1 Bangladesh Historical

Bangladesh a populous and developing country in South Asia . After gaining independence from Pakistan in the 1971 war of independence, the country emerged as an independent state on the world map

Age division of Bangladesh

Arya (B.C.)

Maurya (3rd century BC)

Gupta (fourth century BC)

1st Bengali ruler Shashanka (7th century)

Pal (8th century)

Sen (11th century)

Then Ikhtiyar Uddin Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khaljir arrived in 1204. At this time, he occupied Nadia in the west of Bengal and some parts of North Bengal. However, he died in the Bihar campaign in 1206. {HDS. from IRMS}

The history of the civilization of Bangladesh has been going on for more than four millennia since the Chalcolithic period. The country's early history is a history of conflict and competition between Hindu and Buddhist empires for regional supremacy .

Islam came to this region in the sixth to seventh century . Islam gradually became the dominant religion in the country through the military conquests led by Bakhtiar Khilji in the early thirteenth century, as well as the relentless efforts of Sunni dais like Shah Jalal . Later Muslim rulers contributed to the spread of Islam by building mosques. From the 14th century the region was ruled as Shahi Bengal by Sultan Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah , who accelerated the country's economic prosperity and established military dominance over regional empires. Europeans at that time referred to this Shahi Bengal as the richest country for trade . [1] Later this region It came under the Mughal Empire and was considered to be the richest province of the Mughal Empire. Bengal Subah produced about half of the GDP of the entire Mughal Empire and 12% of the world GDP, which was more than the whole of Western Europe. [2] [3] [4] [5] This economic prosperity ushered in the early industrialization period. At that time the population of the capital city of Dhaka exceeded one million.

After the fall of the Mughal Empire in the early 18th century, Bengal became a semi-autonomous state under the Nawabs whose rule was eventually vested in Nawab Sirajuddaula . Then in 1757 the British East India Company captured the region by winning the Battle of Palashi . Bengal directly contributed to Britain's industrial revolution but it destroyed its own industrialization. [6] [7] [8] [9] Later the Bengal Presidency was established.

The borders of modern Bangladesh were established by the separation of Bengal and India in August 1947 , when the end of British rule in the subcontinent resulted in the region becoming East Pakistan as part of the newly formed state of Pakistan . [10]

After declaring independence in March 1971, East Pakistan emerged as the People's Republic of Bangladesh by winning a bloody nine-month war of independence against West Pakistan. After independence, the new state faced numerous problems such as famine, natural disasters, widespread poverty, political unrest and military coups. After the restoration of democracy in 1991, relative peace was established in the country and rapid economic progress began. Bangladesh has become the second top economic power in South Asia through the progress in human resources and garment industry and has created wonder in the whole world. [11] [12]

Origin of the word Bengali

Ancient Bengali

Classical Age

Middle Ages and Islamic