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Andhra Pradesh (, ), abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. The State has the second longest coastline among all the States in India. The official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu, while other languages spoken in Andhra Pradesh are Urdu, English, Tamil, and Hindi.
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Bahrain, officially Kingdom of Bahrain (, , literally: "Kingdom of the Two Seas"), is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. While Bahrain is an archipelago of thirty-three islands, the largest (Bahrain Island) is long by wide. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, which was officially opened on 25 November 1986. Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of Bahrain.
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Delhi, known locally as Dilli (, , {{Lang-ur| '), and by the official name National Capital Territory of Delhi''' (NCT), is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with more than 12.25 million inhabitants in the territory and with nearly 22.2 million residents in the National Capital Region urban area (which also includes Noida, Gurgaon, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad). The name Delhi is often also used to include some urban areas near the NCT, as well as to refer to New Delhi, the capital of India, which lies within the metropolis. The NCT is a federally administered union territory.
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India (), officially the Republic of India ( ; see also official names of India), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has a coastline of .
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Kerala (Malayalam: , {{audio|Ml-Kerala.ogg|) is a state in India. It is located on the south-western region of the country. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act bringing together the areas where Malayalam was the dominant language.
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The State of Kuwait (, Dawlat al-Kuwayt) is a sovereign Arab nation situated in the northeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, and Iraq to the north. It lies on the northwestern shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the Arabic "akwat", the plural of "kout", meaning fortress built near water. The emirate covers an area of 17,820 square kilometres (6,880 sq mi) and has a population of about 2.7 million.
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London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Malaysia (pronounced or ) is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of . The country is separated by the South China Sea into two regions, Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (also known as West and East Malaysia respectively). Malaysia shares land borders with Thailand, Indonesia, and Brunei and has maritime boundaries with Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population as of 2009 stood at over 28 million.
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The Mughal Empire (, ; Urdu: ; self-designation: , ), or Mogul (also Moghul) Empire in former English usage, was an Indian-Islamic power that ruled a large portion of the Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of South Asia by the late 17th and early 18th centuries and ended in the mid-19th century.
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Oman (pronounced ; '), officially the Sultanate of Oman''' ( ), is an Arab country in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It borders the United Arab Emirates on the northwest, Saudi Arabia on the west and Yemen on the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The country also contains Madha and Musandam, two exclaves on the Gulf of Oman, south of the Strait of Hormuz and surrounded by the United Arab Emirates on the land side.
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Odisha (), or Orissa, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Odisha was established on 1 April 1936 at Kanika Palace, Cuttack, as a province in India, and consists predominantly of Odia speakers. 1 April is therefore celebrated as Utkal Divas (Odisha Day).
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK, , ) and sometimes referred to simply as Korea, is a state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul. South Korea lies in a temperate climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 99,392 square kilometers and has a population of .
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The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
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Uttar Pradesh (, {{Lang-ur|), pronounced , "Northern Province"), often referred to as U.P., is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,
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Bangladeshi Americans are individuals of Bangladeshi descent who are citizens of the United States. The overwhelming majority of Bangladeshi Americans are ethnically Bengalis. Large influx of Bangladeshi immigrants arrived to the United States during the early 1990s. Many immigrants from Bangladesh come from the districts of Sylhet and Chittagong as people from these two districts have a long history of working as merchant marines. Cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Miami, Houston, and Dallas possess notable Bangladeshi communities. It is one of the fastest growing communities in the United States, based on the percentage growth from 1990 to 2000.
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Bangladeshi Canadian
Bangladeshi Canadian refers to a Bangladeshi person born in Canada or a Bangladeshi that has migrated to Canada. There is an estimated number of 24,595 Bangladeshi people who live in Canada, primarily in provinces like Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, & Alberta. They live in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, & Ottawa. As of 2001, 53.1% of Bangladeshis in Toronto were living in poverty.
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Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri () born 27 November in 1952, is a music director in the Hindi (or Bollywood) film industry. He pioneered the use of disco music in Indian cinema, and also sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with films like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others. He is very fond of jewelry and is usually found wearing gold ornaments and black glasses with a combination of a tracksuit.
