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The Jews of British India and Pakistan had a small community in what is now Bangladesh, particularly in the city of Dhaka. Jewish residents were also reported in Rajshahi. [1] The Jews of Bangladesh are reported to have been Baghdadi Jews, Cochin Jews and the Bene Israel. Most of these Jews emigrated by the 1960s.
Since the 18th century there have been Jews in what today is Bangladesh, but their number was always very small, often only some few individuals. The Jewish population in East Bengal was only about 135 Jews at the time of the Partition of British India in 1947. [30] By the late 1960s, much of the Jewish community had left for Calcutta. [31]
Here is a partial list of some prominent Asian Jews, arranged by country. Note that those regions of Asia where Arabic or Russian or Turkish predominate are excluded from this list (except for the Baghdadi Jews from India and Southeast Asia); see Middle Eastern Jews, Ashkenazi Jews and Sephardi Jews for information on these populations.
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He was best known for his role in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Jacob, then a major general , served as the chief of staff of the Indian Army's Eastern Command . During his 36-year long career in the army, Jacob fought in World War II and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 .
Baghdadi Jews (Hebrew: יהודים בגדדים, romanized: Yehudim Bagdadim; Arabic: يهود بغداد, romanized: Yahūd Baghdād) or Iraqi Jews are historic terms for the former communities of Jewish migrants and their descendants from Baghdad and elsewhere in the Middle East.
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