A report on West Bengal, Bengalis and Gauḍa (city)

The ancient political divisions of the Ganges delta.
Clockwise from top: Lukachori Gateway, Dakhil Darwaza, Firoz Minar, Qadam Rasool Mosque, Choto Sona Mosque, Mughal Tahakhana, Darasbari Mosque, Gauda pillar, Lattan Mosque, Baro Shona Masjid, Ballal Bati
Coin of the King Shashanka, who created the first separate political entity in Bengal, called the Gauda Kingdom
Parts of the Charyapada, a collection of ancient Buddhist hymns which mention the Bengalis, in display at the Rajshahi College Library.
The Pala Empire
The Pala Empire was an imperial power during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Bengal.
Depiction of Gangaridai on a map by 11th-century polymath Ptolemy.
Maritime links of the Bengal Sultanate.
Firoz Minar at Gauḍa was built during the Bengal Sultanate.
Atiśa is recognised as one of the greatest figures of classical Buddhism, having inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra.
Part of a foundation inscription in the name of Sultan Yusufshah, 1477 AD, British Museum.
An 1880 map of Bengal
Ghazi Pir is thought to have lived in the Sundarbans some time between the 12th to 13th century.
Another inscription from the site in the British Museum 'collected' by Captain William Francklin
Subhas Chandra Bose, he was a leading freedom fighter of India
15th-century Portuguese painting of "Bengalis".
Choto Sona Mosque in 1808
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.
The Bengali artillery at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
The Kotwali Gate marks the border between Bangladesh and India.
Many areas remain flooded during the heavy rains brought by a monsoon.
A painting by Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya displaying a syce of Bengal holding two carriage horses.
Ruins at the ancient city of Gour, 1795
Districts of West Bengal
A Bengali woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century.
Darasbari Mosque
A hut in a village in the Hooghly district
W.C. Bonnerjee, co-founder and first president of Indian National Congress.
Chamkan Mosque
The Grand Hotel in Kolkata. Tourism, especially from Bangladesh, is an important part of West Bengal's economy.
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, the co-founder and inaugural president of the Awami League.
Khania Dighi Mosque
Freshly sown saplings of rice in a paddy; in the background are stacks of jute sticks.
Dean Mahomed is credited for introducing shampoo to the Europeans.
Dhani Chowk Mosque
Satyajit Ray, a pioneer in Bengali cinema along with Ravi Sankar.
Large numbers of Bengalis have settled and established themselves in Banglatown.
Tantipara Mosque
Panchchura Temple in Bishnupur, one of the older examples of the terracotta arts of India.
I'tisam-ud-Din was the first educated Bengali and South Asian to have travelled to Europe.
Arabesque and terracotta
Jamdani Sari of Bangladesh is very popular in West Bengal.
Regional dialects form one of the determiners to the social stratification of Bengalis.
Gunmant Mosque
Salt Lake Stadium / Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata
Bengali schoolboys in the port city of Chittagong.
Chamkati Mosque
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
Eid prayers in Dhaka.
Do-chala tomb
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is a hub for flights to and from Bangladesh, East Asia, Nepal, Bhutan and north-east India.
Durga Puja in Kolkata.
Fading enamelled bricks on Gumti Gate
Durgapur Expressway
Harvesting preparation in Bangladesh.
Gravestones resembling the Tomb of Cyrus
An SBSTC bus in Karunamoyee
A sculpture of the Nawab of Bengal's Royal Peacock Barge in Murshidabad.
Baisgazi Wall (city wall)
Kolkata Metro, India's first metro rail system
Traditional way of weaving Jamdani.
Hide and Seek Doorway
University of Calcutta, the oldest public university of India.
A Bengali man sporting a simple black sherwani.
Rohanpur Octagonal Tomb
The front entrance to the academic block of NUJS, Kolkata.
Artistes from Purulia district of West Bengal performs Chhau dance
Mughal viceregal lodge
Prajna Bhavan, housing the School of Mathematical Sciences and School of RKMVU.
Satyajit Ray, eminent film director who has made Bengali films popular all over the world
Mughal Sufi shrine
Gitanjali intro featuring its author Rabindranath Tagore
The application of mehndi onto one's hand hosts a ceremony of itself during Bengali wedding seasons.
A Bengali groom partaking in a supplication during his wedding.
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Qazi Azizul Haque is recognised for his contributions to the development of modern fingerprint biometrics, a discovery of worldwide importance.
Meghnad Saha, J C Bose, J C Ghosh, Snehamoy Dutt, S N Bose, D M Bose, N R Sen, J N Mukherjee, N C Nag
A sculpture honoring Fazlur Khan at the Willis Tower
A lathi khela event taking place in Tangail.
A Nouka Baich competition taking place in the monsoon season.
Mohammed Salim, the first South Asian footballer to play for a foreign club. Due to playing in bare feet, he is having them bandaged by Jimmy McMenemy in 1936.
Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan is currently crowned the world's best all-rounder in all formats for ODI cricket, and one of the greatest of all times.

