FACTS ABOUT WEST BENGAL

GENERAL FACTS ABOUT WEST BENGAL

1. Leading producer of Rice and Jute
2. Kali Pooja is the famous festival of  : West Bengal
3. The Writers Building is the Secretariat building of: West Bengal
4. The Indian state having the largest area under Mangroves  : West Bengal
5. State having second place in population density among Indian states
6. Historic place ‘Plassey’ is in : West Bengal
7. The state where the Black hole tragedy was held in 1756
8. Ghum Monastry is located in  : West Bengal
9. The agitation for the separation of Gorkha land is in the state of : West Bengal
10. Famous Farakka Barrage is in : West Bengal
11. Mayurakshi Irrigation Project is in : West Bengal
12. Chittaranjan Locomotive works located in  : West Bengal
13. Haldia Oil refinery is in : West Bengal
14. Darjeeling, Siliguri etc are the famous hill stations of: West Bengal
15. Santinikethan, Ayodhya hills, Hazarduari palace, Digha Beach are located in : West Bengal
16. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is in : West Bengal
17. Victoria memorial, the famous art gallery is in: West Bengal
18. Famous Darjeeling – Himalayan railway service nicknamed as Toy Trains in: West Bengal
19. The state having the longest period under Communist Rule under democracy: West Bengal
20. The Indian state which shares longest boundary line with Bangladesh : West Bengal
21. First Indian state to issue identity cards for trees in the state: West Bengal
22. First state in India where the State Human Rights Commission was started: West Bengal
23. First winner of Santhosh Trophy Tournament – West Bengal
24. India’s first papermill was established in : West Bengal
25. First Indian state to propose blood test before marriage: West Bengal
26. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute is situated at : Daijeeling
27. Thunderbolt scepter is the meaning of the word : Darjeeling
28. First complete women court in India: Malda
29. Central Glass and Ceramics Research Centre is located at : Jadavpur
30. Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute is located at: Durgapur
31. The country which assisted in the construction of Durgapur steel plant: Britain
32. First Iron and Steel Plant in India: Kultii
33. Famous coal mine in West Bengal: Asansol
34. First coal mine in India : Ranigunj
35. Largest hanging bridge in India : Howrah
36. Howrah Bridge is on the river : Hoogly
37. The busiest bridge in India : Howrah
38. New name of Howrah bridge: RabindraSethu
39. First open defecation free district in India  : Nadia
40. First telegraph line in India: Calcutta – Diamond Harbour 
41. The script of Santhali Language : Ol child
42. Earlier French colony located in West Bengal : Chandra Nagar
43. The busiest bridge in India: Howrah
44. The headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission: Belur
45. India’s first IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) was set up at: Kharagpur
46. The IIT which has decided to include vastuvidya in its curriculum : IIT Kharagpur
47. The Port which tops in the list of cleanliness prepared by the Ministry of Shipping (2017) : Haldia Port
48. Siliguri corridor is known as : Chicken’s Neck
49. Railway station with all the three gauges (metre guage, narrow guage and broad guage) is situated at
50. : Siliguri Railway Station
51. First bank to introduce cheque system in India (1784) : Bengal bank
52. The train service between Kolkata – Dhaka : Maitri Express
53. The largest stadium in India: Yuvabharati (Salt Lake)
54. The largest Cricket Stadium in India : Eden Gardens
55. Shom prakash newspaper was started by: Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
56. Father of Bengali Prose Literature : Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
57. Doctor’s day is observed as the birthday of: B.C.Roy (July 1)
58. Durgeshnandini was written by: Bankim ChandraChattopadhyay
59. First Indian woman to cross English Channel : Arathy Saha
60. First Asian to win Nobel Prize for Literature : Rabindranath Tagore
61. The saint of gutters: Mother Teresa
62. The person known as Deshabandhu: C.R.Das
63. The magazine titled Narayana was started by: C.R.Das
64. The Indian Freedom Fighter who is known as Tiger of Bengal: Bipin Chandra Pal
65. The Viceroy who termed himself as the Tiger of Bengal: Lord Wellesley
66. The Indian Cricketer who is known as Tiger of Bengal : Saurav Ganguly
67. Ancient name of Kolkata : Kaligarh
68. The city known as the St. Petersburg  of East : Kolkata
69. Calcutta was the capital of British India until : 1911
70. The name Calcutta was changed to Kolkata in: January 2001
71. Most number of INC sessions were held in Kolkata before Independence : Calcutta
72. The Chief architect of Kolkata city : Job Charnok
73. The Metro politan city which lies near Tropic of Cancer : Kolkata
74. The place known as city of Palaces : Kolkata
75. The place known as the Mecca of Indian football : Kolkata
76. The place known as the Science City of India : Kolkata
77. Kolkata is situated on the banks of the river : Hugli
78. India’s first Telegraph line (Kolkata to Diamond Harbour) and Telephone line were set up in : Kolkata
79. India’s first under ground Railway Station was established at : Kolkata
80. India’s first metro train service was established at: Kolkata
81. India’s first University was established at: Kolkata
82. First Women College in Asia : Bethune College, Kolkata
83. First girl school in India : St.Thomas Girl’s School, Kolkata
84. First High Court of India was established at : Kolkata (1862)
85. First Green Bench was established in the : Kolkata High Court
86. First Finger Print Bureau was established at: Kolkata.
87. First Indian city which started commercial Cellular service: Kolkata
88. First city in India to report Chikungunya: Kolkata
89. India’s first art gallery was established at (1814): Kolkata
90. The venue of first Science Congress : Kolkata (1914)
91. The first Homoeopathic medical college in India was established at : Kolkata
92. First Hockey Club in India : Kolkata
93. First Santhosh Trophy Tournament was held at : Kolkata
94. Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Ltd is at  : Kolkata
95. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics is at  : Kolkata
96. All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health is at  Kolkata
97. Central Jute Technology Limited is situated at Kolkata
98. Satyajith Ray Film and Television institute is situated at : Kolkata
99. Headquarters of Anthropological Survey of India: Kolkata
100. Zoological Survey of India is situated at: Kolkata
101. Cholera Research Centre is situated at : Kolkata
102. Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation Limited is at Kolkata
103. The only riverine port in India: Kolkata Port
104. Asiatic Society was founded in Kolkata by Sir William Johns in: 1784
105. Jorasanko Bhavan (ancestral home of Tagore) is situated in : Kolkata
106. The biggest zoo in India : Zoological Garden in Kolkata
107. Netaji Bhavan is situated at : Kolkata
108. City having the most number of tax payers : Kolkata
109. Victoria memorial, the famous art gallery was designed by: William Emerson
110. The tributary of Ganges which flows in West Bengal: Hoogly
111. Kolkata is on the bank of the river  : Hoogly
112. Main tributary of Hoogly : Damodar
113. Sorrow of Bengal : Damodar
114. World’s largest delta located In Ganga Brahmaputra Plains: Sundarbans Delta
115. The stadium known as the Lord’s of Asia Eden Gardens
116. TIGER RESERVE
117. Sundarbans Tiger Reserve
118. Buxa Tiger Reserve
119. Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological  park is located in : Darjeeling
120. Alipore Zoological Garden is situated : Kolkata
121. The Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Botanical Garden is situated at  : Kolkata
122. Largest Botanical Garden in India : The Acharya Jagadish  Chandra Bose Botanical Garden
123. First multipurpose river valley project in India : Damodar Valley project 
124. Damodar valley project was setup in  : 1948
125. Damodar valley project is based on the model of : Tennesse Valley Authority, USA