| Republic of BengalTimeline: Le pays du salut | ||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Kolkata | |||
| Official languages | Bengali, Hindi | |||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic | |||
| Legislature | Bengali Parliament | |||
| - | Lower house | Jatiya Sangsad | ||
| Population | ||||
| - | estimate | 255,400,000 | ||
Bengal, offically the Republic of Bengal, is a nation in north-eastern India.