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Bimal Roy
Bimal Roy () (12 July 1909–7 January 1966) was one of the most acclaimed Hindi film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema. He has won a number of awards throughout his career, including eleven Filmfare Awards, a National Film Award, and the International Prize of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Dravidian peoples
Dravidian peoples also Dravidians is a term used to refer to the diverse groups of people who natively speak languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. Populations of speakers are found mostly in southern India. Other Dravidian people are found in parts of central India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. The largest Dravidian peoples (30-70 million each) are the Telugus, Tamils, Kannadigas and the Malayalis. Smaller Dravidian communities with 1-5 million speakers are the Tuluvas, Gonds and Brahui.
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Gopala (Pala king)
:For the mathematician, see Gopala (mathematician). For the protectors of cows, see Gopal (Krishna).
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Indo-Aryan is an ethno-linguistic term referring to the wide collection of peoples united as native speakers of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-Iranian family of Indo-European languages. Today, there are over one billion native speakers of Indo-Aryan languages, most of them native to South Asia, where they form the majority. It is believed that their linguistic roots can be traced back to the ancient Indo-Iranian peoples.
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Kabir Suman
Kabir Suman (born March 16, 1949), is a Kolkata-based modern Bengali singer-songwriter, musician, poet, journalist, TV presenter, and occasional film actor. Since May 2009, he is a member of parliament of India in the 15th Lok Sabha, having been elected from the Jadavpur constituency in Kolkata on an All India Trinamool Congress ticket.
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Kazi Nazrul Islam
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Khudiram Bose
Khudiram Bose ( Khudiram Basu) (3 December 1889 - 11 August 1908) was a Bengali revolutionary, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement. At the time of his hanging, he was 18 years, 7 months 11 days old -- barely a legal adult.
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Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (, ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film playback singers and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter. Kishore Kumar sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam and Oriya.
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This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people, from Bangladesh or India, or people with Bengali ancestry.
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Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen (, also spelled Mrinal Shen) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He was born on 14 May 1923, in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh in a Hindu family. After finishing his high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student and studied physics at the well-known Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta. As a student, he got involved with the cultural wing of the Communist party . Although he never became a member of the party, his association with the socialist Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA ) brought him close to a number of like-minded culturally associated people.
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Munda people
The Munda are tribal (Adivasi) people of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region.
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Prafulla Chaki
Prafulla Chaki ( Profullo Chaki) (1888-1908) was a Bengali revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.
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Prafulla Chandra Roy
Prafulla Chandra Ray () was a Bengali academician, a chemist and entrepreneur. He was born on August 2, 1861 in the village Raruli-Katipara in Khulna District (now in Bangladesh) and died on June 16, 1944. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company. He is the author of A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century (1902).
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Ram Mohan Roy
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Rashbehari Bose
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born 7 April 1920), often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
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Ritwik Ghatak
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Runa Laila
Runa Laila ( (born 17 November 1952) is a playback singer of the subcontinent who lives in Bangladesh. She is effective in Ghazals also. She made a hit pair with famous singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done numerous playbacks for movies in Bangladesh, India and Pakistani film industries during late 60s,70s and early 80's. Her best known number is Dama Dam Mast Qalandar, a song covered by many artists.
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Sachin Dev Burman
Kumar Shri Sachin Dev Burman (; 1 October 1906 - 31 October 1975), also credited as Burman da, Kumar Sachindra Dev Barman, Sachin karta or S. D. Burman, was one of the most famous music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer. His son Rahul Dev Burman also achieved great success as a Bollywood music director in his own right. S D Burman composed music for 100 movies, including Bengali films.
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Sake Dean Mahomed
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Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu (born as Sarojini Chattopadhyaya) (February 13, 1879, Hyderabad – March 2, 1949, Lucknow), also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India was a child prodigy, freedom fighter, and poet. Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the Governor of Uttar Pradesh.She was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila(The Nightingale of India).
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Satyajit Ray
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Satyendra Nath Bose
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Shaan (singer)
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Shah Jalal
Shah Jalal is a saint of Bengal particularly in the region of Sylhet, Bangladesh. Jalal's name is associated with the Muslim conquest of Sylhet, for which he is given the most credit. He was buried at Sylhet. Shahjalal International Airport, Bangladesh's main airport is named in honour of this saint.
