On August 7, 1940, Oxford University held a special convocation at Shantiniketan to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature to poet Rabindranath Tagore 
Bina Das was born on 24 August 1911, Krishnanagar in a bramho family, her father Benimadhav Das was a well-known revolutionary & Teacher .
Located in the most vibrant area of Kolkata in the vicinity of reputed heritage educational institutions, in College Street near Mahabodhi Society
As the Constitution of India came into effect on January 26, 1950, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was anxious to get the elections underway as soon as possible. 
1.The Genocide 
Bose demonstrated how plants responded to various stimuli, demonstrating the electrical nature of this conduction. He is considered a pioneer in the field of biophysics. 
Shatranj Ke Khilari was the first and only full-length Hindi / Urdu feature film made by Ray. It had an ensemble star including Sanjeev Kumar, Amjad Khan, Richard Attenborough, Shabana Azmi, and Tom Alter. The movie was released on 3rd October, 1977 
Durga puja & Netaji has an interesting history entangled - When Subhas Bose was imprisoned in Presidency Jail ( Alipore ,Calcutta),Bose demanded that Bengali prisoners be allowed to perform the Durga Puja in Jail premises & wrote to the Superintendent of the Presidency Jail 
General Erich von Manstein was one of the most prominent commanders of the Wehrmacht, Nazi Germany's armed forces during World War II. Attaining the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal), he was held in high esteem as one of Germany's best military strategists. 
The total donations received by the 31 political parties during the 6 yr period was Rs 16,437.64cr. Donations worth Rs 9188.36 cr were received from Electoral Bonds (55.90%), Rs 4614.53 cr were received from corporate sector (28.07%) & Rs 2634.75 cr from other sources (16.03%).
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was born on 29 June 1893 in Bikrampur, in undivided Bengal (present day Bangladesh) .The influence of an affluent & educated family background made him naturally gravitated towards academic excellence . 
The Bengal Renaissance movement had a blend of people from all walks of life starting from writers to scientist & artists,Bengal underwent an intellectual & cultural awakening that has no parallels in the history of Indian Sub continent. 
And it is well documented in History- from Pandavas ,Prithviraj Chauhan ,Feroz shah Tughlaq ,Shah Jahan British Empire , INC govt.All of them lost their empire / political power. 
Siraj-ud-Daulah the grand son of Nawab Alivardi Khan, became the Nawab of Bengal at the age of 27 in 1756 . He could rule little more than a year before he was deposed by the East India Company 
The spandrel arch bridge is located next to the Sevokeshwari Kali Temple in Siliguri,hence it is also known as "Sevoke Bridge" locally . 
As the then 2nd biggest city of the Empire, Calcutta grew in size & became increasingly busier, there was an urgent necessity for building a bridge over the Hooghly River. 
Dr. Bidhan Roy had dreamt of a satellite township to ease the population from the city of Kolkata & that is how Kalyani was born, phoenix-like, out of the ashes of World War II. 
অরণ্যে তুমি সাজালে সৈন্যবাহিনী 
Subhas Bose made a daring escape from Calcutta to Kabul ,on 27 th Jan 1941 it became known to the world that Bose managed to hood wink the British & the ruthless British intelligence was searching frantically for Bose . 
