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because it is situated in western India.

No. Actually, West Bengal is in eastern India. Before partition, Bangladesh and West Bengal were together. After partition whole Bengal was divided into two parts. The eastern part is now known as Bangladesh, an independent country and the western part as West Bengal, a part of India.

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