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Option 1 : West Bengal

The correct answer is West Bengal.

  • In West Bengal is the localised thunderstorms associated with violent gust and heavy rain known as ‘Kaal Baisakhi’.
  • Kaal Baisakhi
    • ​It is a local rainfall and thunderstorm occur in Assam and West Bengal and in India or Bangladesh.
      • It occurs in the summer season.
    • It harms life and money and generally occurs in the month of Baisakh (April-May), hence it is known as 'Kaal Baisakhi'.
    • It originated from Chota Nagpur Plateau.
    • Since It is caused by winds coming from the north-west direction, they are also called 'norwesters'.

  • During the summer season, strong humid winds start blowing in many places in India, which are known by different names in different places of the country:
    • Norwesters in East India
    • Cherry Blossoms/Coffee Showers
      • It is the local humid wind of Karnataka that is helpful for the coffee plantation and flows in the hot weather season.
    • Mango- shower
      • It is pre-monsoon rainfall and occurs especially in parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
      • It helps in the early ripening of mangoes and hence it is called 'Mango rain' or Mango-shower.
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