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  2. History of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    The history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It includes modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal , Tripura and Assam 's Karimganj district , located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex of the Bay ...

  3. History of Bengali language - Wikipedia

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    Bengali is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language that originated from the Middle Indo-Aryan language by the natives of present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh in the 4th to 7th century. [ 1 ] After the conquest of Nadia in 1204 AD, Islamic rule began in Bengal, which influenced the Bengali language.

  4. List of Bengalis - Wikipedia

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    Khan (Azam Khan), one of the pioneers of Bengali rock, pop guru and rock guru of Bangladesh, freedom fighter; Bappa Mazumder; Alamgir Haq, former member of the first Bengali Band Iolites, known as the Elvis Presley of the west; Syed Hasanur Rahman, vocalist of Ark; Raef al Hasan Rafa; Kabir Suman; Sharmin Sultana Sumi, vocalist for Chirkutt

  5. List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu - Wikipedia

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    Suravaram Pratap Reddy: Andhrula Sanghika Charitamu (Social History) 1956 Bulusu Venkateswarulu Bharatiya Tattva Sastramu (Translation of Dr. Radhakrishnan's History of Indian Philosophy) 1957 Chariantanananda Swami Sri Ramakrishnuni Jeevita Charitra (Biography) 1958 No Award 1959 No Award 1960 Ponangi Srirama Apparavu

  6. Biharilal Chakraborty - Wikipedia

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    Biharilal Chakraborty (Bengali: বিহারীলাল চক্রবর্তী) was a Bengali poet and music composer. He is often considered as the pioneer of musical poetry in Bengali literature. Rabindranath Tagore was influenced by the works of Biharilal Chakraborty and named him "Morning Bird" of Bengali literature. [1] [2]

  7. Meghe Dhaka Tara (1960 film) - Wikipedia

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    Meghe Dhaka Tara (Bengali: মেঘে ঢাকা তারা Mēghē Ḍhākā Tārā, lit. The Cloud-Capped Star) is a 1960 film written and directed by Ritwik Ghatak, based on a social novel by Shaktipada Rajguru with the same title.

  8. Sen (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Sen (Bengali: সেন) is a native Bengali Hindu surname derived from "Sena", the Sanskrit word for "army".. The surname is commonly found in the Bengal region of the Indian Subcontinent; namely Bangladesh & West Bengal, India mainly among Bengali Baidya and Kayastha [1] communities.

  9. K. C. Nag - Wikipedia

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    At that time that was the only school at Gurap. From Class VII he changed his school to Bhastara Yojneshshar Uccha Vidyalaya (Yojneshshar High School), 3 miles from his village. He would start walking early in the morning to reach his school and came back home at evening every day. In Class IX he got admitted to Kishenganj High School. [2]