Alose hilsaL'Alose hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) ou Hilsa (bengali : ইলিশ ; Ilish) est une espèce de poissons tropicaux de la famille des Clupeidae, du genre Tenualosa. Il vit sur les côtes de l'océan Indien et migre en eau douce pour se reproduire (migration anadrome). C'est un des symboles nationaux du Bangladesh, où il a une grande importance alimentaire, ainsi qu'en Inde et au Pakistan. thumb|left|Le Hilsa entre dans la composition du Panta Ilish, un plat traditionnel du nouvel an bengali. Le Hilsa est un poisson gras, riche en oméga-3.
DâmodarDamodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is home to large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow of Bengal because of its ravaging floods in the plains of West Bengal. The construction of several dams on the Damodar and its tributaries has helped control some of the flooding. Damodar means "rope around the belly", derived from Sanskrit दाम (dama) "rope" and उदर (udara) "belly".
Métro de CalcuttaLe métro de Calcutta (en bengali : কলকাতা মেট্রো, Kolkata Meṭro) est un système de transport en commun de Calcutta, officiellement Kolkata, en Inde. Il est chronologiquement le premier réseau de ce type ouvert dans le pays en 1984, dans la troisième ville du pays après Delhi et Bombay. Le réseau comprend actuellement trois lignes opérationnelles. Une ligne nord - sud de 31,4 km reliant Dakshineswar à Kavi Subhash avec 27 stations dont sept sont surélevées, deux au niveau du sol et les quinze restantes souterraines.
Port of KolkataPort of Kolkata or Kolkata Port, officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (formerly Kolkata Port Trust or Port of Calcutta), is the only riverine major port of India, located in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India and was constructed by the British East India Company. Kolkata is a freshwater port with no variation in salinity. The port has two distinct dock systems — Kolkata Dock at Kolkata and a deep water dock at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia.
Rarh regionRarh region (raːɽ) is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to various sources throughout history, it is mainly coextensive with the state of West Bengal, also comprising parts of the state of Jharkhand in India. Linguistically, the region is defined with population speaking the Rarhi local Bengali dialect.
NabadwipNabadwip (ˌnæbəˈdwi:p), also spelt Navadwip, anciently Nadia or Nudiya, is a heritage city in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is regarded as a holy place by Hindus, and is the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Famous for Rass festival where city is illuminated with lights, dieties of God and goddesses are made on each corner of Nabadwip town. Hundreds of people gather to this small town on the occasion of raas utsab.
District de KolkataLe district de Kolkata ou district de Calcutta (কলকাতা জেলা) est un district de l’État indien du Bengale-Occidental. Le district de Calcutta a une superficie de pour une population de habitants en 2011. Le district comprend la partie centrale de la ville de Kolkata et est administré par la Kolkata Municipal Corporation. D'autres parties de la ville et de sa banlieue étant placée sous administration des districts avoisinants de North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly et Nadia. Carte du Distric
History of BengalThe history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It includes modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Karimganj district, located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex of the Bay of Bengal and dominated by the fertile Ganges delta. The region was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as Gangaridai, a powerful kingdom whose war elephant forces led the withdrawal of Alexander the Great from India.
