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In the year 1900, Bengal was known as the Financial Capital of India, because during the colonial period, city of Kolkata in West Bengal was considered the strongest fort of the British. At that time people from all the states of India, go to Bengal for employment. Because in those days, 50% of the textiles not only of India but of entire Asia were made in Bengal alone. Besides, the workmanship of Bengal was also famous all over the world for jute and silk. For this reason, the British built their first sea port in Bengal in the year 1870. That is, there was a time when Bengal to be the crown of the head of India and many great men of India like Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda, RabindrNath Tagore were also born in Bengal. The same great economists like Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, Abhijit Banerjee, Mother Teresa were also born in Bengal and six decades ago, according to EPW data, in the year 1960, on the basis of per capita income, Bengal was ahead of many states. But today according to the data of 2023, Bengal has started coming among the poorest states of India. Because West Bengal now lags behind poor states like Chhattisgarh. So the biggest question here is that how did Bengal, the richest state of India become the poorest today?
So in today's video, we will know in detail about how West Bengal, which was considered among the richest states of India, has become one of the poorest states of India today? What are the different reasons for this? How was Bengal at the time of independence and what is the condition of Bengal today? You will get to know all that and much more in this video, so stay with us till the end of the video!