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Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Bollywood films, she has also performed several songs for other Indian film industries. Besides Hindi, she performs in Assamese, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi,and Tamil songs.
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Shyamal Mitra
Shyamal Mitra was Bengal's one of he most well-known singers in the 1950s to 70s. Along with Hemanta Mukherjee and Manna Dey he was the most notable snger of that period. With a good baritone his voice reflected a range of emotions. Besides he also had fair amount of success as a music director.
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Sinhalese people
The Sinhalese are the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, constituting 74% of the Sri Lankan population. They speak Sinhala, an Indo-Aryan language, and number approximately 14 million in the world. They live mainly in central, south and west Sri Lanka. According to legend they are the descendants of the exiled Prince Vijaya who arrived from North-East India to Sri Lanka in 543 BCE. The Sinhalese identity is based on language, heritage and religion. The vast majority of Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhists.
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Zahir Raihan
Zahir Raihan was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best-known for his documentary Stop Genocide made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He disappeared on December 30, 1971 trying to locate his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by the Pakistan army and/or local collaborators during the last days of the war. Evidences have been found that he was killed among many others when some armed Bihari collaborators and disguised soldiers of Pakistan Army fired on them when they went to Mirpur, a distant place from the main city of Dhaka that was still being held by Pakistani/Bihari collaborators.
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The Problem with Brown (Bengali) People
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- Published: 12 Nov 2011
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
I discuss serious issues that are rampant in the Bengali culture.
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Fish people
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- Published: 12 Jan 2012
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
I love Bengali people, promise! Also, I say "fishes" because "fish" just isn't plural enough for me. This is dedicated to all of my little Bengali fishes whom I love :3 My life is pretty sad, I find the lamest of jokes funny :( What is my life? Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com Formspring: www.formspring.me Tumblr: www.himynameisnoor.tumblr.com
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:: Proud 2 Be Bengali :: Famous Bengalis :: Check This Now!
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- Duration: 5:48
- Published: 18 Aug 2009
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
List of famous Bengalis' Past and Present... When I say Bengali i MEAN Bengali, Not Bangladeshi nationality i mean ETHNICALLY BENGALI Cool Cool Sushmita Sen Diya Mirza Rani Mukherji Bipasha Basu Mahima Chaudhry Mithun Chakroborty Saif Ali Khan Hrithik Roshan Rabindranath Tagore Satyajit Ray Tasmin Lucia Khan Nina Hossain Lisa Aziz Konnie Huq Jawed Karim Mohammad Yunus Abdul Bari Amarta Sen Irene Khan Rhona Mitra Fazlur Khan Baroness Pola Uddin DJ Warrior Abhijeet Apu from Simpsons Shefali Chowdhury Afshan Azad Kazi Nazul Islam
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Journey to Bangladesh.....what others says about Bengali ppl
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- Published: 10 Jul 2007
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
Journey to Bengladesh...Bengali pride- Bengali people are one of the best people in the world! This video shows a lil prove! what others says about us? check it!
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Bengali Pride
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- Published: 13 Dec 2009
- Updated: 27 Jul 2012
The citizens of West Bengal gave India its freedom. The citizens of West Bengal gave India its culture. The citizens of West Bengal brought India to the world. And now its up to the citizens of West Bengal to uplift India into the 21st Century.
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Why Are Bengali People Are so... @MVLOG12
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- Published: 24 Jul 2012
- Updated: 12 Sep 2012
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Shit Bengali guys say
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- Duration: 3:57
- Published: 12 Feb 2012
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
Some of the retarded stuff that Bangali/Bangladeshi boys are famous for saying and doing =O A product of a completely event-less summer, free time and good company. We'd apologize for the 4 minutes of lameness, but the whole purpose of this video was to waste peoples' time so no, we're not sorry at all =D
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Channel S News - about Bangladeshi people in Palermo Sicily
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- Duration: 2:27
- Published: 22 Jun 2008
- Updated: 05 May 2012
South italy in Palermo capital of island Sicili Italy , living about 8000 Bangladeshi people. Thear have n't any objection for life from new generation but illegal people have lots of problem.
