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[6] Archaeological excavations in Bangladesh revealed evidences of the Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW or NBP) culture of the Indian Subcontinent (c. 700–200 BC), which was an Iron Age culture developed beginning around 700 BC and peaked from c. 500–300 BC, coinciding with the emergence of 16 great states or mahajanapadas in Northern ...
During the early 9th century, the greater Chittagong area, including Cox's Bazar, was under the rule of Arakan kings until its conquest by the Mughals in 1666. [9] When the Mughal Prince Shah Shuja was passing through the hilly terrain of the present-day Cox's Bazar on his way to Arakan, he was attracted to its scenic and captivating beauty.
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Part of a series on the Culture of Bangladesh History Timeline Outline Topics: Bengal Aviation Literature Military Maritime Postal Rulers Cyclones Years ...
Bangladesh co-hosts the ICC Cricket World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. 5 September: India and Bangladesh sign a pact to end their 40-year border demarcation dispute. [42] 2012: 18 January: Bangladesh Army claimed to have foiled a coup d'état attempt. 24 November: Garments factory fire at Tazreen Fashion factory in Ashulia kills 117. [43] 2013 ...
Bengal Subah has been variously described the "Paradise of Nations" [6] and the "Golden Age of Bengal". [7] It alone accounted for 40% of Dutch imports from Asia. [ 8 ] The eastern part of Bengal was globally prominent in industries such as textile manufacturing and shipbuilding , [ 9 ] and it was a major exporter of silk and cotton textiles ...
The Bazaars were open for business for 5 to 8 days during the Norouz (New Year) festival. King Humayun was the first to organize them, but Akbar and his successors made them more elaborate. According to a major newspaper of Pakistan: "In the Mughal Era, during the Nauroze, special bazaars would be set up only for women. These women came to ...
In 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan, a large group of refugees numbering an estimated 7,235,916 arrived from Bangladesh to India's West Bengal. Nearly 95% of them were Bengali Hindus, and, after the independence of Bangladesh , nearly 1,521,912 Bengali Hindu refugees decided to stay in West Bengal. [ 35 ]
Pohela Baishakh celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language.