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2026: Meeting place; Vidhan Sabha, Kolkata, West Bengal Website; www.wbassembly.gov.in: Footnotes; The Assembly was established in 1862 for the Bengal Presidency.The Presidency became the state of West Bengal in the Republic of India in 1950; the state of West Bengal in its current state was formed on 1 May 1960.
The Siliguri Corridor, also known as the Chicken's Neck, is a stretch of land around the city of Siliguri in West Bengal, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 20–22 kilometres (12–14 mi) at the narrowest section, this geo-political and geo-economical corridor connects the seven states of northeast India to the rest of India . [ 1 ]
In 1957, the Siliguri seat was a joint seat with one reserved for scheduled tribes. Satendra Narayan Mazumdar of CPI and Tenzing Wangdi of Congress won in 1957. In independent India's first election in 1951 Kurseong-Siliguri was a joint seat. Tenzing Wangdi of Congress and George Mahbert, Independent, won in 1951.
Known as the "Gateway of Northeast India", [1] [14] Siliguri is popular for three Ts: Tea, Timber and Tourism. [15] It is located on the banks of the Mahananda and the Teesta River in the foothills of the Himalayas. [16] Siliguri is the third largest urban agglomeration in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Asansol. [17] [18]
In 1947, when India gained independence, the state of West Bengal was formed, with 14 districts, as per partition plan of the then Bengal province of British India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The former princely state Koch Bihar joined as a district on 26 January 1950, [ 4 ] and the former French enclave Chandannagore joined as part of the Hooghly district in ...
West Bengal assembly elections, 2011: Dabgram-Phulbari constituency [2] [3] 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 ...
It will run almost parallel to the India–Nepal border, and will pass through three states–Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. The expressway is a part of Bharatmala Pariyojana , and it will reduce both travel time and distance, from 14-15 hours only 8-9 hours, and from 640 km (400 mi) to 519 km (322 mi). [ 1 ]
Under the Seventy-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of India, local governments of cities with a population of 1 lakh (100,000) and above are known as Municipal Corporations. This is a list of Municipal Corporation under State/Union Territory based on the 2011 Census of India. [1] [2]