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The first incarnations of Mother Bengal, or Bangamata, emerged during resistance to the partition of Bengal.The partition took place in October 1905 and separated the largely Muslim areas of Eastern Bengal from the largely Hindu areas of Western Bengal.
Girish Chandra Sen, a Brahmo Samaj missionary, was the first person to produce a complete translation of the Qur'an into the Bengali language in 1886, although an incomplete translation was made by Amiruddin Basunia in 1808. [48] [49] Abbas Ali of Chandipur, West Bengal was the first Muslim to translate the entire Qur'an into the Bengali language.
Bridging the gap between Bengali and other languages through translations and other activities. Publication of children books. Performing research-oriented works on Bengali language, literature and culture as well as arranging scholarships for researchers. Distribution of civil literary prizes. Publication of publish books on different subjects
William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834) was an English Christian missionary, Particular Baptist minister, translator, social reformer and cultural anthropologist who founded the Serampore College and the Serampore University, the first degree-awarding university in India.
Bengali literature (Bengali: বাংলা সাহিত্য, romanized: Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time and dynastic patronization or non-patronization. [1]
The Krittivas Ramayan appears to be a translation into Bengali from one or another recension of the Sanskrit text known as Valmiki's Ramayana. [3] If the popular association of the Krittivas Ramayan with Krittibas Ojha and the available biographical information about him is correct, the Krittibas Ramayan was composed in the fifteenth century CE.
A Bengali Muslim wedding (Bengali: বাঙালি মুসলিম বিয়ে) is a Bengali wedding in accordance to Muslim faith. It includes rituals and ceremonies that may span up to three days maximum.
At 1949, Language Committee of the East-Bengal Government conducted a survey among teachers, intellectuals, high civil servants, members of the Legislative Council, according to which, out of 301 respondents, 96 favored the introduction of the Arabic script, 18 the Roman script and 187 the retention of the Bengali script.