East India is a region of India consisting of the states of West Bengal, Assam, and often Sikkim and Bihar. It is geographically between North India and North-East India, and shares many cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh, which formed part of this region before Partition. The Indo-Aryan languages spoken in this region descend from that of the ancient kingdom of Magadha.Durga is a particularly popular deity in this region. Bengali culture, and to a certain extent that of Orissa, has been profoundly influenced by the Bengal renaissance and subsequent cultural development.Kolkata is the great metropolis of the region.
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