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[Passed by; ,the West Bengal Legislatuvre.] (Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 11th November, 1961.] [11th November, 1961.j An Act to provide for the adoption of the Bengali language as the language to be used for the• official purposes of the State of West Bengal including purposes of legislation. • It is hereby enacted in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows :-