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ITC Royal Bengal pays tribute to the towering achievements of the great minds of Bengal and its people, who celebrate the royalty of the intellect. This magnificent hotel brings you the luxury of space, the burnished gleam of aristocratic décor and the hushed elegance of homes that have celebrated the finest nuances of art, culture, music, cuisines. It cherishes the finest in every facet of life. https://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotel_Review-g304558-d17378938-Reviews-ITC_Royal_Bengal_A_Luxury_Collection_Hotel-Kolkata_Calcutta_Kolkata_District_West_Ben.html

Located in Kolkata, 800 metres from Victoria Memorial, The Glenburn Penthouse provides rooms with air conditioning. This 5-star hotel offers a 24-hour front desk and free WiFi. Guests can dine in the in-house restaurant or relax in the bar. https://www.tripadvisor.in/Hotel_Review-g304558-d16701350-Reviews-The_Glenburn_Penthouse-Kolkata_Calcutta_Kolkata_District_West_Bengal.html

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https://www.fabhotels.com/blog/haunted-places-in-kolkata/ Everyone knows that Kolkata is one of the most important commercial centres of India, a historically significant place and a destination with extremely rich culture. If you are coming to Kolkata for business, then you must head out to visit the city’s attractions as a little sightseeing on a work trip hasn’t hurt anyone. Now, if you are a regular traveller, you would most probably visit its colonial monuments, temples and museums or indulge in retail therapy. But, if you are sort of daredevil, who likes horror movies and Gothic literature (think Sheridan Le Fanu’s Carmilla rather than Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein), you can check out some haunted places in Kolkata. And, my word, there are a lot of those here. Read ahead for the most famous ones. List of Top 10 Haunted Places in Kolkata Howrah Bridge – The Lady in White National Library – Ghost with an OCD Nimtala Ghat – Where Aghoris Roam Putulbari – House of Dolls Possessed Wr

Stone Age tools dating back 20,000 years have been excavated in the state, showing human occupation 8,000 years earlier than scholars had thought.[26] According to the Indian epic Mahabharata the region was part of the Vanga Kingdom.[27] Several Vedic realms were present in the Bengal region, including Vanga, Rarh, Pundravardhana and the Suhma Kingdom. One of the earliest foreign references to Bengal is a mention by the Ancient Greeks around 100 BCE of a land named Gangaridai located at the mouths of the Ganges.[28] Bengal had overseas trade relations with Suvarnabhumi (Burma, Lower Thailand, the Lower Malay Peninsula and Sumatra).[29] According to the Sri Lankan chronicle Mahavamsa, Prince Vijaya (c. 543 – c. 505 BCE), a Vanga Kingdom prince, conquered Lanka (modern-day Sri Lanka) and named the country Sinhala Kingdom.[30] The kingdom of Magadha was formed in the 7th century BCE, consisting of the regions now comprising Bihar and Bengal. It was one of the four main kingdoms of India

The origin of the name Bengal (Bangla and Bongo in Bengali) is unknown. One theory suggests the word derives from "Bang", the name of a Dravidian tribe that settled the region around 1000 BCE.[18] The Bengali word Bongo might have been derived from the ancient kingdom of Vanga (or Banga). Although some early Sanskrit literature mentions the name Vanga, the region's early history is obscure.[19] In 1947, at the end of British rule over the Indian subcontinent the Bengal Legislative Council and the Bengal Legislative Assembly voted on the Partition of Bengal along religious lines into two separate entities: West Bengal, which continued as an Indian state and East Bengal, a province of Pakistan, which came to be known be as East Pakistan and later became the independent Bangladesh.[20][21] In 2011 the Government of West Bengal proposed a change in the official name of the state to PaschimBanga (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Pôshchimbônggô).[22] This is the native name of the state,