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I have noticed that under the link 'Bangladesh', there is a brief history of that country starting from 13th century , but here under 'WestBengal' there is no history attached . However how Bengal / Bangla / Bangali were evolved from one to two thousand years BC , was an enchanting story and good to know. Every bangali whether originated from westbengal or bangladesh should feel great when they know this very ancient history . So, my request , if that old history can be added in this link. Thank you. from : pramita@comcast.net

The Bangla wikipedia is just taking off, but unfortunately, there are not too many wikipedians from West Bengal in the bangla wiki. So, I'd request editors from West Bengal to join there and add the articles on West Bengal, Kolkata etc. Please check out http://bn.wikipedia.org . Thanks. --Ragib 02:07, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article is required in Wikipedia. --Victor.P.Das 21:00, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Governors of West Bengal is in an ok-ish status as of now.--Dwaipayan (talk) 03:06, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is the current religious breakdown? Also, percentages for the demographics section? pfahlstrom 23:27, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics has been updated, including religious data.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'll work in the flora and fauna, which is the part I can probably most contribute to, since I'm a biologist by training, but it might take me some time. I'll probably write it offline as a hart summary and link out to a separate page. Give me a week to compose it offline and I'll have it ready to be added next week. Take care all. Great job so far Dwaipayan --Anirban 20:16, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You can write a large article named Flora and fauna of West Bengal, and add its gist here in the of West Bengal, and add a link to larger one as the main article. See rhe history and Geography section for example. Thanks.--Dwaipayan (talk) 11:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The West Bengal page section for Flora and Fauna is done. Sometime I'll write up a larger article. --Antorjal 14:49, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just removed the link to "Kansai" in the geography section. This is because the link pertains to the Kansai region of Japan (e.g. Kyoto, Osaka), not to a Bengali river. If anybody has a disagreement with this for whatever reason, please discuss your views here. Thank you! --Kuaichik 22:38, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi... I've linked it to the Kangsabati River which is another common name for the Kasai. Thanks for spotting the link. :)--Antorjal 01:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

80% of the land mass shown in the map is actually the Bangladeshi side of Ganges Delta (you can determine this by locating Hatiya, the large island at the mouth of the Meghna River. WB is visible only at the lower left 15-20% of the satellite image. So, is there a better map available that shows more of WB? --Ragib 17:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah. Will try to find out one better/replace with something else.--Dwaipayan (talk) 10:05, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• I downloaded the excellent svg file created by deeptrivia and modified it per Samir's suggestions in the peer-review using Inkscape.
• Modifications :

1. Midnapore District has been bifurcated to show both Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur.
2. Numbered and listed districts per comments at peer-review.
3. Font size reduced for clarity, since the districts are now listed.
4. Many of the spellings did not conform to linked articles in the text. All spellings now match the West Bengal article spellings.

• Unfortunately, the file works fine with software but doesn't format correctly on the page itself - [1]. So I've created an exported png bitmap file too and I'm using that one - [2] until the experts can fix the svg file (which would be awesome). Take care and please don't mind the ineptitude of a novice :P. --Antorjal 14:29, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]