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The Writers' Buildings or Mahakaran, often shortened to just Writers ', is the official secretariat building of the state government of West Bengal in Kolkata, India.The 150-metre long building covers the entire northern stretch of the Lal Dighi or Red Lake at the centre of historic B.B.D. Bagh, long considered as the administrative and business hub of the city.
Howrah Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Howrah municipal corporation and five community development blocs: Bally Jagacha, Domjur, Panchla, Sankrail and Jagatballavpur. The five blocks contain 67 gram panchayats and 44 census towns. The subdivision has its headquarters ...
Affiliated with the West Bengal State University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, education, history and geography, and a BA general course. It has hostel facilities. It has hostel facilities.
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency [3] [4] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AITC: Goutam Deb: 84,649 : 48.29 : CPI(M) Dilip Singh 73,413 41.88 BJP: Dulal Kanti Das 10,623 6.06 Independent Subash Biswas 2,347 1.34 BSP: Sanjiban Sarkar 1,423 0.81 Independent Nitu Jai Pritam 1,173 Indian People's Forward Bloc: Shambhu ...
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Rajarhat Gopalpur constituency [15] [16] Party Candidate Votes % ±% AITC: Purnendo Bose: 89,829 59.76 CPI(M) Rabindranath Mondal 54,104 35.99 BJP: Manoranjan Das 3,837 2.55 Independent Sunil Kumar Paul 785 Independent Purnendu Basu 613 Independent Jahar Roy 603 Independent Abhijit Maity 538 Majority 35,725 ...
West Bengal (/ b ɛ n ˈ ɡ ɔː l /; ISO: Paścimabaṅga, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃimˈbɔŋɡo] ⓘ, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of 88,752 km 2 (34,267 sq mi) as of 2011. The population estimate as of 2023 is ...
The district is largely an alluvial plain, formed by the constant shifting of the various rivers of the Ganges Delta. To the west of the district is the Bhagirathi (or Hooghly) river, which was once the main distributary of the Ganga towards the Bay of Bengal, and is still considered to be the continuation of the Ganga for Hindus. As the main ...
The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area), also known as Greater Kolkata, is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai.