Bengal" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="islandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E5%B7%9E" title="西ベンガル州 - giapponese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="西ベンガル州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="giapponese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="დასავლეთი ბენგალი - georgiano" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დასავლეთი ბენგალი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="georgiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%C4%B1s_Bengal_(shtat)" title="Batıs Bengal (shtat) - kara-kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Batıs Bengal (shtat)" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="kara-kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kge mw-list-item"><a href="https://kge.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Topi" title="Bengal Topi - Komering" lang="kge" hreflang="kge" data-title="Bengal Topi" data-language-autonym="Kumoring" data-language-local-name="Komering" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kumoring</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Батыс Бенгал - kazako" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Батыс Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="kazako" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AE_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B3" title="ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬಂಗಾಳ - kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಬಂಗಾಳ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%9C%EB%B2%B5%EA%B3%A8%EC%A3%BC" title="서벵골주 - coreano" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="서벵골주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="coreano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8E%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%8E%D9%86%D9%9B%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="مَغرَبی بَنٛگال - kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="مَغرَبی بَنٛگال" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Rojava" title="Bengala Rojava - curdo" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Bengala Rojava" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="curdo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Occidentalis" title="Bengala Occidentalis - latino" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bengala Occidentalis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="latino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbengalen" title="Westbengalen - lussemburghese" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Westbengalen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="lussemburghese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_dl_Vest" title="Bengal dl Vest - Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Bengal dl Vest" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vakar%C5%B3_Bengalija" title="Vakarų Bengalija - lituano" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vakarų Bengalija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="lituano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietumbeng%C4%81le" title="Rietumbengāle - lettone" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Rietumbengāle" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="lettone" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बङ्गाल - maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="पश्चिम बङ्गाल" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Andrefana" title="Bengal Andrefana - malgascio" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Bengal Andrefana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="malgascio" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Западен Бенгал - macedone" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Западен Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="macedone" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE" title="പശ്ചിമ ബംഗാൾ - malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="പശ്ചിമ ബംഗാൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%A8%D1%80%D0%BD%D3%A9%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Өрнөд Бенгал - mongolo" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Өрнөд Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="mongolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%86%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%9E_%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%A6%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%92%EA%AF%9C" title="ꯅꯣꯡꯆꯨꯞ ꯕꯦꯡꯒꯜ - manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯅꯣꯡꯆꯨꯞ ꯕꯦꯡꯒꯜ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala_Barat" title="Benggala Barat - malese" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Benggala Barat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="malese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="غربی بنگال - mazandarani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="غربی بنگال" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="mazandarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बङ्गाल - nepalese" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="पश्चिम बङ्गाल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="nepalese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="पश्चिम बंगाल - newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="पश्चिम बंगाल" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/West-Bengalen" title="West-Bengalen - olandese" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="West-Bengalen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="olandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Bengal" title="Vest-Bengal - norvegese nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Vest-Bengal" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="norvegese nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest-Bengal" title="Vest-Bengal - norvegese bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Vest-Bengal" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="norvegese bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Occidental" title="Bengala Occidental - occitano" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bengala Occidental" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="occitano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%B6%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%9A%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AE_%E0%AC%AC%E0%AC%99%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%97" title="ପଶ୍ଚିମ ବଙ୍ଗ - odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ପଶ୍ଚିମ ବଙ୍ଗ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%8B%D0%BB%C3%A6%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Ныгуылæн Бенгали - ossetico" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ныгуылæн Бенгали" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="ossetico" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9B%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2" title="ਪੱਛਮੀ ਬੰਗਾਲ - punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੱਛਮੀ ਬੰਗਾਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Zachodni" title="Bengal Zachodni - polacco" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bengal Zachodni" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="polacco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="لہندا بنگال - Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لہندا بنگال" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="مغربي بنگال - pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="مغربي بنگال" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala_Ocidental" title="Bengala Ocidental - portoghese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bengala Ocidental" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="portoghese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunti_Banla" title="Kunti Banla - quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Kunti Banla" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalul_de_Vest" title="Bengalul de Vest - rumeno" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bengalul de Vest" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="rumeno" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Западная Бенгалия - russo" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Западная Бенгалия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="russo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="पश्चिमवङ्गराज्यम् - sanscrito" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="पश्चिमवङ्गराज्यम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="sanscrito" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%AA%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9D%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ - santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wast_Bengal" title="Wast Bengal - scozzese" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wast Bengal" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="scozzese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%87%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="اولهه بنگال - sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="اولهه بنگال" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapadni_Bengal" title="Zapadni Bengal - serbo-croato" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Zapadni Bengal" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="serbo-croato" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BB_%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%BA" title="බටහිර බෙංගාලය - singalese" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බටහිර බෙංගාලය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="singalese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal - Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="West Bengal" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%A1padn%C3%A9_Beng%C3%A1lsko" title="Západné Bengálsko - slovacco" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Západné Bengálsko" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="slovacco" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahodna_Bengalija" title="Zahodna Bengalija - sloveno" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Zahodna Bengalija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="sloveno" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_Per%C3%ABndimor" title="Bengali Perëndimor - albanese" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bengali Perëndimor" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="albanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Западни Бенгал - serbo" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Западни Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="serbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stbengalen" title="Västbengalen - svedese" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Västbengalen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="svedese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal - swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="West Bengal" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishnanagar" title="Krishnanagar - slesiano" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Krishnanagar" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="slesiano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="மேற்கு வங்காளம் - tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மேற்கு வங்காளம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9A%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AE_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D" title="పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ - telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D2%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D3%A3" title="Банголистони Ғарбӣ - tagico" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Банголистони Ғарбӣ" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="tagico" 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title="inglese">EN</abbr></span>) West Bengal </td></tr><tr><td class="sinottico_testo_centrale" colspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bengala Occidentale – Veduta"><img alt="Bengala Occidentale – Veduta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg/260px-Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg/390px-Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg/520px-Kolkata_City_skyline_from_Hoogly_bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Bengala Occidentale – Veduta</figcaption></figure><a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C2FF91;color: black;">Localizzazione</th></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Stato" title="Stato">Stato</a></th><td><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="India (bandiera)"><img alt="India (bandiera)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/20px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/30px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/40px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C2FF91;color: black;">Amministrazione</th></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Capoluogo" title="Capoluogo">Capoluogo</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> </td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;">Governatore</th><td>Jagdeep Dhankhar<small>&#32;dal&#32;30-7-2019</small> </td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;">Data di istituzione</th><td>1956 </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C2FF91;color: black;">Territorio</th></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Coordinate_geografiche" title="Coordinate geografiche">Coordinate</a><br /><small>del capoluogo</small></th><td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r139486644">body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output #coordinates{font-size:85%;line-height:1.5em;white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" 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</td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Divisioni_dell%27India" title="Divisioni dell&#39;India">Divisioni</a></th><td>3 </td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Distretti_dell%27India" title="Distretti dell&#39;India">Distretti</a></th><td>19 </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C2FF91;color: black;">Altre informazioni</th></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;">Lingue</th><td><a href="/wiki/Lingua_bengalese" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingua bengalese">bengalese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lingua_inglese" title="Lingua inglese">inglese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lingua_nepalese" title="Lingua nepalese">nepalese</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Fuso_orario" title="Fuso orario">Fuso orario</a></th><td><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> </td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2" title="ISO 3166-2">ISO 3166-2</a></th><td>IN-WB </td></tr><tr><th style="width:80px;"><a href="/wiki/Targa_d%27immatricolazione" title="Targa d&#39;immatricolazione">Targa</a></th><td>WB </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C2FF91;color: black;">Cartografia</th></tr><tr><td class="sinottico_testo_centrale" colspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Bengal_in_India_(disputed_hatched).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bengala Occidentale – Localizzazione"><img alt="Bengala Occidentale – Localizzazione" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/West_Bengal_in_India_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/260px-West_Bengal_in_India_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/West_Bengal_in_India_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/390px-West_Bengal_in_India_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/West_Bengal_in_India_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg/520px-West_Bengal_in_India_%28disputed_hatched%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1615" /></a><figcaption>Bengala Occidentale – Localizzazione</figcaption></figure> </td></tr><tr class="sinottico_divisione"><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C2FF91;color: black;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.westbengal.gov.in/">Sito istituzionale</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sinottico_piede2 noprint nomobile metadata" colspan="2"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356" class="extiw" title="d:Q1356"><span title="Modifica i dati della voce Bengala Occidentale su Wikidata">Modifica dati su Wikidata</span></a><b>&#160;·</b> <a href="/wiki/Template:Divisione_amministrativa/man" title="Template:Divisione amministrativa/man"><span title="Manuale del template Divisione amministrativa">Manuale</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Il <b>Bengala Occidentale</b> (in&#160;<a href="/wiki/Lingua_bengali" title="Lingua bengali">bengali</a> <span dir="ltr" lang="bn">পশ্চিমবঙ্গ</span>, <i>Poshchimbôŋgo</i>) è uno <a href="/wiki/Stati_federati_e_territori_dell%27India" title="Stati federati e territori dell&#39;India">Stato dell'India</a> nord-orientale. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Caratteristiche">Caratteristiche</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=1" title="Modifica la sezione Caratteristiche" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Caratteristiche"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Assieme al <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> ("Bengala Orientale"), con cui confina a est, il Bengala Occidentale forma la regione etno-linguistica del <a href="/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala">Bengala</a>. Confina a nord con il <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> e lo stato indiano del <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>, con lo stato dell'<a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> a est, con quello di <a href="/wiki/Orissa" title="Orissa">Orissa</a> a sud-ovest e con quelli di <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> e <a href="/wiki/Bihar_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar (India)">Bihar</a> a ovest, mentre a nord-ovest confina con il <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>. </p><p>L'<a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">islam</a> fu principalmente introdotto sotto il regno del <a href="/wiki/Sultanato_di_Delhi" title="Sultanato di Delhi">Sultanato di Delhi</a>. Durante il dominion del <a href="/wiki/Sultanato_di_Bengala" title="Sultanato di Bengala">Sultanato di Bengala</a>, la regione fu definita dagli europei come il miglior Paese per il commercio.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nel <a href="/wiki/XVII_secolo" title="XVII secolo">XVII secolo</a> sotto il regno <a href="/wiki/Moghul" title="Moghul">Moghul</a>, l'economia dell'attuale Bangladesh e del Bengala Occidentale, valeva circa il 12% del <a href="/wiki/PIL" class="mw-redirect" title="PIL">PIL</a> mondiale, ed era soprannominata come il Paradiso delle nazioni e leader della produzione mondiale.