Did you know ...
the Bengal chess player Moheschunder Bannerjee in 1855 introduced the body of openings now known as Indian defence ?
for nearly three centuries until 1956, the Burdwan Zamindari , one of the richest feudal estates in Bengal , was held by the same Punjabi family (family member pictured )?
the Baharistan-i-Ghaibi is the only extensive historical document accounting the wars, events and life in Bengal during the reign of Mughal emperor Jahangir ?
the Pagal Panthis were a religious order who led the peasants of the Mymensingh region of Bengal in armed revolts against the British East India Company and zamindars ?
while the rest of India worships the Hindu wealth-goddess Lakshmi , Bengalis venerate the fearsome goddess Kali (pictured) today on Kali Puja ?
for about a millennium, the Hindu kings of Bishnupur were supreme in the Bankura area, even after Muslims conquered Bengal ?
Sir Richard Garth was a barrister , MP , Privy Counsellor and Chief Justice of Bengal as well as Lord of the Manor of Morden ?
Hakim Habibur Rahman , a Unani physician, collected all the Arabic , Persian and Urdu books written in Bengal for more than 40 years and published a catalog titled Sulasa Ghusala ?
Bengali nationalism motivated the proposal for a united, independent Bengal as an alternative to the 1947 partition of Bengal ?
Islam Khan was the founder of the modern city of Dhaka and the first Mughal general to subjugate Bengal ?
Oladevi , a deity whose worship may have originated in the Indus Valley Civilization , was honoured and feared as the goddess of cholera in rural Bengal ?
Sarat Chandra Bose , the brother of Subhash Chandra Bose attempted to obtain independence for a united Bengal with Muslim leader Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in 1947 ?
17th-century Mughal subahdar Shaista Khan conquered Chittagong and ousted the British East India Company from Bengal over a trade dispute?
More interesting facts on Bengal
Include this on your site/blog:
Question 1 : The highest point in Bangladesh is in Mowdok range at 1,052 metres (3,451 ft) in the ________ to the southeast of the country.
Question 2 : ________ is also produced commercially; the region is well known for Darjeeling and other high quality teas.
Question 3 : Subsequent ________ helped spread Islam throughout the region.
Question 4 : In the southern part of the delta lies the Sundarbans —the world's largest mangrove forest and home of the ________ .
Question 5 : Undocumented immigration of Bangladeshi workers is a controversial issue[ 61] championed by right-wing nationalist parties in India but finds little sympathy in ________ .
Question 6 : The ________ tradition is a unique heritage of Bangla folk music.
Question 7 : Bengali women commonly wear the shaŗi and the ________ , often distinctly designed according to local cultural customs.
Question 9 : [ 58] ________ and football are popular sports in the Bengal region.
Question 10 : The first recorded independent king of Bengal was ________ , reigning around early 7th century.