This region suffers from frequent flooding, and is home to the mangrove swamps known as the Sundarbans.
A state that was part of this historical region has been ruled by the CPI-M led Left Front for thirty years, making that party the longest-ruling democratically elected communist party anywhere ever. That government was unable to resolve concerns about land use disputes with Tata Motors, meaning that the factory for the Tata Nano ended up not being built in that state. That state is also home to a long-running Maoist insurgency, the Naxalites. The Kingdom ofMagada in this region was the seat of the Gupta Empire, and the first king of an independent form of this polity was Shashanka. This region suffers from frequent flooding, and is home to the mangrove swamps known as the Sundarbans. This is thanks to its location, which led to it being a desirable territorial possession for the the British East India company, which gained control of it after the battle of Plassey. Home to the author of the Indian national anthem and Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore as well as Eric Mukherjee, for ten points, name this region, home to the Ganges delta, the large cities of Kolkota and Dhaka, and Bangladesh and a namesake Indian state, situated on a namesake Bay.
A state that was part of this historical region has been ruled by the CPI-M led Left Front for thirty years, making that party the longest-ruling democratically elected communist party anywhere ever.
{Bengal} [Prompt on {West Bengal} or {Bangladesh}]