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The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal, later the Bengal Province, was the largest of all three presidencies of British India during Company rule and later a province of India. [5]
Sheikh Lutfur Rahman (Bengali: শেখ লুৎফর রহমান; 1881 – 30 March 1975) was a Bangladeshi serestadar, an officer responsible for record-keeping at the Gopalganj civil court in British India. [1] His son Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first president of Bangladesh. [2]
Aug 1, 2020 · A brief history of the extraordinary role of Bengal Presidency in shaping the destiny of modern India
The presidencies in British India were provinces of that region under the direct control and supervision of, initially, the East India Company and, after 1857, the British government. The three key presidencies in India were the Madras Presidency, the Bengal Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency.
Mar 17, 2024 · Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s early life was rooted in the rural simplicity of Tungipara, a village nestled in the Gopalganj district of Bengal, then under British colonial rule. Born on March 17, 1920, Mujib hailed from a modest family with deep ties to the agrarian landscape of Bengal.
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Mujib was born in Tungipara, a village in Gopalganj District in the province of Bengal in British India, to Sheikh Lutfur Rahman, a serestadar (court clerk) of Gopalganj civil court, and his wife Sheikh Sayera Khatun.
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Mar 17, 2021 · In 1947, Sheikh Mujib joined the movement with Suhrawardy to establish Bengal as a third country beside India and Pakistan.