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English in Bangladesh
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- Published: 08 Feb 2012
- Updated: 26 Sep 2012
www.knowtosave.com This Bangla YouTube video is for Bangladeshi and west Bengali who speak Bangla but need to speak English often. Please like the video to support this kind of video so Bangladeshi sex, Bangladeshi scandal, Bangladeshi adult movie and Bangladeshi hot garam masala type videos can be replaced.
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ELAR CHAR ADHYAY - Official promo.
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- Published: 18 Mar 2012
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
Elar Char Adhyay ( এলা'র চার অধ্যায় ) captures the ideals of the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s. Starring: Ela - PAOLI DAM, Atin - VIKRAM CHATTERJEE, Indranath - INDRANEEL SENGUPTA, Batu- RUDRANIL GHOSH, Uma- ARUNIMA GHOSH. Directed by Bappaditya Bandopaghyay Written By Sri Rabindranath Tagore. Screenplay by Bappaditya Bandopadhyay Produced by dreamzgroup
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Shit Bengali Aunties Say
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- Published: 01 Mar 2012
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
We all love our Aunties, but sometimes we really feel sorry for our Uncles too ... Subscribe to stay updated :) Also check out Shit Bengali Guys say: www.youtube.com
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Tumi Ke....? Nachiketa Bengali Song
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- Published: 05 Apr 2011
- Updated: 22 Sep 2012
nachiketa-tumi ke-bengali song
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Fata Basher Chifa Bengali
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- Updated: 01 Sep 2012
Bengali man singing to a girl
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Ekla Aakash (Female) (Ekla Aakash) (Bengali) (2012)
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- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
Film : Ekla Akash Starring : Parambrata Chatterjee, Parno Mitra, Goutam Ghosh and others. Producer : Mangalam Group. Director: Sandipan Roy. Music: Jeet Ganguly Singers : Shreya Ghoshal. Lyricist : Sandipan Roy. Marketed & Distributed by : Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd.
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Angeekar
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- Published: 10 Dec 2011
- Updated: 19 Aug 2012
Angeekar is a 1966 Bengali movie starring Bikash Roy, Manju Dey and Kamal Mitra. The movie is directed by Sunil Ghosh.
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pratarak part-1 romantic bengali film
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- Published: 10 Nov 2011
- Updated: 10 Nov 2011
pratarak part-1 romantic bengali film
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Good News BANGLA Sylheti (M) People/Language Movie Trailer
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- Published: 03 Oct 2008
- Updated: 10 Aug 2012
See wlmov.com for the full Good News (M) BANGLA: Sylheti Movie .......... This is: Good News (M) BANGLA: Sylheti People/Language Movie Trailer c74899 [c74899t] Other names for this language are: Bengali of Cachar, Bengali: Sylheti, Bengali: Sylhetti, Sileti, Siloti, Srihattia, Sylheti,...
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islamic song Bengali Koborer Azab
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islamic song Bengali Koborer Azab
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Bangla YouTube Video on Coxs Bazar Beach, Bangladesh
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- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
www.vacationinbangladesh.com This Bangladeshi youtube video is mostly in Bangla or Bengali language. Here he makes coffee in deshi style at the Coxs Bazar beach. This exotic coffee making process attracted my attention. Please share on facebook and Google Plus.
