sacrifice. Historical Background: The martial tradition of Bengal has its roots in the Bengal Army during Mughal rule since the early 18th century‚ where three successive Persian Muslim dynasties‚ namely Nasiri‚ Afshar and Najafi‚ ruled Bengal. During the Colonial Rule of the British‚ Bengal was principally a bulwark of British power and trade in the South Asian region. The British under Robert Clive defeated a 50000 strong Bengal Army of Nawab Siraj-ud - daullah in the battle of Plassey in 1757
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Bay of Bengal. A republic in south Asia‚ Bangladesh was formerly East Pakistan‚ one of the five provinces into which Pakistan was divided at its creation‚ when Britain’s former Indian Empire was partitioned in August 1947. East Pakistan and the four western provinces were separated by about 1600 km of Indian territory. East Pakistan was formed from the former Indian province of East Bengal and the Sylhet districts of Assam. Although the East was more populous‚ government was based in West Pakistan
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A few GENOCIDES ORGANISED BY CPI(M ) IN WEST BENGAL Kasipore-Baranagar Massacre of Maxals – (Aug 12 & 13 – 1971) – The 3 hours massacre was organised by CPM with the help of Congress. Toll 90 to 100 Sainbari Killing – (March 17‚ 1970) – Accused Khokon alias Nirupam Sen‚ Benoy Konar & Manik Roy alias Anil Bose among others‚ Toll - 4 members of Sain family. Marichjhanpi Massacre‚ 1979 of Refugees from Dandakaranya by Jyoti Basu’s police – 36 people were killed in police firing‚43
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the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757. The battle established the Company rule in Bengal which expanded over much of India for the next hundred years. The battle took place at Plassey (anglicised version of Palashi) on the banks of the Bhagirathi River (another name of Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta)‚ about 150 km north of Calcutta and south of Murshidabad‚ then capital of Bengal. The belligerents were Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah‚ the last independent Nawab of Bengal‚ and the British
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Indian teacher and poet. As a lecturer at the Hindu College of Calcutta‚ he invigorated a large group of students to think independently; this Young Bengal group played a key role in the Bengal renaissance. Derozio was generally considered an Anglo-Indian‚ being of mixed Portuguese descent‚ but he was fired by a patriotic spirit for his native Bengal‚ and considered himself Indian. In his poem To My Native Land he wrote: “ | My Country! In the days of Glory PastA beauteous halo circled round thy
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Rabindranath Tagore World Literature Analysis Introduction A Bengali mystic and artist‚ Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet‚ philosopher‚ music composer and a leader of Brahma Samaj‚ who took the India culture and tradition to the whole world and became a voice of the Indian heritage. Best known for his poems and short stories‚ Tagore largely contributed to the Bengali literature in the late 19th and early 20th century and created his masterpieces such as Ghare-Baire‚ Yogayog‚ Gitanjali‚ and
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UNIT UNIT I I I DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND EXPERIENCE (1947-90) The two chapters in this unit give us an overview of the state of the Indian economy as it was at the eve of independence till after four decades of planned development‚ which was a path that India chose. This meant that the Government of India had to take a series of steps such as the establishment of the Planning Commission and announcement of five year plans. An overview of the goals of five year plans and a critical appraisal
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Hazards in Dhaka City 13 Nov‚ 2013 Assignment‚ Terms‚ Thesis During the last couple of decades Dhaka city is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world. The urban development seems to lack in planning and the problem of urbanization are intensified by high population growth and rural urban migration. Again‚ Bangladesh suffers from natural calamities every now and then and the urbanization of metropolitan Dhaka is also affected by it. The existing utility services are not capable of coping
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THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM OF THE CHAKMAS: AN OVERVIEW *JYOTI BIKASH CHAKMA Meaning of Forgotten: The word forgotten is the third form of forget which means - 1) to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone ’s name. 2) to omit or neglect unintentionally. 3) to leave behind unintentionally; neglect to take. 4) to omit mentioning; leave unnoticed. 5) to fail to think of; take no note of. 6) to neglect willfully; disregard or slight. 7) to cease or omit to think of something
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between the borders of India and Pakistan‚ displacement of 12.5 million people‚ brutal riots and massacres between the Muslim‚ Sikhs and Hindus with an estimate death toll of a million people and the provinces of Punjab in the North West of the Country and the Bengal in the East being cut in half which has created a hostile relationship between the two countries. The hostile relations between the 2 countries have lead the two countries into 4 major wars with The Indo – Pakistani civil war of 1947
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