A report on Bengalis

The ancient political divisions of the Ganges delta.
Parts of the Charyapada, a collection of ancient Buddhist hymns which mention the Bengalis, in display at the Rajshahi College Library.
Depiction of Gangaridai on a map by 11th-century polymath Ptolemy.
Atiśa is recognised as one of the greatest figures of classical Buddhism, having inspired Buddhist thought from Tibet to Sumatra.
Ghazi Pir is thought to have lived in the Sundarbans some time between the 12th to 13th century.
15th-century Portuguese painting of "Bengalis".
The Bengali artillery at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.
A painting by Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya displaying a syce of Bengal holding two carriage horses.
A Bengali woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century.
W.C. Bonnerjee, co-founder and first president of Indian National Congress.
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, the co-founder and inaugural president of the Awami League.
Dean Mahomed is credited for introducing shampoo to the Europeans.
Large numbers of Bengalis have settled and established themselves in Banglatown.
I'tisam-ud-Din was the first educated Bengali and South Asian to have travelled to Europe.
Regional dialects form one of the determiners to the social stratification of Bengalis.
Bengali schoolboys in the port city of Chittagong.
Eid prayers in Dhaka.
Durga Puja in Kolkata.
Harvesting preparation in Bangladesh.
A sculpture of the Nawab of Bengal's Royal Peacock Barge in Murshidabad.
Traditional way of weaving Jamdani.
A Bengali man sporting a simple black sherwani.
Artistes from Purulia district of West Bengal performs Chhau dance
Satyajit Ray, eminent film director who has made Bengali films popular all over the world
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.

Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia.

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The ancient political divisions of the Ganges delta.

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Netrokona District

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District of the Mymensingh Division in northern Bangladesh.

District of the Mymensingh Division in northern Bangladesh.

Shah Sultan Jame Mosque in Madanpur.
Birishiri Tourist Spot: Natural Lake

Bengalis are the dominant group present here.

Carved statue in the medieval city of Sirpur

Chhattisgarh

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Landlocked state in Central India.

Landlocked state in Central India.

Carved statue in the medieval city of Sirpur
6th 7th century Bhima Kichak Temple, Malhar Chhattisgarh India - 7
Mantralaya in Naya (New) Raipur
The Mahanadi River, in Chhattisgarh
Achankmar Tiger
Sal- The State Tree of Chhattisgarh
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Bilaspur Junction Railway Station
Raipur Railway Station Entrance
Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur
Districts of Chhattisgarh state in 2020
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NTPC Korba Power Plant - panoramio
Amritdhara chirimiri
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School children in Chhattisgarh
Tendu Patta (Leaf) collection in Chhattisgarh, India.
Social Mission Against Blind Faith
Danteshwari Temple is one of the Shakti peethas
A carving in the 10th- or 11th-century Hindu temple of Malhar village. This area, 40 km from Bilaspur, was supposedly a major Buddhist centre in ancient times.
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Raut Nacha
Suwa Nacha at Khudmudi Village, Chhattisgarh
Natya Samaroh by IPTA
Red Velvet Mite is used as medicine in traditional healing in Chhattisgarh
Chloroxylon is used for pest management in organic rice cultivation in Chhattisgarh
Medicinal rice of Chhattisgarh used as an immune booster
Aloe vera farming in Chhattisgarh
Herbal farming in Chhattisgarh: Gulbakawali
Herbal farming in Chhattisgarh: Safed Musli with Arhar
Kodo Millet is used as a life saving medicine in Chhattisgarh
Bastar beer prepared from Sulfi
Mineral deposits in the Maikal Hills
Mineral Wealth from Chandidongri

A community of Bengalis has existed in major cities since the times of the British Raj.

British Bangladeshis

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British Bangladeshis (বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী) are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation.

British Bangladeshis (বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী) are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation.

