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Western Dooars Map highlighting the state of West Bengal in eastern India, shaded in orange, with its capital Kolkata marked. The map shows surrounding countries including Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, and Pakistan, as well as the Bay of Bengal to the south. View of the Hooghly River near Baharampur, West Bengal, India, with green vegetation along the riverbank, scattered trees, and a dirt path leading to small buildings. Himalayas Darjeeling, West Bengal, India: picking tea leaves An elephant safari in the Jaldapara National Park A Bengal tiger with orange fur and black stripes lies on the ground, facing forward with its front legs crossed. A person with two water buffalo stands in a flooded rice paddy, surrounded by green fields and trees, with thatched-roof houses in the background in Bankura, West Bengal, India. Asansol Indian women wearing headscarves and carrying large baskets on their backs pick tea leaves among lush green tea plants at Makaibari Tea Estate in Darjeeling, India.
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Western Dooars A tea plantation in Western Dooars, northern West Bengal, India.

West Bengal

state, India
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D.M. Sen
Vice-Chancellor, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, 1965ā€“69.
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West Bengal, state of India, located in the eastern part of the country. It is bounded to the north by the state of Sikkim and the country of Bhutan, to the northeast by the state of Assam, to the east by the country of Bangladesh, to the south by the Bay of Bengal, to the southwest by the state of Odisha, to the west by the states of Jharkhand and Bihar, and to the northwest...

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