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Bengal seeks to regain economic lustre

Name: Bengal seeks to regain economic lustre
Uploaded: 2016-01-20T09:15:25.663Z
Duration: 4 min 31 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: State was once industrial and administrative hub of British India

FT south Asia bureau chief Victor Mallet reports on efforts by the Indian state of West Bengal to restore its economic health. Now with a population of more than 90m, the state was once the industrial and administrative hub of British India.

January 20, 2016

Filmed and produced by Jyotsna Singh. Edited by Paolo Pascual.