Trains From Kolkata
West Bengal, relatively a small long and narrow state, was created on August 15, 1947, following the Partition of the undivided pre-Independence province of Bengal into west Bengal and East Pakistan, now Bangla Desh. West Bengal is bounded on the north by Sikkim and Bhutan, on the east by Assam and Bangla Desh, on the south by Bay of Bengal and on the west by Orissa, Bihar and Nepal. Know about Trains From Kolkata. Most of its land comprising central and southern regions, is flat alluvial plain, a gift of the river Ganga. The northern region of the district of Darjeeling is hilly and the river Teesta (three streamed) flows through it.