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>La regione oggi conosciuta come Bengala Occidentale è stata parte di molti regni e imperi negli ultimi duemila anni. La <a href="/wiki/Compagnia_britannica_delle_Indie_orientali" title="Compagnia britannica delle Indie orientali">Compagnia Britannica delle Indie Orientali</a> consolidò il proprio potere sulla regione dopo la <a href="/wiki/Battaglia_di_Plassey" title="Battaglia di Plassey">Battaglia di Plassey</a>, nel <a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>, e la città di <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Kolkata</a>, allora Calcutta, fu per molti anni la capitale dell'<a href="/wiki/Impero_anglo-indiano" title="Impero anglo-indiano">India Britannica</a>. </p><p>Culla del movimento indipendentista indiano all'inizio del <a href="/wiki/XX_secolo" title="XX secolo">XX secolo</a>, il <a href="/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala">Bengala</a> fu diviso nel <a href="/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a> in due entità separate, il Bengala Occidentale, uno Stato dell'India, e il <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Pakistan Orientale</a>, che apparteneva al nuovo stato del <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. </p><p>Dopo l'indipendenza dell'India nel 1947, il teatro politico ed economico del Bengala Occidentale fu caratterizzato per molti decenni dal <a href="/wiki/Marxismo" title="Marxismo">marxismo</a> intellettuale, dai <a href="/wiki/Naxaliti" title="Naxaliti">naxaliti</a> e dal <a href="/wiki/Sindacato" title="Sindacato">sindacalismo</a>. Dalla fine degli <a href="/wiki/Anni_1990" title="Anni 1990">anni novanta</a>, il ringiovanimento economico ha portato a un balzo nella crescita economica e industriale dello Stato. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Storia">Storia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=2" title="Modifica la sezione Storia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Storia"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nel Bengala sono stati rinvenute tracce di civilizzazione risalenti ad almeno quattromila anni,<sup id="cite_ref-bsahistory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bsahistory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-xinhua_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-xinhua-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> quando nella regione si stanziarono popolazioni <a href="/wiki/Dravida" title="Dravida">dravidane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lingue_tibeto-birmane" title="Lingue tibeto-birmane">tibeto-birmane</a> e <a href="/wiki/Lingue_austroasiatiche" title="Lingue austroasiatiche">austro-asiatiche</a>. L'esatta origine della parola <i>bengala</i> è sconosciuta, ma si pensa che possa derivare dalla tribù dravidana <i>Bang</i>, che si stabilì nell'area attorno all'anno <a href="/wiki/1000_a.C." title="1000 a.C.">1000 a.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-congress_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-congress-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Il <a href="/wiki/Regno_Magadha" class="mw-redirect" title="Regno Magadha">regno Magadha</a> si formò nel <a href="/wiki/VII_secolo_a.C." title="VII secolo a.C.">VII secolo a.C.</a> e occupava le attuali regioni del <a href="/wiki/Bihar_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar (India)">Bihar</a> e del Bengala. Era uno dei quattro grandi regni dell'India al tempo di <a href="/wiki/Mahavira" title="Mahavira">Mahavira</a> e di <a href="/wiki/Buddha" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>, e consisteva in diversi <a href="/w/index.php?title=Janapadas&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Janapadas (la pagina non esiste)">janapadas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-settlements_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-settlements-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Durante il regno della <a href="/wiki/Impero_Maurya" title="Impero Maurya">dinastia Maurya</a>, l'<a href="/wiki/Regno_Magadha" class="mw-redirect" title="Regno Magadha">impero Magadha</a> era esteso su quasi tutta l'Asia meridionale, e occupò l'<a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> e parte della <a href="/wiki/Persia" title="Persia">Persia</a> sotto <a href="/wiki/Ashoka" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashoka">Ashoka</a> il Grande nel <a href="/wiki/III_secolo_a.C." title="III secolo a.C.">III secolo a.C.</a> </p><p>Una delle prime citazioni del Bengala da parte di commentatori stranieri è la menzione di una terra chiamata <a href="/wiki/Gangaridai" title="Gangaridai">Gangaridai</a> da parte dei Greci intorno al <a href="/wiki/I_secolo_a.C." title="I secolo a.C.">I secolo a.C.</a> La parola forse deriva da Gangahrd, che significa "Terra con il <a href="/wiki/Gange" title="Gange">Gange</a> nel cuore" in riferimento all'area del Bengala.<sup id="cite_ref-Gangaridai_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gangaridai-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Il Bengala aveva relazioni commerciali marittime con <a href="/wiki/Giava" title="Giava">Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a> e il <a href="/wiki/Siam" class="mw-redirect" title="Siam">Siam</a>, la moderna <a href="/wiki/Thailandia" title="Thailandia">Thailandia</a>. Secondo il <a href="/wiki/Mahavamsa" title="Mahavamsa">Mahavamsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vijaya_di_Sri_Lanka" title="Vijaya di Sri Lanka">Vijaya Singha</a>, un principe del <a href="/w/index.php?title=Regno_Vanga&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Regno Vanga (la pagina non esiste)">regno Vanga</a>, conquistò il <a href="/wiki/Lanka" title="Lanka">Lanka</a> (l'attuale <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>) nel <a href="/wiki/544_a.C." title="544 a.C.">544 a.C.</a> e diede il nome di Sinhala al paese. Le popolazioni bengalesi emigrarono verso l'<a href="/wiki/Malesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Malesia">arcipelago Malaysiano</a> e il Siam, fondandovi delle colonie. </p><p>Dal <a href="/wiki/III_secolo" title="III secolo">III</a> al <a href="/wiki/VI_secolo" title="VI secolo">VI secolo</a> d.C. il ragno di Magadha fu sede dell'<a href="/wiki/Impero_Gupta" title="Impero Gupta">impero Gupta</a>. Il primo re indipendente del Bengala fu <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shashanka&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Shashanka (la pagina non esiste)">Shashanka</a>, che regnò intorno al <a href="/wiki/VII_secolo" title="VII secolo">VII secolo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-shashankabanglaped_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shashankabanglaped-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Dopo un periodo di anarchia, la dinastia buddista dei <a href="/wiki/Dinastia_Pala" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinastia Pala">Pala</a> governò la regione per quattrocento anni, dopo i quali il regno passò alla <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dinastia_Sena&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dinastia Sena (la pagina non esiste)">dinastia Sena</a>, di religione <a href="/wiki/Ind%C3%B9" class="mw-redirect" title="Indù">indù</a>. L'islam arrivò in Bengala nel <a href="/wiki/XII_secolo" title="XII secolo">XII secolo</a> per opera dei missionari <a href="/wiki/Sufismo" title="Sufismo">sufi</a> e si espanse in seguito alle conquiste musulmane in India.<sup id="cite_ref-islambanglaped_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-islambanglaped-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bakhtiyar_Khalji&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bakhtiyar Khalji (la pagina non esiste)">Bakhtiar Khilji</a>, un generale turco del <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sultanato_dei_Malmelucchi_di_Delhi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sultanato dei Malmelucchi di Delhi (la pagina non esiste)">sultanato dei Malmelucchi di Delhi</a>, sconfisse Lakshman Sen della dinastia Sena e conquistò gran parte del Bengala. Di conseguenza la regione venne governata da dinastie di sultani e feudatari sotto il sultanato di Delhi nei successivi cento anni. Nel <a href="/wiki/XVI_secolo" title="XVI secolo">XVI secolo</a>, il generale Mughal dell'Islam Kahn conquistò il Bengala. Comunque i nuovi governatori concessero la semi-indipendenza dell'area sotto il <a href="/wiki/Nababbo" title="Nababbo">nababbo</a> di Murshidabd, che rispettò la sovranità della dinastia Mighal in Delhi. </p><p>I primi contatti con i mercanti europei avvennero alla fine del XV secolo. La loro influenza crebbe fino a quando la <a href="/wiki/Compagnia_britannica_delle_Indie_orientali" title="Compagnia britannica delle Indie orientali">Compagnia delle Indie Orientali</a> ottenne il diritto di tassazione nelle subah (province) bengalesi in seguito alla <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battaglia_di_Palassey&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Battaglia di Palassey (la pagina non esiste)">Battaglia di Palassey</a> (<a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>), quando <a href="/w/index.php?title=Siraj_ud-Dulah&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Siraj ud-Dulah (la pagina non esiste)">Siraj ud-Dulah</a>, l'ultimo nababbo indipendente, venne sconfitto dai <a href="/wiki/Impero_britannico" title="Impero britannico">britannici</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sirajbanglaped_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sirajbanglaped-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La <a href="/wiki/Presidenza_del_Bengala" title="Presidenza del Bengala">Presidenza del Bengala</a> venne costituita nel 1765 e includeva tutti i territori britannici delle <a href="/wiki/Province_Centrali" title="Province Centrali">Province Centrali</a>, ora conosciuti come <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, dalle fonti del <a href="/wiki/Gange" title="Gange">Gange</a> e del <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra" title="Brahmaputra">Brahmaputra</a> fino alla regione <a href="/wiki/Himalaya" title="Himalaya">himalayana</a> del <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(regione)" title="Punjab (regione)">Punjab</a>. La <a href="/wiki/Carestia_del_Bengala_del_1770" title="Carestia del Bengala del 1770">carestia del Bengala del 1770</a> fece milioni di vittime.