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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.
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West Bengal, India
West Bengal, India.
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Hooghly River, West Bengal, India
West Bengal, India: Hooghly, or Hugli, River near Baharampur.
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Himalayas
Forested slopes of the foothills of the Himalayan mountains near Kalimpong, northern...
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Darjeeling, West Bengal, India: picking tea leaves
Workers picking tea leaves near Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
Gerald Cubitt
An elephant safari in the Jaldapara National Park
, The park is also a part of the Eastern Dooars Elephant Reserve.
Jayanta Debnath
Bengal tiger
The forests of West Bengal are inhabited by the endangered Bengal tiger (Panthera...
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Bankura, West Bengal, India
Rural village in the locality of Bankura, West Bengal, India.
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Asansol
Street vendors in Asansol, West Bengal, India.
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West Bengal: tea plantation
Women picking tea, West Bengal, India.
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Howrah bridge
Rabindra Setu, the bridge over the Hooghly River linking Howrah and Kolkata, West...
Monster eagle
Vishva-Bharati University
West Bengal, India: The Vishva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan.
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Chaitanya
Statue of Chaitanya in a temple in Mayapur, West Bengal, India.
Gaura
Baul singers
West Bengal, India: Baul singers in Shantiniketan (Bolpur).
ptwo/Girish Kulkarni and Nishita Desai
Plassey monument
Monument commemorating the Battle of Plassey (1757), Palashi, West Bengal, northeastern...
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Murshidabad: Nizamat Kila
Nizamat Kila, the palace of the nawabs, in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
Czarhind
Kolkata: Victoria Memorial Hall
Statue of Queen Victoria in front of Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, West Bengal,...
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Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress founder Mamata Banerjee is the first female chief minister of...
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Subarnarekha River
Subarnarekha River at Gopiballavpur, West Bengal, India.
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