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  2. Lathi khela - Wikipedia

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    Lathi khela (Bengali: লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bengali martial art [1] [2] – a kind of stick fighting practiced in Bangladesh. [3] A practitioner is known as a lathial . [ 4 ] Lathi khela originated from the Bengal region in Indian subcontinent .

  3. Bengali traditional games - Wikipedia

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    Some traditional Bengali games are thousands of years old and reference historical ways of living and historical events. [citation needed] For example, it is argued that some of the rhymes used to be associated with the gameplay of Gollachut, in which players run from the center of a circle towards a boundary area to be safe from opponents, may refer to escape attempts by slaves during the ...

  4. Indian martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Traditional stick-fighting (lathi khela) is still used in free sparring today [citation needed]. The sticks may be short like a cudgel or a long staff. The former are sometimes paired with a shield. [citation needed] Lathi khela is a traditional Bengali martial art [68] [69] – a kind of stick fighting practised mainly in Bengal [68] [69] and ...

  5. Gatka - Wikipedia

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    Khel (meaning "sport" or "game") is the modern competitive aspect of gatka, originally used as a method of sword-training (fari‑gatka) or stick-fighting (lathi khela) in medieval times. While khel gatka is today most commonly associated with Sikhs, it has always been used in the martial arts of other ethno-cultural groups.

  6. Bengal studies - Wikipedia

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    Bengal studies (Bengali: বঙ্গবিদ্যা; Bangabidya) is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the Bengali people, culture, language, literature, and history. The focus of this field, which qualifies as area studies and cultural studies , is on Indic Bengalis who follow an indigenous system of faith and ...

  7. Lathi - Wikipedia

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    Lathi, a long, heavy bamboo stick used by Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan polices as a baton Lathi charge , a police tactic used to disperse crowds Lathi khela , a traditional Indian and Bangladeshi martial art of stick fighting

  8. West Bengal State University - Wikipedia

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    WBSU old building and campus. The total area of university campuses is 29 acres (0.12 km 2).The university is located in very quiet place, free of crowd, at a remote village named Berunanpukuria, which is located in the North 24 Parganas district, 7 km off Barasat city (the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas), North 24 Paraganas, West Bengal, India.

  9. University of Gour Banga - Wikipedia

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    The university completed its establishment in 2008 by the Government of West Bengal.At present there are 23 PG departments running with near about 2500 enrollment. 25 General degree colleges with enrollment of 1.50 Lakhs in Malda, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur districts, with the exception of Raiganj University College, are affiliated with this university.