River Identified as 'Sorrow of Bengal'
The river historically referred to as the 'Sorrow of Bengal' was the Damodar river.
This nickname arose because the Damodar river frequently caused devastating floods in the Bengal region before significant control measures were implemented. Its unpredictable nature and the widespread damage caused by its annual inundation made it a source of great distress and hardship for the people living in its basin.
While other rivers like the Hooghly and Bhagirathi are significant in Bengal, they are not associated with this specific historical moniker related to severe flooding.
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