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The Nandigram violence was an incident in Nandigram, West Bengal where, on the orders of the Left Front government, more than 4,000 heavily armed police stormed the Nandigram area with the aim of stamping out protests against the West Bengal government's plans to expropriate 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of land for a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to be ...
This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India. This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali refugees from East Bengal who settled in West Bengal after the partition of the Indian sub-continent in 1947.
Among tribal groups, the Karmali tribe of West Bengal showed highest at 100% [39] followed by Lodhas (43%) [80] to the east, while Bhil of Gujarat in the west were at 18%, [57] Tharus of the north showed it at 17%, [5] the Chenchu and Pallan of the south were at 20% and 14% respectively.
Pohela Baishakh celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language.
The Sabar people (also Shabar and Saora) are one of the Adivasi of Munda ethnic group tribe who live mainly in Odisha and West Bengal.During the colonial period, they were classed as one of the 'criminal tribes' under Criminal Tribes Act 1871, and suffer from social stigma and ostracism in modern times.
Sintia Perez and Jace Hirschy are charged with felony neglect. Police said the child's temperature registered at more than 109 degrees after death. Parents arrested in death of 2-year-old who was ...
The war caused millions of East Bengali refugees to take shelter in neighbouring India, especially the Indian state of West Bengal, with Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal, becoming the capital-in-exile of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh. The Mukti Bahini guerrilla forces waged a nine-month war against the Pakistani military.
Steven Clark’s elderly parents were arrested in September following a cold case review. Police still believe he was murdered. Parents arrested over 1992 murder of son released without charge