<sup id="cite_ref-famine1770_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-famine1770-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> venne scelta come capitale dell'<a href="/wiki/Impero_anglo-indiano" title="Impero anglo-indiano">India Britannica</a> nel <a href="/wiki/1772" title="1772">1772</a>. Il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rinascimento_bengalese&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Rinascimento bengalese (la pagina non esiste)">rinascimento bengalese</a> e il movimento di riforma socio-culturale <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brahmo_Samaj&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Brahmo Samaj (la pagina non esiste)">Brahmo Samaj</a> ebbero un grande impatto sulla vita culturale ed economica del Bengala. Il <a href="/wiki/Moti_indiani_del_1857" title="Moti indiani del 1857">fallito tentativo di ribellione del 1857</a> iniziò a <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> e portò al trasferimento dell'autorità alla monarchia britannica, amministrata dal <a href="/wiki/Vicer%C3%A9_dell%27India" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceré dell&#39;India">viceré dell'India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-baxter2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baxter2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Tra il <a href="/wiki/1905" title="1905">1905</a> e il <a href="/wiki/1911" title="1911">1911</a> venne fatto un tentativo di dividere la provincia del Bengala in due zone, la cosiddetta <a href="/w/index.php?title=Partizione_del_Bengala&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Partizione del Bengala (la pagina non esiste)">partizione del Bengala</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-baxter3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baxter3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nel 1943 una <a href="/wiki/Carestia_del_Bengala_del_1943" class="mw-redirect" title="Carestia del Bengala del 1943">grave carestia</a> fece tre milioni di vittime.<sup id="cite_ref-sen_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sen-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Il Bengala giocò un ruolo importante nel <a href="/wiki/Movimento_d%27indipendenza_indiano" title="Movimento d&#39;indipendenza indiano">movimento d'indipendenza indiano</a>, nel quale <a href="/w/index.php?title=Movimento_rivoluzionario_per_l%27indipendenza_dell%27India&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Movimento rivoluzionario per l&#39;indipendenza dell&#39;India (la pagina non esiste)">gruppi rivoluzionari</a> come <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anushilan_Samiti&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Anushilan Samiti (la pagina non esiste)">Anushilan Samiti</a> e <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jugantar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Jugantar (la pagina non esiste)">Jugantar</a> erano dominanti. Attacchi armati contro il <a href="/wiki/Raj_britannico" class="mw-redirect" title="Raj britannico">Raj britannico</a> dal Bengala raggiunsero l'apice quando <a href="/w/index.php?title=Subhash_Chandra_Bose&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Subhash Chandra Bose (la pagina non esiste)">Subhash Chandra Bose</a> guidò l'<a href="/wiki/Esercito_nazionale_indiano" class="mw-redirect" title="Esercito nazionale indiano">esercito nazionale indiano</a> dall'Asia sudorientale contro i britannici. Quando l'India ottenne l'indipendenza (1947), il Bengala venne diviso in base alla religione: la parte occidentale andò all'India e prese il nome di Bengala Occidentale, mentre la parte orientale andò al <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> con il nome prima di Bengala Orientale e poi di <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Orientale" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Orientale">Pakistan Orientale</a>, fino alla guerra che vide l'indipendenza del <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> dal Pakistan nel <a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-parttionbanglaped_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-parttionbanglaped-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>La divisione del Bengala diede origine a uno degli esodi numericamente più importanti della storia. Milioni di indù migrarono dal Pakistan orientale mentre migliaia di musulmani vi si trasferirono. L'immigrazione dei rifugiati fu la causa di una crisi abitativa e alimentare in Bengala Occidentale che durò per più di trent'anni. L'emergenza dei rifugiati fu al centro delle politiche bengalesi successive alla divisione del 1947, ma né la destra né la sinistra sono mai riuscite a risolvere completamente i problemi causati dalla divisione, che in alcuni casi hanno dato vita a movimenti politici, socio-economici ed etnici.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nel <a href="/wiki/1950" title="1950">1950</a> il Principato di <a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a> si unì al Bengala Occidentale dopo che il re Jagaddipendra Narayan firmò l'annessione all'India.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nel <a href="/wiki/1955" title="1955">1955</a> la città di <a href="/wiki/Chandannagar" title="Chandannagar">Chandannagar</a>, ex zona franca francese, passò sotto il controllo del Bengala Occidentale. Successivamente anche porzioni di <a href="/wiki/Bihar_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar (India)">Bihar</a> vennero annesse al Bengala Occidentale. </p><p>Negli anni cinquanta il governo decise di spostare le industrie dal Bengala in altre parti del paese aumentando le imposte, come ad esempio quella sul trasporto delle merci; questo aumento che durò fino agli anni ottanta e, specie dal 1950 al <a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a>, fu la causa dello scarso sviluppo di industrie manifatturiere nel Bengala Occidentale.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tra gli anni settanta e gli anni ottanta una grave carenza di energia elettrica, scioperi e un violento movimento <a href="/wiki/Naxaliti" title="Naxaliti">naxalita</a> danneggiò gran parte delle infrastrutture, dando vita a un periodo di <a href="/wiki/Stagnazione" title="Stagnazione">stagnazione</a> economica. La <a href="/w/index.php?title=Guerra_di_liberazione_del_Bangladesh&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Guerra di liberazione del Bangladesh (la pagina non esiste)">guerra di liberazione del Bangladesh</a> causò l'afflusso di milioni di rifugiati nel Bengala Occidentale che ne misero in crisi le infrastrutture.<sup id="cite_ref-londonanthology_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-londonanthology-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nel 1974 un'<a href="/w/index.php?title=Epidemia_di_vaiolo_in_India_nel_1974&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Epidemia di vaiolo in India nel 1974 (la pagina non esiste)">epidemia di vaiolo</a> fece migliaia di morti. La politica bengalese cambiò notevolmente quando la sinistra vinse le elezioni nel 1977 sconfiggendo il Congresso Nazionale Indiano. La sinistra, guidata dal <a href="/wiki/Partito_Comunista_d%27India_(Marxista)" title="Partito Comunista d&#39;India (Marxista)">Partito Comunista d'India (Marxista)</a>, governò lo Stato per i successivi trent'anni.<sup id="cite_ref-longcommu_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longcommu-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>La ripresa economica dello Stato iniziò dopo le riforme economiche indiane introdotte nella metà degli anni novanta dal governo centrale e l'elezione di un nuovo capo del governo riformista, <a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Bhattacharjee" title="Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee">Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee</a>, nel 2000. A partire dal 2007 alcuni gruppi di attivisti hanno organizzato piccoli attacchi terroristici in varie parti dello Stato,<sup id="cite_ref-voamaoist_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voamaoist-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-satpmcc_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-satpmcc-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> mentre gli scontri con l'amministrazione vertono sull'acquisizione dei terreni industriali in diversi luoghi sensibili.<sup id="cite_ref-singur1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-singur1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nandi1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nandi1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Il 10 aprile 2011 è avvenuta l'ultima elezione che si è conclusa con la vittoria del Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) guidato da Mamata Banerjee, una figura politica emersa negli ultimi anni per la dura lotta al partito comunista. Il TMC era alleato con il partito al potere in India, il Congress Party. La vittoria del movimento di Mamata Banerjee, oggi Primo Ministro nel Bengala Occidentale e Ministro delle Ferrovie della federazione, ha sancito la fine del più longevo governo comunista democraticamente eletto della storia. Il TMC ha ottenuto più del 60% dei consensi durante i vari turni di votazione aggiudicandosi 186 seggi su 274 ma, grazie alle alleanze, ora ne controlla 227. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geografia_fisica">Geografia fisica</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=3" title="Modifica la sezione Geografia fisica" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Geografia fisica"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westbengalimap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Westbengalimap.png/220px-Westbengalimap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Westbengalimap.png/330px-Westbengalimap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Westbengalimap.png/440px-Westbengalimap.png 2x" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="686" /></a><figcaption>Mappa del Bengala Occidentale</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG/220px-Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG/330px-Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG/440px-Kalinagar_Floods_B.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1224" /></a><figcaption>Molte aree del paese vengono allagate dalle forti piogge portate dai monsoni</figcaption></figure> <p>Il Bengala Occidentale si trova sulla parte orientale dell'India e si estende dall'<a href="/wiki/Himalaya" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a> alla <a href="/wiki/Golfo_del_Bengala" title="Golfo del Bengala">Baia del Bengala</a> per una superficie di 88 752 chilometri quadrati.<sup id="cite_ref-area_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La regione collinare del <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a> nell'estremo nord dello Stato fa parte dell'Himalaya orientale, e comprende il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandakfu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandakfu (la pagina non esiste)">Sandakfu</a>, che con i suoi 3 636 metri è il monte più alto dello Stato.<sup id="cite_ref-sandak_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sandak-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La stretta regione del <a href="/wiki/Terai" title="Terai">Terai</a> separa la parte montuosa dalla pianura, che a sua volta estende verso il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Delta_del_Gange&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Delta del Gange (la pagina non esiste)">delta del Gange</a> a sud. La regione <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rarh&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Rarh (la pagina non esiste)">Rarh</a> si trova tra il delta del Gange a est e l'altopiano occidentale. Una piccola regione costiera si trova nell'estremo sud, mentre la <a href="/wiki/Foresta_di_mangrovie" class="mw-redirect" title="Foresta di mangrovie">foresta di mangrovie</a> <a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a> costituisce un importante aspetto del delta del Gange. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Idrografia">Idrografia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=4" title="Modifica la sezione Idrografia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Idrografia"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Il <a href="/wiki/Gange" title="Gange">Gange</a> è il fiume principale e si divide in due nel Bengala Occidentale. Una parte entra nel <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> e viene chiamata <a href="/wiki/Padma" title="Padma">Padma</a> o <i>Pôdda</i>, mentre l'altra rimane nel Bengala con dividendosi altri due fiumi chiamati <a href="/wiki/Bhagirathi" title="Bhagirathi">Bhagirathi</a> e <a href="/wiki/Hughli" title="Hughli">Hughli</a>. I fiumi <a href="/wiki/Tista" title="Tista">Teesta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Torsa" title="Torsa">Torsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaldhaka" title="Jaldhaka">Jaldhaka</a> e <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahanada&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahanada (la pagina non esiste)">Mahanada</a> si trovano nella regione collinare a settentrione. Nell'altopiano occidentale ci sono altri fiumi come il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Damodar (la pagina non esiste)">Damodar</a>, l'<a href="/wiki/Ajay" title="Ajay">Ajay</a> e il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kangsabati&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Kangsabati (la pagina non esiste)">Kangsabati</a>. Il delta del Gange e la Sundarbans sono anch'essi ricchi di fiumi e insenature. L'<a href="/wiki/Inquinamento" title="Inquinamento">inquinamento</a> del Gange dovuto allo scarico indiscriminato di rifiuti è il maggior problema.<sup id="cite_ref-gangapoll_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gangapoll-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In almeno nove distretti l'acqua sotterranea è inquinata dall'<a href="/wiki/Arsenico" title="Arsenico">arsenico</a> e si stima che 8,7 milioni di persone bevano acqua contaminata oltre il limite consentito dall'<a href="/wiki/Organizzazione_mondiale_della_sanit%C3%A0" title="Organizzazione mondiale della sanità">Organizzazione mondiale della sanità</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-arsenicwb_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arsenicwb-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clima">Clima</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=5" title="Modifica la sezione Clima" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Clima"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Il clima del Bengala Occidentale varia dalla <a href="/wiki/Savana" title="Savana">savana</a> tropicale a sud all'umido <a href="/wiki/Clima_subtropicale" title="Clima subtropicale">subtropicale</a> a nord. Le stagioni principali sono l'<a href="/wiki/Estate" title="Estate">estate</a>, la <a href="/wiki/Stagione_delle_piogge" title="Stagione delle piogge">stagione delle piogge</a>, un breve <a href="/wiki/Autunno" title="Autunno">autunno</a> e l'<a href="/wiki/Inverno" title="Inverno">inverno</a>. Mentre l'estate nella regione del delta è molto umida, nella regione montuosa occidentale è asciutta come in tutta l'India del Nord, con temperature massime che variano dai 38 ai 45 °C.<sup id="cite_ref-webindia_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webindia-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La notte una fredda brezza meridionale porta umidità dalla Baia del Bengala. All'inizio dell'estate sono frequenti brevi <a href="/wiki/Burrasca" title="Burrasca">burrasche</a> e <a href="/wiki/Temporale" title="Temporale">temporali</a> conosciuti come <i>Kalbaisakhi</i>, o Nor'westers.<sup id="cite_ref-kalboisakhi_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kalboisakhi-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Il Bengala Occidentale è colpito dai <a href="/wiki/Monsone" title="Monsone">monsoni</a> provenienti dall'<a href="/wiki/Oceano_Indiano" title="Oceano Indiano">oceano Indiano</a> che si muovono in direzione nordovest i quali portano pioggia da giugno a settembre. L'inverno (dicembre-gennaio) è mite in pianura con temperature minime di 15 °C,<sup id="cite_ref-webindia_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-webindia-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> ed è caratterizzato da un vento secco settentrionale che abbassa il livello di umidità. L'inverno è più rigido nella regione himalayana e collinare di <a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a>, dove nevica occasionalmente. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_e_fauna">Flora e fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=6" title="Modifica la sezione Flora e fauna" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Flora e fauna"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg/220px-Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg/330px-Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg/440px-Panthera_tigris_tigris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1122" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>Una <a href="/wiki/Panthera_tigris_tigris" title="Panthera tigris tigris">tigre del Bengala</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg/220px-Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg/330px-Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg/440px-Sun_set_in_neora_valley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="682" /></a><figcaption>Tramonto nella valle di Neora</figcaption></figure> <p>A causa della grande differenza di altitudine tra la regione <a href="/wiki/Himalaya" title="Himalaya">himalayana</a> e le pianure costiere, la flora e la fauna dello Stato sono varie. Le foreste coprono il 14% del Bengala Occidentale, una percentuale più bassa rispetto alla media nazionale del 23%,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hdrchap9_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hdrchap9-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> mentre le foreste protette coprono il 4% del territorio.<sup id="cite_ref-flora2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flora2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Una parte della più grande foresta di mangrovie del mondo, la Sundarban si trova nel Bengala Occidentale.<sup id="cite_ref-mangrove_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mangrove-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dal punto di vista <a href="/wiki/Fitogeografia" title="Fitogeografia">fitogeografico</a>, la parte meridionale del Bengala Occidentale può essere divisa in due regioni: la Pianura gangetica e la foresta di mangrovie costiera.<sup id="cite_ref-Mukherji_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mukherji-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Il terreno alluvionale della pianura gangetica, assieme alle precipitazioni favorevoli, rendono questa regione particolarmente fertile.<sup id="cite_ref-Mukherji_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mukherji-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gran parte della vegetazione nella parte occidentale ha caratteristiche simili alla flora dell'<a href="/wiki/Altopiano_del_Chota_Nagpur" title="Altopiano del Chota Nagpur">altopiano del Chota Nagpur</a> nell'adiacente <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mukherji_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mukherji-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La pianta commerciale predominante è la <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shorea_Robusta&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Shorea Robusta (la pagina non esiste)">Shorea Robusta</a>, nota anche come Salwood. La regione del <a href="/w/index.php?title=Purba_Medinipur&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Purba Medinipur (la pagina non esiste)">Purba Medinipur</a> è caratterizzata da una vegetazione tipicamente costiera nella quale è predominante la <a href="/wiki/Casuarina" title="Casuarina">casuarina</a>. Il più prezioso albero della Sundarbans è l'onnipresente <i>sundri</i>, (<i><a href="/wiki/Heritiera_fomes" title="Heritiera fomes">Heritiera fomes</a></i>), dal quale la foresta prende il nome.<sup id="cite_ref-vegetation_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vegetation-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La vegetazione settentrionale è influenzata dall'altitudine e dalle precipitazioni. Ad esempio le colline pedemontane dell'Himalaya, le <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dooar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dooar (la pagina non esiste)">Dooar</a>, sono fittamente coperte da salwood e altri alberi sempreverdi tropicali.<sup id="cite_ref-India123_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India123-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Oltre i mille metri la vegetazione assume i caratteri della <a href="/w/index.php?title=Foresta_subtropicale&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Foresta subtropicale (la pagina non esiste)">foresta subtropicale</a>. Nel Darjeeling, sopra i 1 500 metri, gli alberi più comuni sono quelli della <a href="/wiki/Foresta_temperata" title="Foresta temperata">foresta temperata</a>, come <a href="/wiki/Quercia" class="mw-redirect" title="Quercia">querce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conifere" class="mw-redirect" title="Conifere">conifere</a> e <a href="/wiki/Rododendro" class="mw-redirect" title="Rododendro">rododendri</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-India123_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India123-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>La sundarbans è nota per essere una riserva naturale protetta per la protezione della <a href="/wiki/Tigre_del_Bengala" class="mw-redirect" title="Tigre del Bengala">tigre del Bengala</a>. Ci sono cinque parchi nazionali nello Stato:<sup id="cite_ref-natparks_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natparks-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parco_nazionale_della_Sundarbans&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Parco nazionale della Sundarbans (la pagina non esiste)">Parco nazionale della Sundarbans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parco_nazionale_di_Buxa" title="Parco nazionale di Buxa">Parco nazionale di Buxa</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parco_nazionale_di_Gorumara&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Parco nazionale di Gorumara (la pagina non esiste)">Parco nazionale di Gorumara</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Parco_nazionale_del_Singalila&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Parco nazionale del Singalila (la pagina non esiste)">Parco nazionale del Singalila</a>. La fauna comprende il rinoceronte indiano, l'elefante indiano, cervi, bisonti, leopardi, <a href="/wiki/Bos_gaurus" title="Bos gaurus">bos gaurus</a> e coccodrilli, oltre a una grande varietà di uccelli, parte dei quali arrivano durante la migrazione invernale.<sup id="cite_ref-flora2_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flora2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Le foreste ad altitudini elevate come il Parco nazionale di Singalila sono rifugi per <a href="/wiki/Muntjak_indiano" class="mw-redirect" title="Muntjak indiano">Muntiacus muntjak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ailurus_fulgens" title="Ailurus fulgens">panda rosso</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gazzella_bennetii&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gazzella bennetii (la pagina non esiste)">chinkara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Budorcas_taxicolor" title="Budorcas taxicolor">takin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capricornis" title="Capricornis">capricorni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manis" title="Manis">pangolini</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pericrocotus&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Pericrocotus (la pagina non esiste)">Pericrocotus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lophura_leucomelanos" title="Lophura leucomelanos">fagiano Kalij</a>. Oltre alla tigre del Bengala, la Sundarbans ospita molte altre specie in via di estinzione come la <a href="/wiki/Platanista_gangetica" title="Platanista gangetica">platanista</a>, tartarughe diamante, ecc.<sup id="cite_ref-hdrchap10_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hdrchap10-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> La foresta di <a href="/wiki/Mangrovie" class="mw-redirect" title="Mangrovie">mangrovie</a> funge anche da vivaio naturale per i pesci.<sup id="cite_ref-hdrchap10_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hdrchap10-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suddivisioni">Suddivisioni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=7" title="Modifica la sezione Suddivisioni" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Suddivisioni"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r130657691">body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .vedi-anche{font-size:95%}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r139142988">.mw-parser-output .hatnote-content{align-items:center;display:flex}.mw-parser-output .hatnote-icon{flex-shrink:0}.mw-parser-output .hatnote-icon img{display:flex}.mw-parser-output .hatnote-text{font-style:italic}body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .hatnote{border:1px solid #CCC;display:flex;margin:.5em 0;padding:.2em .5em}body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .hatnote-text{padding-left:.5em}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .hatnote-icon{padding-right:8px}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .hatnote-icon img{height:auto;width:16px}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .hatnote a.new{color:#d73333}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .hatnote a.new:visited{color:#a55858}</style> <div class="hatnote noprint vedi-anche"> <div class="hatnote-content"><span class="noviewer hatnote-icon" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Magnifying_glass_icon_mgx2.svg/18px-Magnifying_glass_icon_mgx2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Magnifying_glass_icon_mgx2.svg/27px-Magnifying_glass_icon_mgx2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Magnifying_glass_icon_mgx2.svg/36px-Magnifying_glass_icon_mgx2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="280" /></span></span> <span class="hatnote-text">Lo stesso argomento in dettaglio: <b><a href="/wiki/Distretti_dell%27India" title="Distretti dell&#39;India">Distretti dell'India</a></b>.</span></div> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png/220px-WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png/330px-WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png/440px-WestBengalDistrictscurrent.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Cartina dei distretti del Bengala Occidentale</figcaption></figure> <p>I 19 distretti del Bengala Occidentale sono elencati in base alla numerazione della cartina.<sup id="cite_ref-blocdir_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blocdir-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="colonne"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Darjeeling" title="Distretto di Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Jalpaiguri" title="Distretto di Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Cooch_Behar" title="Distretto di Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_del_Dinajpur_Settentrionale" title="Distretto del Dinajpur Settentrionale">Dinajpur Settentrionale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_del_Dinajpur_Meridionale" title="Distretto del Dinajpur Meridionale">Dinajpur Meridionale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Malda" title="Distretto di Malda">Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Birbhum" title="Distretto di Birbhum">Birbhum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Murshidabad" title="Distretto di Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Bardhaman" title="Distretto di Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Nadia" title="Distretto di Nadia">Nadia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Purulia" title="Distretto di Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Bankura" title="Distretto di Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Hooghly" title="Distretto di Hooghly">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_dei_24_Pargana_Nord" title="Distretto dei 24 Pargana Nord">Distretto dei 24 Pargana Nord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Midnapore_Ovest" title="Distretto di Midnapore Ovest">Distretto di Midnapore Ovest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Howrah" title="Distretto di Howrah">Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Calcutta" title="Distretto di Calcutta">Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_dei_24_Pargana_Sud" title="Distretto dei 24 Pargana Sud">Distretto dei 24 Pargana Sud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distretto_di_Midnapore_Est" title="Distretto di Midnapore Est">Distretto di Midnapore Est</a></li></ol> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Città_principali"><span id="Citt.C3.A0_principali"></span>Città principali</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=8" title="Modifica la sezione Città principali" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Città principali"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(censimento 2001) </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Città </th> <th>Popolazione </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> </td> <td align="right">4.580.544 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a> </td> <td align="right">1.008.704 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_(India)" title="Durgapur (India)">Durgapur</a> </td> <td align="right">492.996 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a> </td> <td align="right">486.304 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a> </td> <td align="right">470.275 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhatpara" title="Bhatpara">Bhatpara</a> </td> <td align="right">441.956 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Dumdum" title="South Dumdum">South Dumdum</a> </td> <td align="right">392.150 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maheshtala" title="Maheshtala">Maheshtala</a> </td> <td align="right">389.214 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Panihati" title="Panihati">Panihati</a> </td> <td align="right">348.379 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajpur_Sonarpur" title="Rajpur Sonarpur">Rajpur Sonarpur</a> </td> <td align="right">336.390 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kamarhati" title="Kamarhati">Kamarhati</a> </td> <td align="right">314.334 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kulti" title="Kulti">Kulti</a> </td> <td align="right">290.057 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Burdwan" title="Burdwan">Burdwan</a> </td> <td align="right">285.871 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat_Gopalpur" title="Rajarhat Gopalpur">Rajarhat Gopalpur</a> </td> <td align="right">271.781 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bally_(Howrah)" title="Bally (Howrah)">Bally</a> </td> <td align="right">261.575 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baranagar" title="Baranagar">Baranagar</a> </td> <td align="right">250.615 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>La capitale e la più grande città dello Stato è <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-agglorank_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-agglorank-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> la quarta per popolazione tra le città indiane.<sup id="cite_ref-cityrank_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cityrank-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Siliguri" title="Siliguri">Siliguri</a> è una città economicamente importante, situata in una posizione strategica nel nordest del <a href="/wiki/Corridoio_di_Siliguri" title="Corridoio di Siliguri">Corridoio di Siliguri</a>. <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_(India)" title="Durgapur (India)">Durgapur</a> sono altre città della cintura industriale occidentale.<sup id="cite_ref-swhydro_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-swhydro-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fino al 2015 comprendeva <a href="/wiki/Dahala_Khagrabari" title="Dahala Khagrabari">Dahala Khagrabari</a>, l'unica <a href="/wiki/Enclave_ed_exclave" title="Enclave ed exclave">enclave</a> di 3º livello al mondo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politica">Politica</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=9" title="Modifica la sezione Politica" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Politica"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calcutta_High_Court.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Calcutta_High_Court.jpg/220px-Calcutta_High_Court.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Calcutta_High_Court.jpg/330px-Calcutta_High_Court.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Calcutta_High_Court.jpg/440px-Calcutta_High_Court.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3411" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>L'Alta Corte di Calcutta</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cpmcongress_(87).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cpmcongress_%2887%29.JPG/220px-Cpmcongress_%2887%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cpmcongress_%2887%29.JPG/330px-Cpmcongress_%2887%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Cpmcongress_%2887%29.JPG/440px-Cpmcongress_%2887%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Congresso del Partito Comunista dell'India a <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> nel 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>Il Bengala Occidentale è una <a href="/wiki/Democrazia_rappresentativa" title="Democrazia rappresentativa">democrazia rappresentativa</a> governata da un <a href="/wiki/Parlamento" title="Parlamento">sistema parlamentare</a>, come altri stati indiani. Il <a href="/wiki/Suffragio_universale" title="Suffragio universale">suffragio universale</a> è garantito per i residenti. </p><p>Il <a href="/wiki/Potere_legislativo" title="Potere legislativo">potere legislativo</a> viene gestito dall'<a href="/w/index.php?title=Assemblea_legislativa_del_Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Assemblea legislativa del Bengala Occidentale (la pagina non esiste)">Assemblea legislativa del Bengala Occidentale</a>, la quale è formata da membri eletti e portavoce come gli Speaker e i Deputy Speaker, che vengono eletti dai membri dell'assemblea. Le riunioni dell'assemblea vengono presiedute dallo Speaker oppure, in assenza di questo, dal Deputy Speaker. Il <a href="/wiki/Potere_giudiziario" title="Potere giudiziario">potere giudiziario</a> viene esercitato dall'<a href="/w/index.php?title=Alta_Corte_di_Calcutta&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alta Corte di Calcutta (la pagina non esiste)">Alta Corte di Calcutta</a> e da un sistema di tribunali di grado inferiore. Il potere esecutivo viene retto dal <a href="/wiki/Consiglio_dei_ministri" title="Consiglio dei ministri">Consiglio dei ministri</a>, presieduto dal <a href="/w/index.php?title=Primo_ministro_del_Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Primo ministro del Bengala Occidentale (la pagina non esiste)">Primo ministro</a>, anche se il capo del governo è il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Governatore_del_Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Governatore del Bengala Occidentale (la pagina non esiste)">governatore</a>, che viene nominato dal <a href="/wiki/Presidente_dell%27India" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidente dell&#39;India">Presidente dell'India</a>. Il leader del partito o della coalizione con la maggioranza nell'assemblea legislativa è nominato, come il primo ministro, dal governatore, e il consiglio dei ministri viene nominato dal governatore su consiglio del primo ministro. Il consiglio dei ministri fa riferimento all'Assemblea ligislativa. L'assemblea è unicamerale ed è formata da 295 membri,<sup id="cite_ref-295mla_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-295mla-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ecidatabase_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecidatabase-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> uno dei quali viene nominato dalla comunità anglo-indiana. I membri rimangono in carica per cinque anni, a meno che l'assemblea non venga sciolta prima di questo termine. Le autorità ausiliarie, chiamate <a href="/wiki/Panchayat" title="Panchayat">panchayat</a>, per il quale le elezioni vengono svolte regolarmente, governano in ambito locale. 42 posti sono riservati a membri del <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a>, mentre altri 16 a membri del <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> del <a href="/wiki/Parlamento_indiano" class="mw-redirect" title="Parlamento indiano">Parlamento indiano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-togetherindiawb_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-togetherindiawb-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>I partiti principali della politica bengalese sono il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Left_Front&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Left Front (la pagina non esiste)">Left Front</a> (guidato dal <a href="/wiki/Partito_Comunista_d%27India_(Marxista)" title="Partito Comunista d&#39;India (Marxista)">Partito Comunista d'India (Marxista)</a>, il <a href="/w/index.php?title=Trinamol_Congress&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Trinamol Congress (la pagina non esiste)">Trinamol Congress</a> e il <a href="/wiki/Congresso_Nazionale_Indiano" title="Congresso Nazionale Indiano">Congresso Nazionale Indiano</a>. Dopo le elezioni dell'assemblea di stato del <a href="/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a>, la coalizione del Left Front guidata da <a href="/w/index.php?title=Buddhadeb_Bhattacharya&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (la pagina non esiste)">Buddhadeb Bhattacharya</a> del Partito Comunista viene eletto al potere, ottenendo 235 seggi nell'assemblea legislativa. Il Left Front ha governato il Bengala Occidentale negli ultimi trent'anni, diventando il partito comunista democraticamente eletto più longevo.