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Greater Bangladesh (Bengali: বৃহত্তর বাংলাদেশ, romanized: Brihôttôr Bangladesh), or Greater Bengal (Bengali: বৃহত্তর বাংলা, romanized: Brihôttôr Bangla) is an irredentist ideology that wishes for Bangladesh to expand its territory to include the Indian states that currently has, or ...
East Bengal (present-day-Bangladesh) had a population of 19 million people in the year 1800 A.D, [12] of which 10.716 million people were followers of Hinduism representing a majority of about 56.4% of the region's population, [10] while 7.961 million adhered to the Muslim faith, constituting 41.9% of the region's population as 2nd largest ...
Map of Bangladesh Bangladesh is a densely populated, low-lying, mainly riverine country located in South Asia with a coastline of 580 km (360 mi) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal . The delta plain of the Ganges (Padma) , Brahmaputra (Jamuna) , and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries occupy 79 percent of the country.
Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. To the south, it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. To the north, it is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the mountainous Indian state of Sikkim.
The Radcliffe Line was published on 17 August 1947 as a boundary demarcation line between the dominions of India and Pakistan upon the partition of India.It was named after its architect, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, who, as chairman of the Border Commissions, was charged with equitably dividing 450,000 square kilometres (175,000 sq mi) of territory with 88 million people based on religious lines. [2]
Eastern South Asia is a cradle of South Asian civilization. Historical states in the region include those recorded in Indian epics such as the Mahabharata, including ancient Nepal, Vanga, and Pundra; the Greek and Roman recorded kingdom of Gangaridai; [5] major Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms including Kikata, Videha, Vṛji, Magadha, Nanda, Mauryan, Anga, Kalinga, Kamarupa, Samatata, Kanva, Gupta ...
The Sylhet Division joined East Bengal in Pakistan, with the exception of Karimganj which joined Indian Assam. Previously, East Bengal and Assam were part of a single province called Eastern Bengal and Assam between 1905 and 1912 under the British Raj. [104] Assam and Bengal were often part of the same kingdoms, including Kamarupa, Gauda and ...
The city is sometimes called the "Venice of the East" or the "Venice of Bengal". [2] Sylhet – city with a population of over 500,000 people that lies on the banks of Surma River in north-east Bangladesh. It is surrounded by tea estates, sub-tropical hills, rain forests and river valleys; the region is one of the leading tourist destinations ...