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In the Bengali version of the end of his rule, Mir Jafar and Robert Clive are the villains and Siraj is the victim. Even though he is rarely if ever depicted as an attractive person, he is regarded as having been sinned against, rather than as a sinner.
Though middle names are very common in Bangladesh, not every individual has one; this applies to West Bengal as well. Recently, many people have begun to add their dak nam to the middle or end of their full official name, resulting in names like "Saifuddin Kanchon Choudhuri" (সাইফুদ্দীন কাঞ্চন চৌধুরী), where "Saifuddin" would be the man's bhalo nam ...
The prisoners who were captured at the siege of Calcutta were transferred by Siraj to the care of the officers of his guard, who confined them to the common dungeon of Fort William known as The Black Hole. This dungeon, 18 by 14 feet (5.5 m × 4.3 m) in size with two small windows and originally employed by the British to hold only six ...
This article provides lists of famous and notable Bengali people in the Indian subcontinent, people with Bengali ancestry, and people who speak Bengali as their primary language. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This is the native name of the state, literally meaning "West Bengal" in the Bengali language. In 2016, West Bengal Legislative Assembly passed a resolution to change the name of West Bengal to "Bangla" in English, Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in Hindi. In 2016, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had proposed a new name of the state as Bangla.
Aritra (Bengali: অরিত্র) or Aritro is a masculine South Asian name mostly common among people of Bengali origin in India and Bangladesh. The name generally means "one who shows the right path" [1] or "navigator". The meaning derives from an earlier usage meaning "helmsman" [2] or "one who steers a sailboat". Some other sources claim ...
They are part of a larger social class in Bengal, known as the Khandan or Sharif, the upper class of Bengali Muslim society. [5] Amongst, this class are families with surnames with a similar origin, being taken from the founder of the family's title, such as Khandaker, Syed, Kazi, and Mirza. [6]
De or Dey (Bengali: দে), is a native Bengali surname commonly used by the Bengali Hindu community of India and Bangladesh.The surname has been associated mainly with Bengali Kayasthas, but is also found among Suvarna Banik, Teli, Barujibi, Kansari, Tambuli, Baishya Kapali, Tanti and some other castes of Bengal.