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Researcher Lloyd I. Rudolph notes that as early as in 1833, the Vanniyar had ceased to accept their "low caste" status, [9] also described as being Shudra by Christophe Jaffrelot and Kathleen Gough. [10] [11] Gough, however, documenting her fieldwork of 1951–53, records the Palli and the Vanniyar as separate but similar cultivating castes.
Vanniar or Vanniyar (Tamil: பண்டாரத்தார், romanized: Vavuniyar, Sinhala: වන්නියා, romanized: pandara) was a title borne by ...
Vanniar or Vanniyar was a title used by tribute-paying feudal chiefs in medieval Sri Lanka. It was also recorded as the name of a caste of Mukkuvars amongst Sri Lankan Tamils in the Vanni District of northern Sri Lanka during the early 1900s. [11] [12]
The archives were founded in 1973 by the government of Bangladesh and are administered by the Directorate of National Archives and Libraries. Located in a rented building near the campus of Dhaka University until 1985, the collections are now housed in a purpose-built part of the National Library of Bangladesh complex in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. [2]
Department of Agricultural Marketing; Department of Agricultural Extension; National Agriculture Training Academy (NATA) National Institute of Biotechnology; Cotton Development Board; Barind Multipurpose Development Authority; Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation; Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute; Bangladesh Agricultural ...
Although Hindu society used to be [7] formally stratified into caste categories, caste did not figure prominently in the Bangladeshi Hindu community. About 75 percent of the Hindus in Bangladesh belonged to the lower castes, notably namasudras (lesser cultivators), and the remainder belonged primarily to outcaste or untouchable groups.
There are 166 tea estates in Bangladesh, covering almost 280,000 acres of land. Bangladesh is the 9th largest Tea producer, producing around 2% of the world’s Tea production. Because of Bangladesh's fertile soil and normally ample water supply, rice can be grown and harvested three times a year in many areas. [3]
The Government agencies in Bangladesh are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Bangladesh. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions.