West Bengal Name Change

Letter to BS: Rename West Bengal demand is old wine in new bottle

In 2016, it was reportedly proposed to rename the state as Bengal in English, Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in Hindi but Centre turned it down

Updated On: 09 Jan 2020 | 1:13 PM IST

Renaming West Bengal to Bangla not so easy; requires amending Constitution

It is to be seen what will be the central government's view now after the state assembly proposed to change the name 'Bangla' in all three languages

Updated On: 26 Jul 2018 | 9:03 PM IST