Bengal deadliest recorded cyclones. West Bengal became one of India's most populous states. Calcutta, the former capital of the British Raj, became the state capital of West Bengal and continued to be India's largest city until the late 20th century, when severe power shortages, strikes and a violent Marxist-Naxalite movement damaged much of the state's infrastructure in the 1960s and 70s, leading to a period of economic stagnation. West Bengal politics underwent a major change when the Left Front won the 1977 assembly election, defeating the incumbent Indian National Congress. The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Durga puja of West Bengal celebrate it as well such as Dallas, Atlanta and Omaha. Indian Festival Web Durga puja of West Bengal Durga puja (দুর্গাপূজা) is one of the oldest traditions of Bengali Hinduism. Durga Puja festival is also the largest festival of Bengalis as well as of West Bengal. West Bengal is the birthplace of Durga puja festival. Later this festival spread across eastern Indian states like Assam, Odisha, Bihar from West Bengal. Durga puja is not only the largest festival of West Bengal, it is also a carrier of Bengali culture and largest industrial investment and one of the important attractions of