The current population is divided between the independent country Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and parts of Assam, Meghalaya and Manipur.

- Bengalis

The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority.

- West Bengal

The citadel of Gauḍa served as the capital of the Gauḍa Kingdom, the Pala Empire, and the Sena Empire.

- West Bengal

The ruins of this former city now straddle the international border and are divided between the Malda district of West Bengal and Chapai Nawabganj District of Rajshahi Division.

- Gauḍa (city)

Indeed, the term Gaudiya (of Gauda) became synonymous with Bengal and Bengalis.

- Gauḍa (city)

Usman Serajuddin, also known as Akhi Siraj Bengali, was a native of Gaur in western Bengal and became the Sultanate's court scholar during Ilyas Shah's reign.

- Bengalis

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Bengal

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The Ganges-Brahmaputra delta
On a clear day, the snowy peaks of the Himalayas in Nepal and Sikkim can be seen from northern Bangladesh and Darjeeling district of West Bengal
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A 2015 census of Sundarbans Bengal tigers found 106 in Bangladesh and 76 in West Bengal.
Hindu sculpture, 11th century
Inscriptions on the Adina Mosque proclaim the builder Sikandar Shah as "the wisest, the most just, the most perfect and most liberal of the Sultans of Arabia, Persia and India."
A woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century.
The Battle of Plassey in 1757 ushered British rule
The former royal palace of Hill Tippera in Agartala
Shaheed Minar in Dhaka commemorates the 1952 Language Movement
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led Bengali's decade long independence struggle including the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971
Bangabhaban (the House of Bengal) is the official residence of the president of Bangladesh
Writers' Building, the official seat of the Government of West Bengal
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is the largest airline based in the Bengal region
The Victoria Memorial in Kolkata, India
New Mooring Terminal, Port of Chittagong
Aerial view of Haldia port, Haldia Port
The strategically important city of Chittagong is home to the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal
Bengali Letters
A silver coin with Proto-Bengali script, 9th century
Rabindranath Tagore, known as the Bengali Shakespeare, being hosted at the Parliament of Iran in the 1930s
Bangladeshi paintings on sale at an art gallery in Dhaka
Bungalows originated from Bengali architecture
A sculpture on Fazlur Rahman Khan at the Sears Tower in the United States
A Baul musician. The Baul ballads of Bengal are classified by UNESCO as humanity's intangible cultural heritage
18th century painting of a budgerow
A river in Bangladesh
A mustard and date palm farm in West Bengal
A tea garden in Bangladesh
Kanchenjunga from Singalila National Park, West Bengal
Gangaridai in Ptolemy's map, 1st century
The Pala Empire, 9th century
At its greatest extent, the Bengal Sultanate's realm and protectorates stretched from Jaunpur in North India in the west to Tripura and Arakan in the east
The Bengal Sultanate, 16th century
Bengal & Bihar in 1776 by James Rennell
Colonial Bengal, 19th century
Colonial Eastern Bengal and Assam, early 20th century
Province of Bengal (1931)
Map of West Bengal
Map of Bangladesh
Map of Tripura
Flag of Bengal Sultanate
Flag of the Bengal Subah (15-18th Century)
Flag of Bengal Presidency, under British rule
Flag of Bangladesh during Bangladesh Liberation War and after
Flag of Bangladesh from 1972 onwards

Bengal ( বাংলা/বঙ্গ, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predominantly covering present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

The predominant ethnolinguistic group is the Bengali people, who speak the Indo-Aryan language of Bengali.

The empire was founded with the election of Gopala as the emperor of Gauda in 750.

1779 map of the Jungle Terry District.

Malda district

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1779 map of the Jungle Terry District.
1907 Map of Bengal with Sikkim
Early 19th century lithograph of the Muslim ruins of Dakhil Darwaza at Gour
Temple of Jahura Kali Bari, Malda
Debipur Haribasar Radhakrishna Mandir (Debipur, Ratua1, Malda)

Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (,, often ), is a district in West Bengal, India.

Afghan warrior Sher Shah Suri invaded Gour and was repelled by Mughal emperor Humayun.

Bengalis about 91% including Bengali Muslims and Bengali Hindus form the majority of the district population.