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Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 09 - Bengali TV Show
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- Published: 16 Jul 2010
- Updated: 16 Jun 2012
Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 9 - Bengali TV Serial. The serial features Mousumi Ghosh, Bhaswar Chatterjee, Haradhon Bannerjee, Supriya Debi, Savitri Chatterjee, Chati Ghosal, Kushal Chakroborty, Debolina Dutta, Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Suman Banerjee & Sumanta Mukherjee. Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar is the story of Aparajita (Mousumi Ghosh), an orphan brought up by her maternal uncle and aunt. She is forced to get married to Sanjoy, the mentally-retarded heir to the Chatterjee Group of Industries. However, Aparajita and Ranajoy, Sanjoy's step-brother, were in love but couldn't marry as Ranajoy's mother, Labonya (Sreela Majumdar) disapproved of this match. What will be the fate of Aparajita, Sanjoy and Ranajoy? Watch this popular family drama series to find out. Subscribe to this channel & stay tuned: www.youtube.com Do join our Facebook Page www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Join Us plus.google.com
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Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 88 - Bengali TV Show
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- Published: 28 Jul 2011
- Updated: 02 Aug 2012
Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Ep 88 - Bengali TV Serial. The serial features Mousumi Ghosh, Bhaswar Chatterjee, Haradhon Bannerjee, Supriya Debi, Savitri Chatterjee, Chati Ghosal, Kushal Chakroborty, Debolina Dutta, Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Suman Banerjee & Sumanta Mukherjee. Episode Synopsis: Apu tries to reason out with everyone that what Promit did was out of humanity. His actions shouldn't be misconstrued. But Ranajoy and Bijoy are in no mood to leave Promit. They warn Apu that if Promit tries to get involved with Ritika, they won't take it lightly. Labanya and Kritika leave for the nursing home to check on Ritika. There too, Kritika tries to Poison Ritika against Promit but Labanyo rebuffs her. Just then Promit enters to meet Ritika and Kritika and Promit try to go one up on each other. When Ritika can endure it no long, she rebukes at Kritika to stay calm. Subscribe to this channel & stay tuned: www.youtube.com Do join our Facebook Page www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Join Us plus.google.com
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Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 50 - Bengali TV Show
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- Published: 25 Nov 2010
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 50 - Bengali TV Serial. The serial features Mousumi Ghosh, Bhaswar Chatterjee, Haradhon Bannerjee, Supriya Debi, Savitri Chatterjee, Chati Ghosal, Kushal Chakroborty, Debolina Dutta, Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Suman Banerjee & Sumanta Mukherjee. Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar is the story of Aparajita (Mousumi Ghosh), an orphan brought up by her maternal uncle and aunt. She is forced to get married to Sanjoy, the mentally-retarded heir to the Chatterjee Group of Industries. However, Aparajita and Ranajoy, Sanjoy's step-brother, were in love but couldn't marry as Ranajoy's mother, Labonya (Sreela Majumdar) disapproved of this match. What will be the fate of Aparajita, Sanjoy and Ranajoy? Watch this popular family drama series to find out. Subscribe to this channel & stay tuned: www.youtube.com Do join our Facebook Page www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Join Us plus.google.com
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Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 51 - Bengali TV Show
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- Published: 15 Jan 2011
- Updated: 21 Jun 2012
Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar - Episode 51 - Bengali TV Serial. The serial features Mousumi Ghosh, Bhaswar Chatterjee, Haradhon Bannerjee, Supriya Debi, Savitri Chatterjee, Chati Ghosal, Kushal Chakroborty, Debolina Dutta, Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Suman Banerjee & Sumanta Mukherjee. Ki Ashay Bandhi Khelaghar is the story of Aparajita (Mousumi Ghosh), an orphan brought up by her maternal uncle and aunt. She is forced to get married to Sanjoy, the mentally-retarded heir to the Chatterjee Group of Industries. However, Aparajita and Ranajoy, Sanjoy's step-brother, were in love but couldn't marry as Ranajoy's mother, Labonya (Sreela Majumdar) disapproved of this match. What will be the fate of Aparajita, Sanjoy and Ranajoy? Watch this popular family drama series to find out. Subscribe to this channel & stay tuned: www.youtube.com Do join our Facebook Page www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Join Us plus.google.com
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![A village scene in West Midnapur. Seventy-two percent of the state's population lives in villages. The vast majority of the 80,221,171 people of West Bengal[61] are Bengali's.](http://web.archive.org./web/20121005050459im_/http://cdn9.wn.com/pd/5e/73/abfbf14fecb9b042941a1a884c07_small.jpg "A village scene in West Midnapur. Seventy-two percent of the state's population lives in villages. The vast majority of the 80,221,171 people of West Bengal[61] are Bengali's.")
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![A village scene in West Midnapur. Seventy-two percent of the state's population lives in villages. The vast majority of the 80,221,171 people of West Bengal[61] are Bengali's.](http://web.archive.org./web/20121005050459/http://cdn3.wn.com/pd/5e/73/abfbf14fecb9b042941a1a884c07_medium.jpg "A village scene in West Midnapur. Seventy-two percent of the state's population lives in villages. The vast majority of the 80,221,171 people of West Bengal[61] are Bengali's.")
