Zee Bangla (Bengali: জ়ী বাংলা) is a Bengali language Cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group. The first Bengali-language television channel in India, Zee Bangla was launched in the mid-1990s after actor Prosenjit Chatterjee lobbied Subhash Chandra, Zee's chairman. It was one of three stations named in a 2014 court case that sought to ban Indian television stations from broadcasting in Bangladesh. It aired the comedy show "Raja and Gaja" before the show switched stations.