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| Jhaal Muri~Indian State: West Bengal |
Today
we are blogging West Bengal on the final leg of our blogging marathon. It has been
a journey where I have learnt new cuisines, remembered old and loved most of
them.
West Bengal actually on the eastern side of India its one of the populous states in India. West Bengal was divided during the Indian Independence in 1947 on religious lines. East and West Bengal… East Bengal was a part of Pakistan and is now Bangladesh since 1971.
Ancient
Bengal has been the site of major rulers like The Mayura Empire or the Gupta Empire
to name a few. Then it was ruled by the Sultans, Hindu rulers then BaroBhuyan
landlords.
The
British began their rule in India with Bengal. The battle of Plassy cemented
their rule. The current capital Kolkata was called Calcutta was the British Capital for long many years.
Naturally,
for their clerical work the British needed workers the solution was to
introduce western education. This in turn resulted in development of sciences,
social reforms etc. This was named as the Bengal Renaissance.
West
Bengal was the hotbed of Indian Independence period. We have many leaders like
Swami Vivekananda, Gurudev Tagore, Bhankim Chandra Chatopadhya let’s not forget
our own wireless man Dr. Jagdish Chandra Bose the man whose greatness is acknowledged
by Einstein himself. Does Bengal rest its laurels on these past examples only
no look at Satyajit Ray in films, Amrtya Sen in Economics, our President Pranav
Mukherjee to name a few.
Being
a foodie my interest is food.
