States PCS: West Bengal GK Questions for WBPSC Examinations

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The Union Cabinet has recently approved the establishment of Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri. Te proposed bench will have jurisdiction over four districts namely Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar. The decision comes in the backdrop of the decision of the Calcutta High Court Full Court Meeting in 1988. The Union cabinet had also approved the move in June 2006. A circuit bench is for territories which are far flung, but do not have too many matters to justify a full-fledged permanent bench. The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The High Court building’s design is based on the Cloth Hall, Ypres, in Belgium.

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The Ganga river passes through the following states (From its source to the confluence)- Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal.

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Harshavardhana also has to his credit a work on grammar and two Sutra works. It is presumed that he himself composed the text of the two inscriptions Madhuban and Banskhera which contain his signature and exhibit his calligraphic skills.

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The Pala dynasty ruled the regions of Bengal and Bihar for about 400 years, from the 8th century until the end of the 11th century, with about 20 leaders on the throne during the period.

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Beyond the Edicts of Ashoka, biographical information about him relies on legends written centuries later, such as the 2nd-century CE Ashokavadana (“Narrative of Ashoka”, a part of the Divyavadana), and in the Sri Lankan text Mahavamsa (“Great Chronicle”).

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The community was formed of four clans, being the Abhira(Ahir), Andhaka, Vrishni, and Satvatas, who all worshipped Krishna. They are listed in ancient Indian literature as the segments of the lineage of Yadu (Yaduvamsha).

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Trailokyachandra established their sovereign rule in Samatata area with Devaparvata as their centre of power and gradually spread it over Chandradvipa and parts of Vanga, and Assam.

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Around the sixth and the seventh
centuries AD, three rulers of Banga can be traced, viz., Gopachandra,
Dharmaditya and Samachardev. Each of them assumed the title
Maharajadhiraja. There are three inscriptions discovered around Kotalipara
in the district of Faridpur in Bangladesh and one in Burdwan district of
West Bengal, which refer to these three kings.

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In 1203 CE, Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khilji attacked the capital
Nabadwip, capture the capital city Gaud and annexed much of Bengal from the Senas.

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Damodaradeva (reigned 1231–1243) was the most powerful ruler of this Deva dynasty. He took the title of Ariraja-Chanura-Madhava-Sakala-Bhupati-Chakravarti.