Multiple choice general knowledge

Which is called, Sorrow of Bengal?

  1. Bhagirathi

  2. Padma

  3. Damodar

  4. Brahmaputra
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Explanation

The Damodar River earned the grim nickname 'Sorrow of Bengal' due to its frequent, devastating floods that caused widespread destruction in West Bengal and Jharkhand before the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dam projects finally tamed it in the mid-20th century. Bhagirathi is a Ganges tributary, Padma is the Ganges' main distributary in Bangladesh, and Brahmaputra is Assam's major river.

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