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal (now divided between Bangladesh and India) in South Asia. They speak Bengali (বাংলা Bangla), which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী (pronounced Bangali). They primarily belong to Indo-Aryan and Mongolo-Dravidian stock,and are closely related to Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Assamese, Sinhalese, Munda, and Tibeto-Burman linguistic/ethnic stocks. As such, Bengalis are a homogeneous but considerably diverse ethnic group with heterogeneous origins. They are the second largest single ethnic group in the world[citation needed].
They are mostly concentrated in Bangladesh and the states of West Bengal and Tripura in India. There are also a number of Bengali communities scattered across North-East India, New Delhi, and the Indian states of Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar, Maharastra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa. In addition, there are significant Bengali communities beyond South Asia; some of the most well established Bengali communities are in the United Kingdom and United States. Large numbers of Bengalis (mainly from Sylhet) have settled in Britain, mainly living in the East boroughs of London, numbering from around 300,000;[18] in the USA there are about 150,000 living across the country, mainly in New York.[19] There are also millions living across the Gulf States, majority of whom are living as foreign workers. There are also many Bengalis in Pakistan, Malaysia, South Korea, Canada, Japan, Australia and many other countries (see Bangladeshi diaspora).
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Ancient history[link]
Remnants of civilisation in the greater Bengal region date back 4,000 years,[20][21] when the region was settled by Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman and Austro-Asiatic peoples. The exact origin of the word Bangla or Bengal is unknown, though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang that settled in the area around the year 1000 BCE.[22]
After the arrival of Indo-Aryans, the kingdoms of Anga, Vanga and Magadha were formed in and around Bengal and were first described in the Atharvaveda around 1000 BCE. From the 6th century BCE, Magadha expanded to include most of the Bihar and Bengal regions. It was one of the four main kingdoms of India at the time of Buddha and was one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas. Under the Maurya Empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya, Magadha extended over nearly all of South Asia, including parts of Persia and Afghanistan, reaching its greatest extent under the Buddhist emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE. One of the earliest foreign references to Bengal is the mention of a land ruled by the king Xandrammes named Gangaridai by the Greeks around 100 BCE. The word is speculated to have come from Gangahrd (Land with the Ganges in its heart) in reference to an area in Bengal.[23] Later from the 3rd to the 6th centuries CE, the kingdom of Magadha served as the seat of the Gupta Empire.
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One of the first recorded independent king of Bengal was Shashanka, reigning around the early 7th century.[24] After a period of anarchy, Gopala came to power in 750 by democratic election.[25] He founded the Bengali Buddhist Pala Empire which ruled the region for four hundred years, and expanded across much of Southern Asia, from Assam in the northeast, to Kabul in the west, to Andhra Pradesh in the south. Atisha was a renowned Bengali Buddhist teacher who was instrumental in revival of Buddhism in Tibet and also held the position of Abbot at the Vikramshila university. Tilopa was also from Bengal region.
The Pala dynasty was later followed by a shorter reign of the Hindu Sena Empire. Islam was introduced to Bengal in the twelfth century by Sufi missionaries. Subsequent Muslim conquests helped spread Islam throughout the region.[26] Bakhtiar Khilji, an Afghan general of the Slave dynasty of Delhi Sultanate, defeated Lakshman Sen of the Sena dynasty and conquered large parts of Bengal. Consequently, the region was ruled by dynasties of sultans and feudal lords under the Delhi Sultanate for the next few hundred years. Islam was introduced to the Sylhet region by the Muslim saint Shah Jalal in the early 14th century. In the early 17th century, Mughal general Islam Khan conquered Bengal. However, administration by governors appointed by the court of the Mughal Empire gave way to semi-independence of the area under the Nawabs of Murshidabad, who nominally respected the sovereignty of the Mughals in Delhi. After the weakening of the Mughal Empire with the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707, Bengal was ruled independently by the Nawabs until 1757, when the region was annexed by the East India Company after the Battle of Plassey.