<sup id="cite_ref-longcommu_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longcommu-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraphindia_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraphindia-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Timesofindia.indiatimes.com_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Timesofindia.indiatimes.com-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nelle elezioni del 2011 il Trinamool Congress di Mamata Banerjee, in alleanza con il SUCI e con l'INC (Indian National Congress),ha conquistato la maggioranza dei seggi al Parlamento di Calcutta. L'alleanza di centro-destra ha sbaragliato l'Alleanza di sinistra. conquistando 227 seggi complessivi, dei quali rispettivamente 184 ottenuti dal partito di Mamata Banerjee, 42 dall'INC e solo 1 dal SUCI. Mamata Banerjee ha giurato come Primo Ministro del Bengala Occidentale il 20 maggio 2011. È la prima donna a essere Primo Ministro del Bengala Occidentale. Una delle sue prime decisioni come Capo del Governo è stata quella di restituire la proprietà di 400 acri di terra ai coltivatori del Singur che ne erano stati espropriati dal precedente governo per creare delle zone economiche speciali. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economia">Economia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=10" title="Modifica la sezione Economia" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Economia"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agricoltura_e_allevamento">Agricoltura e allevamento</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=11" title="Modifica la sezione Agricoltura e allevamento" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Agricoltura e allevamento"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Il Bengala Occidentale dispone di un settore primario, l'agricoltura, la cui attività è esercitata su un territorio fertile e produce principalmente riso, tè, canna da zucchero e iuta. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industria_e_terziario">Industria e terziario</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=12" title="Modifica la sezione Industria e terziario" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Industria e terziario"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lo sviluppo industriale è molto concentrato in alcune zone industriali molto grandi, tra cui <a href="/w/index.php?title=Damodar&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Damodar (la pagina non esiste)">Damodar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur_(India)" title="Durgapur (India)">Durgapur</a> e <a href="/wiki/Hughli" title="Hughli">Hughli</a> che gravita intorno alla stessa grande metropoli di <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>. L'area di <a href="/wiki/Singur" title="Singur">Singur</a>, vicino a Calcutta, è destinata a ospitare il nuovo impianto della <a href="/wiki/Tata_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Tata Group">Tata</a> per la produzione di auto <a href="/wiki/Low_cost" class="mw-redirect" title="Low cost">low cost</a>. Il progetto ha dato adito a molte controversie per gli espropri forzosi di molti campi. Ancora più sanguinosa è stata la lotta per il destino di un'altra area destinata a sviluppo industriale, quella di Nandigram. È presente anche un settore terziario. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Note">Note</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=13" title="Modifica la sezione Note" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>modifica</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengala_Occidentale&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Note"><span>modifica wikitesto</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lawsofindia.org/statelaw/5904/TheBengalOfficialLanguageAct1961.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Bengal Official Language Act, 1961</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;">lawsofindia.org</span>. <small>URL consultato il 26 novembre 2012</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Nanda, J. 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Europe referred to Bengal as the richest country to trade with.»</div></cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> Tim Steel, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190517063054/https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/12/19/the-paradise-of-nations"><span style="font-style:italic;">The paradise of nations</span></a> (Op-ed), su <span style="font-style:italic;">Dhaka Tribune</span>, 19 dicembre 2014. <small>URL consultato il 17 maggio 2019</small> <small>(archiviato dall'<abbr title="https&#58;//www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/12/19/the-paradise-of-nations">url originale</abbr> il 17 maggio 2019)</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bsahistory-4"><a href="#cite_ref-bsahistory_4-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051226045659/http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/saofbangladesh/history.htm"><span style="font-style:italic;">History of Bangladesh</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;">orgs.ttu.edu</span>, Bangladesh Student Association. <small>URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2006</small> <small>(archiviato dall'<abbr title="http&#58;//www.orgs.ttu.edu/saofbangladesh/history.htm">url originale</abbr> il 26 dicembre 2005)</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-xinhua-5"><a href="#cite_ref-xinhua_5-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news" style="font-style:normal"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070510135113/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/12/content_4293312.htm"><span style="font-style:italic;">4000-year old settlement unearthed in Bangladesh</span></a>, Xinhua, 2006-March <small>(archiviato dall'<abbr title="http&#58;//news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/12/content_4293312.htm">url originale</abbr> il 10 maggio 2007)</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-congress-6"><a href="#cite_ref-congress_6-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation libro" style="font-style:normal"> James Heitzman and Robert L. 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Society of Bangladesh. <small>URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2006</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-islambanglaped-10"><a href="#cite_ref-islambanglaped_10-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/I_0103.htm"><span style="font-style:italic;">Islam (in Bengal)</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;">Banglapedia</span>, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. <small>URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2006</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sirajbanglaped-11"><a href="#cite_ref-sirajbanglaped_11-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> S Chaudhury e KM Mohsin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/S_0411.htm"><span style="font-style:italic;">Sirajuddaula</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;">Banglapedia</span>, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. <small>URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2006</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-famine1770-12"><a href="#cite_ref-famine1770_12-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> John Fiske, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061205020541/http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fiske/john/f54u/chapter9.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">The Famine of 1770 in Bengal</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;">The Unseen World, and other essays</span>, University of Adelaide Library Electronic Texts Collection. <small>URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2006</small> <small>(archiviato dall'<abbr title="http&#58;//etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/f/fiske/john/f54u/chapter9.html">url originale</abbr> il 5 dicembre 2006)</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-baxter2-13"><a href="#cite_ref-baxter2_13-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Baxter 1997, pp. 30–32</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-baxter3-14"><a href="#cite_ref-baxter3_14-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Baxter 1997, pp. 39-40</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sen-15"><a href="#cite_ref-sen_15-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation libro" style="font-style:normal"> Amartya Sen, <span style="font-style:italic;">Poverty and Famines</span>, Oxford University Press, 1973, <a href="/wiki/ISBN" title="ISBN">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Speciale:RicercaISBN/0-19-828463-2" title="Speciale:RicercaISBN/0-19-828463-2">0-19-828463-2</a>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-parttionbanglaped-16"><a href="#cite_ref-parttionbanglaped_16-0"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web" style="font-style:normal"> Harun-or-Rashid, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/P_0101.htm"><span style="font-style:italic;">Partition of Bengal, 1947</span></a>, su <span style="font-style:italic;">Banglapedia</span>, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. <small>URL consultato il 26 ottobre 2006</small>.</cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><a href="#cite_ref-17"><b>^</b></a> <span class="reference-text">Dr. Sailen Debnath, 'West Bengal in Doldrums'<a href="/wiki/Speciale:RicercaISBN/9788186860342" class="internal mw-magiclink-isbn">ISBN 978-81-86860-34-2</a>; &amp; Dr. Sailen Debnath ed. 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