Large numbers of Bangladeshis settled and established themselves in Brick Lane
Protest march by Bangladeshis to Downing Street with murdered Altab Ali's coffin, 1978
An illuminated artwork with the word "Bangla" written in Bengali featured from a library in Whitechapel, London
The East London Mosque located in Whitechapel, London, is one of the largest mosques in the west with a majority Bangladeshi congregation
Crowds at the Boishakhi Mela in Bethnal Green, London
A bride in London with hands decorated with henna and bangles
Meat curry with rice is a common dish in Bangladeshi households
Baroness Pola Uddin, the first Asian and Muslim life peer
Hamza Choudhury is predicted to be the first British Asian to play for the England national football team.
Hammad Miah is a professional snooker player of Bangladeshi origin.
The Shaheed Minar replica in Altab Ali Park, London
Bangladeshi-owned Indian restaurants in Brick Lane

Whitechapel is a thriving local street market, offering many low-priced goods for the local Bengali community.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

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Bangladeshi politician, statesman and Founding Father of Bangladesh who served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from April 1971 until his assassination in August 1975.

Bangladeshi politician, statesman and Founding Father of Bangladesh who served as the first President and later as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from April 1971 until his assassination in August 1975.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1950
The house where Mujib was born in Tungipara
Mujib (right) with Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1949
Rally on 21 February 1954 by Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Mujibur Rahman marching barefoot to pay their tributes to the Language Movement Martyrs.
Mujib announcing the Six Points in Lahore, 1966
Mujib campaigning in East Pakistan before the 1970 general election
Mujib, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, with U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1974
Tomb of Mujibur in Gopalganj
The Bangabandhu Square Monument
Mujibur on a 2020 stamp of India

In a 2004 BBC Bengali opinion poll, Mujibur was voted as the "Greatest Bengali of All Time".

Mir Mosharraf Hossain

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Mir Mosharraf Hossain (মীর মশাররফ হোসেন; 1847–1912) was a Bengali writer, novelist, playwright and essayist.

1779 map of the Jungle Terry District.

Malda district

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District in West Bengal, India.

District in West Bengal, India.

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)

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

Varendra region in Bangladesh

Varendra

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Region of North Bengal, now mostly in Bangladesh and a little portion in Indian state of West Bengal.

Region of North Bengal, now mostly in Bangladesh and a little portion in Indian state of West Bengal.

Varendra region in Bangladesh
Coin of a king of the Kaivartas in Varendra, circa 640–730 CE.

Jatindramohan Bagchi, Bengali poet and editor.

Haque in Motihari, Bihar, in 1929

Qazi Azizul Haque

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Haque in Motihari, Bihar, in 1929

Khan Bahadur Qazi Azizul Haque (1872 – 1935) was a Bengali inventor and police officer in British India present day's Bangladesh, notable for his work with Edward Henry in developing the Henry Classification System of fingerprints, which is still in use.

Barak Valley

Barak Valley

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Located in the southern region of the Indian state of Assam.

Located in the southern region of the Indian state of Assam.

Barak Valley
A view of Silchar, the main city of the valley
Last Dimasa Kachari King, Raja Govinda Chandra Hasnu of Cachar Valley, 1832
Proposed Barak state map
(East Pakistan's Bengali Hindus of Sylhet Division coming to Barak's Cachar district as refugees, 1947)
A tea garden in Cachar district
A forest of Barail range, Barak
Barak Valley district map
Barak River, a natural scenaric beauty of valley
Baroduwar Dimasa Kachari Palace, Khaspur in Cachar dist
Proposed Barak state map comprising Southern parts of Assam in Northeast India.
Barman Dimasa girl while performing Baidima, the traditional dance of Dimasa tribe of Cachar valley.

While Bengalis are Indigenous to only Karimganj district of Barak valley which have been consolidated into the valley during 1947 Sylhet's Partition.

Early Dutch map of Arakan (present-day Rakhine State, Myanmar, and Chittagong Division, Bangladesh)

Kingdom of Mrauk U

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Kingdom that existed on the Arakan littoral from 1429 to 1785.

Kingdom that existed on the Arakan littoral from 1429 to 1785.

Early Dutch map of Arakan (present-day Rakhine State, Myanmar, and Chittagong Division, Bangladesh)
City walls of Mrauk U
Routes in the Toungoo–Mrauk-U War

The Bengalis who came with him formed their own settlements in the region.