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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History and development of Bengali journalism Bengal‚ especially Calcutta (presently Kolkata) was the cradle of journalism in India. The first newspaper of India Hickey’s Bengal Gazette was published in Kolkata in 1780. So were the first four non-English newspapers- in Bengali‚ Urdu‚ Hindi and Persian. Several language newspapers owe their birth to Kolkata in some form or the other; for example the Oriya types were manufactured in Serampore‚ a suburb of Kolkata. The year 1818 marks the
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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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densely populated cites.[7][8][9] Old Dhaka was founded in the 17th century as the Mughal capital of Bengal. It was called Jahangir Nagar (City of Jahangir) and served as the centre of the worldwide muslin trade.[10][11] The modern city‚ however‚ developed chiefly under British rule in the 19th century. After the Partition of Bengal in 1905‚ Dhaka became the capital of the new province of Eastern Bengal and Assam but lost its status as a provincial capital again after the partition was annulled in 1911
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(BBA) STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH Dhanmondi‚ Dhaka. 1 PAHELA BAISHAKH Bangla New Year or Pohela Boishakh marks the first day of the Bangla Calendar. Pohela Boishakh is celebrated with great fervour in the South Asian region of Bengal (Bangladesh and Indian/West Bengal) and among Bengali communities living in the Indian states of Tripura and Assam (Specially in Barak Valley). Pohela Boishakh coincides with the New Years in many other Southern Asian calendars. Bangla New Year or Pohela Boishakh connects
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January 14‚ 2013 Singer’s Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality In the Peter Singer’s article “Famine‚ Affluence‚ and Morality”‚ he discusses the way that people should take moral in their help toward the support of the Bengal famine crisis. Singer states three obligations that would help the Bengal region through the means of a wealthy person‚ and those individuals living life on a day to day basis. In this paper I will expound on Singer’s goal for each obligation‚ explain the three counter-arguments with
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Royal Bengal tigers are the Kings of their domain in the jungle. But‚ human activities have endangered animals Bengal tiger. Their population has reduced considerably in recent times. Bengal tigers have been a national symbol of many Empires in India Characteristics: The Bengal tiger’s characteristic reddish gold fur and black stripes are easily visible to visitors in a zoo. But in the tiger’s natural habitat of forest and reed beds‚ the markings act as camouflage and enable it to disappear
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The question as to what would be the state language of Pakistan was raised immediately after its creation. Muslim scholars and leaders logically believed that Urdu‚ only spoken by 7%‚ should be the lingua franca because it had gained a reputation as the cultural symbol of subcontinental Muslims. However‚ eastern Pakistanis regarded Urdu as the language of the elite‚ not the language of the people in the eastern province - who made up 56% of Pakistan’s population - where Bangla was the mother tongue
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Bentinck.‚ governor general of all of British-ruled India. In 1817‚ Mritunjaya Vidyalamkara‚ chief pundit of the Supreme Court in Calcutta announced that sati had no sanction in the ancient texts and‚ in 1818‚ Lord William Bentinck‚ the governor of Bengal‚ banned the practice. The Prevention of Sati Act makes it illegal to abet‚ glorify or attempt to commit Sati. Abetment of Sati‚ including coercing or forcing someone to commit Sati can be punished by death sentence or life imprisonment‚ while glorifying
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The Royal Bengal Tiger is the largest animal in the cat family. They have a reddish yellow coat with black stripes. The underside of their abdomen is white and their ears are black on the outside with a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is ’Panthera Tigris ’. The origin of the Bengal Tiger is most likely Siberia. From there‚ they migrated down south as the climate became colder. The only place where you can find The Royal Bengal Tiger now is in the land of its natural heritage
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