East India

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A map of East India, including Jharkhand and Bihar, which are sometimes considered part of North India instead.

East India is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Orissa, and often Jharkhand and Bihar. It is geographically between North India and North-East India, and shares many cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh, which formed part of this region before Partition. The Indo-Aryan languages spoken in this region descend from that of the ancient kingdom of Magadha.

Durga is a particularly popular deity in this region. Bengali culture, and to a certain extent that of Orissa, has been profoundly influenced by the Bengal renaissance and subsequent cultural development.

Kolkata is the great metropolis of the region.

See also

• North-East India
• North India
• South India
• West India

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