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Fun fact 1 about Bay of Bengal

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The Bay of Bengal was historically known as the Chola Sea or Chola Lake during the Chola dynasty's rule.

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12th largest ocean in the world

The Bay of Bengal forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, located between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula, south of the Bengal region. Spread across an area of 2,600,000 km2 (1,000,000 sq mi), it is bordered by many of the countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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