A region whose eastern part is Bangladesh and western part is included in India.
Former province of British India, divided 1947 into West Bengal, a state of India, and East Bengal, from 1972 Bangladesh. A famine in 1943, caused by a slump in demand for jute and a bad harvest, resulted in over 3 million deaths.

1. A Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and West Bengal.
2. A member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengali (mainly Hindus).
Person of Bengali culture from Bangladesh and India (W Bengal, Tripura). There are 80–150 million speakers of Bengali, an Indo-Iranian language belonging to the Indo-European family. It is the official language of Bangladesh and of the state of Bengal and is also used by emigrant Bangladeshi and Bengali communities in such countries as the US and the UK. Bengalis in Bangladesh are predominantly Muslim, whereas those in India are mainly Hindu.
Between the 8th and 12th centuries the Bengalis were ruled by the Buddhist Pála dynasty. From the 13th century they were governed by semiindependent Muslim princes until their incorporation into the Mogul Empire. In the 18th century Bengal was annexed by the British and on independence the region was partitioned by the successor states of India and E Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

Signal firework, with brilliant blue light.
A steady bright blue light; formerly used as a signal but now a firework.
A usually blue light or flare used formerly especially for signaling and illumination.

Pertaining to Bengal
Of or relating to or characteristic of Bengal or its people.

Southern short-haired tiger.
A tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) occurring especially in India.