New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- West Bengal had been in the hub of all political and economic prominence during the British period. Modern India has also witnessed the impact of the economic and political policies of Bengal that radiated throughout the country.

Since 1930 Communist Party started its long battle for the people of Bengal and, as a result after independence, it enjoyed significant support among intellectuals, workers and farmers, and emerged as a major political force in by 1974.

During the late 60s and early 70s, West Bengal witnessed increasing violence and chaos, a crisis of governability heightened factionalism and split in the Congress, which ruled the state directly or through the president's rule from 1969 to 1977, which acco...