A History of Bangladesh

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Keay, John (2000). India: A History. Atlantic Monthly Press. p.220. ISBN 978-0-87113-800-2. In C1020 ... launched Rajendra's great northern escapade ... peoples he defeated have been tentatively identified ... 'Vangala-desa where the rain water never stopped' sounds like a fair description of Bengal in the monsoon.See also: Military coups in Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman (second from right) with members of the Dutch royal family in 1978

Bangladesh: early history, 1000B.C.–A.D. 1202". Bangladesh: A country study. Library of Congress. September 1988. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013 . Retrieved 1 December 2014. Historians believe that Bengal, the area comprising present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, was settled in about 1000 B.C. by Dravidian-speaking peoples who were later known as the Bang. Their homeland bore various titles that reflected earlier tribal names, such as Vanga, Banga, Bangala, Bangal, and Bengal. Lailufar Yasmin. "Struggle for the Soul of Bangladesh". Institute for Global Change . Retrieved 10 January 2022. Jamaat leader's hanging in Bangladesh 'saddens' Nisar". Dawn. 13 December 2013 . Retrieved 2013-12-18. In September 1998, Bangladesh saw the most severe flooding in modern history, after which two-thirds of the country went underwater, along with a death toll of 1,000. [219] As a result of various international and national level initiatives in disaster risk reduction, the human toll and economic damage from floods and cyclones have come down over the years. [220] The 2007 South Asian floods ravaged areas across the country, leaving five million people displaced, had a death toll around 500. [221] The Northbrook Hall Public Library was established in Dhaka in 1882 in honour of Lord Northbrook, the Governor-General. Other libraries inaugurated in the British period included the Victoria Public Library, Natore (1901), the Sirajganj Public Library (1882), the Rajshahi Public Library (1884), the Comilla Birchandra Library (1885), the Shah Makhdum Institute Public Library, Rajshahi (1891), the Noakhali Town Hall Public Library (1896), the Prize Memorial Library, Sylhet (1897), the Chittagong Municipality Public Library (1904) and the Varendra Research Library (1910). The Great Bengal Library Association was formed in 1925. [483] The Central Public Library of Dhaka was established in 1959. The National Library of Bangladesh was established in 1972. The World Literature Centre, founded by Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Abdullah Abu Sayeed, is noted for operating numerous mobile libraries across Bangladesh and was awarded the UNESCO Jon, Amos Comenius Medal.As part of the Partition of India in 1947, Bengal was partitioned between the Dominion of India and the Dominion of Pakistan. The Pakistani part of Bengal was known as East Bengal until 1955 and thereafter as East Pakistan following the implementation of the One Unit program. Major Pakistani exports to Bangladesh include cotton, machinery, oil, plastics and mechanical appliances. [42] [43] Major Bangladeshi exports to Pakistan include textiles, agricultural products, leather footwear and other leather products. [42]

Seafaring in the Bay of Bengal in the Early Centuries AD By Himanshu Prabha Ray". Studies in History. 6 (1). doi: 10.1177/025764309000600101. S2CID 220673640. Chowdhury, Syed Tashfin (22 December 2013). "Pakistan-Bangladesh relationship strained". Al Jazeera . Retrieved 2015-07-29.Bangladesh is divided into eight administrative divisions, [210] [209] [211] each named after their respective divisional headquarters: Barisal (officially Barishal [212]), Chittagong (officially Chattogram [212]), Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Sylhet. English plays an important role in Bangladesh's judicial and educational affairs, due to the country's history as part of the British Empire. It is widely spoken and commonly understood, and is taught as a compulsory subject in all schools, colleges and universities, while the English-medium educational system is widely attended. [378] The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh". Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs . Retrieved 1 February 2017.