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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.
The Bengal Presidency had the highest gross domestic product in British India. [94] Bengal hosted the most advanced cultural centers in British India. [95] A cosmopolitan, eclectic cultural atmosphere took shape. There were many anglophiles, including the Naib Nazim of Dhaka. A Portuguese missionary published the first book on Bengali grammar ...
Bengal was overwhelmed during the pan-Indian invasion of Sher Shah Suri and became part of the Sur Empire. The invasion prompted the Mughal Empire to occupy parts of Bengal. Both the Mughals and Bengal Sultanate were overrun by the Suri forces. Bengal regained its independence after Suri governors rebelled and re-established the sultanate.
The Bengal Sultanate controlled Bengal, Assam, Arakan, Bihar and Orissa at different periods in history. In Mughal Bengal, the Nawab of Bengal had a jurisdiction covering Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Bengal's administrative jurisdiction reached its greatest extent under the British Empire, when the Bengal Presidency extended from the Straits of ...
The Baharistan-i-Ghaibi is a unique and extensively documented source of the history of contemporary Bengal, Bihar and Assam and the Mughal subjugation of the region. [citation needed] The only other source of the time Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, the official memoirs of the emperor only briefly mention a few events in Bengal. [2]
His book, History of the Muslims of Bengal, is considered an important reference in the history of the propagation of Islam in the region and its cultural and political effects. It also deals with the struggle of Bengali Muslims against the British colonial rule, and the Islamic influence on Bengali architecture and literature.
The Tribes and Castes of Bengal is a book written by Herbert Hope Risley in 1891. [1] There were four volumes, some of which have been digitized by Google , which are available from the Harvard Library .
He was associated with Bangladesh Historical Society and Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and devoted himself to research on medieval and modern history of South Asia. According to historian K. M. Mohsin, Rahim's Social and Cultural History of Bengal, published in Dukhand in 1963 and 1967, established him as a diligent researcher. [1]