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  2. Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America

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    The book also examines the arrival of Bengali Hindu settlers in Treme, New Orleans. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The book was inspired by a Bengali man, a sailor from Bengal who settled in Harlem in the 1930s. The book examines passenger records and census papers to picture the life of early Bengali settlers and how they settled to largely African-American ...

  3. History of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    The capital Dhaka had a population exceeding a million people, and with an estimated 80,000 skilled textile weavers. It was an exporter of silk and cotton textiles, steel, saltpetre, and agricultural and industrial produce. [11] Bengali farmers and agriculturalists were quick to adapt to profitable new crops between 1600 and 1650.

  4. Bengal Subah - Wikipedia

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    Bengal's capital city of Dhaka was the empire's financial capital, with a population exceeding a million people, and with an estimated 80,000 skilled textile weavers. It was an exporter of silk and cotton textiles, steel, saltpeter , and agricultural and industrial produce. [ 10 ]

  5. Gauḍa (city) - Wikipedia

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    Gauḍa (also known as Gaur, Gour, [1] Lakhnauti, Lakshmanavati and Jannatabad) is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, [2] and one of the most prominent capitals of classical and medieval India, being the capital city of Bengal under several kingdoms.

  6. Bengal Presidency - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America began sending envoys to Fort William in the 18th century. President George Washington nominated Benjamin Joy as the first Consul to Fort William on 19 November 1792. The nomination was supported by the erstwhile Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and approved by the U. S. Senate on 21 November 1792.

  7. Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba - Wikipedia

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    Bangalir Itihas: Adiparba is a book on the history of ancient Bengal and Bengalis written by Niharranjan Ray.It was published in 1949 by The Book Emporium.The subject of the book is the history of the Bengalis and the homeland of the Bengalis; especially the past society, culture and economic life.

  8. Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Bengali is the 5th most spoken language in the world. It is an eastern Indo-Aryan language and one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. It is part of the Bengali-Assamese languages. Bengali has greatly influenced other languages in the region, including Odia, Assamese, Chakma, Nepali and Rohingya.

  9. Category:History of Bengal - Wikipedia

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