Bengal (disambiguation)
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Bengal is a region in South Asia.
Bengal or Bengals may also refer to:
Places
[edit]South Asia
[edit]- Bengal Presidency, a large administrative division of the British Raj, precursor to the next three:
- Bangladesh, a country in modern South Asia
- East Bengal, a historical region, became East Pakistan and then Bangladesh
- West Bengal, a state in the modern-day Republic of India
United States
[edit]- Bengal, Indiana, an unincorporated community
- Bengal, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
- Bengal Township, Michigan
- Bengal, Minnesota
- Bengal, Missouri, an unincorporated community
Sports
[edit]- Bayou Bengals, a nickname for the LSU Tigers athletic team
- Beckley Bengals, an American baseball team of 1930s
- Buffalo State Bengals, sports teams of Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York
- Cincinnati Bengals, an American football franchise
- Idaho State Bengals, sports teams of Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho
- Trenton Bengals, two separate American basketball teams of 1920s and 1930s
- Khulna Royal Bengals, was a BPL T20 team based on Khulna
Transportation
[edit]- Bengal (1799 EIC ship)
- Bengal (1811 EIC ship)
- HMIS Bengal (J243), a 1942 Bathurst class corvette of the Royal Indian Navy
- 45577 Bengal, a British LMS Jubilee Class locomotive
Plants and animals
[edit]- Bengal cat, a hybrid cat breed, crossing the domestic cat, Felis catus, with the leopard cat, Prionailurus bengalensis
- Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris, native to the Indian subcontinent
- Bengal fox (AKA, Indian fox), Vulpes bengalensis, another mammal native to the Indian subcontinent
- Bengal rose or Rosa chinensis, a white fragrant rose
Other
[edit]- Bengal Foundation, a Bangladeshi non-profit and charitable organization.
- Bengal (comics), a fictional martial arts expert in Marvel Comics
- BENGAL (project), European 1990s marine research project
- Rose bengal, a stain used in biological analysis
- Bengal Circuit, a Hindi film distribution circuit in India, comprising West Bengal and Northeast India and also Bhutan