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This is a list of notable people from West Bengal, India. This list does not include the significant number of prominent East Bengali refugees from East Bengal who ...
Name Reign Notes Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah: 1352–1358 Became the first sole ruler of whole Bengal comprising Sonargaon, Satgaon and Lakhnauti.: Sikandar Shah: 1358–1390 Killed in battle with his son and successor, Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah
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Rank Image Name Family Field Legacy and Remarks Born Died 1 Muhammad Yunus: Bengali Muslim family, Chattogram (), Bengal, now Bangladesh (East Bengal) : Economics: Winner of Nobel Peace Prize (2006) for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance in Bangladesh (East Bengal), only Bangladeshi (Bangladeshi Citizen) to win Nobel Prize (Nobel Peace Prize)
See also Category:People from Kolkata, the capital of the state. Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of West Bengal . For ethnic groups, see Category:Tribes of West Bengal .
District wise Scheduled Tribes demographic map of West Bengal. More than half of the total ST population of the state is concentrated in Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Purulia, and Bardhaman districts. Of the remaining districts, Bankura, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, and Dakshin Dinajpur have sizable ST population. [3]
They are responsible for the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and the second highest ranking legislative officer of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. They act as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
bye - death of Amar Prasad Chakraborty Gurudas Dasgupta: Communist Party of India: 12-Mar-1985 02-Apr-1988 1 bye - death of Kalyan Roy: Ramendra Kumar Podder: Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12-Mar-1985 09-Jul-1987 1 bye - death of Arabinda Ghosh: Shantimoy Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18-Sep-1984 09-Jul-1987 1 bye - death of ...