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  2. List of Bengalis - Wikipedia

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    Abul Kalam Azad was India's first Minister of Education, and his birthday is now recognised as National Education Day across the country. Jalaluddin Ahmad, Bengali landlord, jurist and health minister; Aftab Ali, founder of All-India Seamen's Federation and vice-president of All-India Trade Union Congress; Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian independence ...

  3. Very important person - Wikipedia

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    A very important person (VIP or V.I.P.) or personage [1] is a person who is accorded special privileges due to their high social rank, status, influence, or importance. [2] [3] The term was not common until sometime after World War II when it was popularised by Royal Air Force pilots. [1] [additional citation(s) needed]

  4. Krishna Pal - Wikipedia

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    Pal was born in 1764 in Calcutta, India.In 1800, at the age of thirty six, he dislocated his arm while doing carpentry work. He went to the missionary-doctor John Thomas, the first missionary to India from the Baptist Missionary Society, who told Krishna Pal, with the help of Joshua Marshman, of a "disease" they said was even more deadly—sin.

  5. Khondakar - Wikipedia

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    The Bengali surname comes from the Old Persian Khandan (Persian: خواندن, romanized: Xwândan, lit. 'To read') and the suffix kar (Persian: گار, romanized: Gâr) which joins the root of the verb to mean the one who reads. The Bengali definition of the word is an instructor or teacher.

  6. Bangamata - Wikipedia

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    She is considered as the personification of the Bengali Language & Culture, The State of West Bengal and People's Republic of Bangladesh. The Mother Bengal represents not only biological motherhood but its attributed characteristics as well – divineness, protection, never ending love, consolation, care, the beginning and the end of life.

  7. Pal (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Pal, alternatively spelt Paul, is a common surname found in India and Bangladesh. It is traditionally believed that 'Pal' originated from the Sanskrit pala meaning protector, keeper, guard or herdsman. [1] [2] It is also occasionally found in other countries.

  8. Kazis of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Kazi is a family name in Bengal, it originates from the Arabic qadi meaning judge and is typically used among Muslims. Kazi ( Bengali : কাজী ), also spelt Qazi and Quazi , is a title awarded to Islamic judges , [ 1 ] commonly used hereditarily in Bengal as a family name.

  9. Greatest Bengali of All Time - Wikipedia

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    Bengali polymath. Referred by many as the Bengali Shakespeare. Most successful and influential writer in Bengali literature. First Nobel Prize winner from Asia. Composer of national anthems of India and Bangladesh. 3 Kazi Nazrul Islam: Bidrohi Kobi (Rebel Poet) Author. National Poet