Bengalis a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent. Today it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh ( previously East Bengal / East Pakistan ) and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous kingdoms of Bengal ( during local monarchical regimes and British rule ) are now part of the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Assam, Tripura and Orissa. The majority of Bengal is inhabited by Bengali people who speak the Bengali language.The region of Bengal is one of the most densely populated regions on earth, with a population density exceeding 900/km². Most of the Bengal region lies in the low-lying Ganges–Brahmaputra River Delta or Ganges Delta, the world's largest delta.In the southern part of the delta lies the Sundarbans—the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the Bengal tiger.