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The Bengal Renaissance refers to a social reform movement during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the region of Bengal in undivided India during the period of British rule. The Bengal renaissance can be said to have started with Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1775-1833) and ended with Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), although there have been many stalwarts thereafter embodying particular aspects of the unique intellectual and creative output.[32] Nineteenth century Bengal was a unique blend of religious and social reformers, scholars, literary giants, journalists, patriotic orators and scientists, all merging to form the image of a renaissance, and marked the transition from the 'medieval' to the 'modern'.[33]
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Bengal played a major role in the Indian independence movement, in which revolutionary groups such as Anushilan Samiti and Jugantar were dominant. Bengalis also played a notable role in the Indian independence movement. Many of the early proponents of the freedom struggle, and subsequent leaders in movement were Bengalis such as Chittaranjan Das, Khwaja Salimullah, Surendranath Banerjea, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Titumir (Sayyid Mir Nisar Ali), Prafulla Chaki, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, Bagha Jatin, Khudiram Bose, Surya Sen, Binoy-Badal-Dinesh, Sarojini Naidu, Aurobindo Ghosh, Rashbehari Bose and many more. Some of these leaders, such as Netaji, did not subscribe to the view that non-violent civil disobedience was the best way to achieve Indian Independence, and were instrumental in armed resistance against the British force. Netaji was the co-founder and leader of the Indian National Army (distinct from the army of British India) that challenged British forces in several parts of India. He was also the head of state of a parallel regime, the Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind, that was recognized and supported by the Axis powers. Bengal was also the fostering ground for several prominent revolutionary organisations, the most notable of which was Anushilan Samiti. A large number of Bengalis were martyred in the freedom struggle and many were exiled in Cellular Jail, the much dreaded prison located in Andaman.
Partitions of Bengal[link]
Main articles: 1905 Partition of Bengal and 1947 Partition of Bengal
Bangladesh Liberation War[link]
Main article: Bangladesh Liberation War
Religion[link]
- Main articles: Demographics of Bangladesh, Demographics of West Bengal, Demographics of Tripura, and Demographics of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
See also: Religion in Bangladesh
Further information: Islam in Bangladesh, Hinduism in Bangladesh, Buddhism in Bangladesh, and Christianity in Bangladesh
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Two major religions practiced in Bengal are Islam and Hinduism. In Bangladesh 88.3% of the population follow Islam (US State Department est. 2007) while 9.2% follow Hinduism. In West Bengal, Hindus are the majority with 71% of the population while Muslims comprise 27%. Other religious groups include Buddhists and Christians.[17]
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Further information: Culture of Bengal
Noted Bengali saints, authors, scientists, researchers, thinkers, music composers, painters and film-makers have played a significant role in the development of Bengali culture . The Bengal Renaissance of the 19th and early 20th centuries was brought about after the British introduced Western education and ideas. Among the various Indian cultures, the Bengalis were relatively quick to adapt to the British rule and actually use its principles (such as the judiciary and the legislature) in the subsequent political struggle for independence. The Bengal Renaissance contained the seeds of a nascent political Indian nationalism and was the precursor in many ways to modern Indian artistic and cultural expression.
The Bengali poet and novelist, Rabindranath Tagore, became the first Nobel laureate from Asia when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. Other Bengali Nobel laureates include Amartya Sen (1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) and Muhammad Yunus (2006 Nobel Peace Prize). Other famous figures in Bengali literature include Ram Mohan Roy, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Arundhati Roy, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Bangla science fiction writers such as Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Humayun Ahmed, Jagadananda Roy and Roquia Sakhawat Hussain (Begum Rokeya). Famous Bengali musicians include Ravi Shankar, Sachin Dev Burman, Rahul Dev Burman and Norah Jones; Famous Bengali singers include Kishore Kumar, Abbas Uddin, Runa Laila, Heamanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Shyamal Mitra, Geeta Dutt, Nachiketa, Shreya Ghoshal, Shaan, Bappi Lahiri, Abhijeet, Kabir Suman and Rezwana Chowdhury Banya. Famous Bengali scientists include Megh Nad Saha, Prafulla Chandra Roy, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, Jagadish Chandra Bose and Satyendra Nath Bose; famous Bengali engineers include Fazlur Khan and Amar Bose; famous Bengali filmmakers include Satyajit Ray, Bimal Roy, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Zahir Raihan, Aparna Sen and Tareque Masud; and famous Bengali entrepreneurs include Sake Dean Mahomed, Amar Bose, Jawed Karim and Subrata Roy.
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- List of Bengalis
- List of Bangladeshis
- List of people from West Bengal
- Rohingya people
- Bangladeshi diaspora
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