Bengal was a regional power of the Indian subcontinent. The administrative jurisdiction of Bengal historically extended beyond the territory of Bengal proper. In the 9th century, the Pala Empire of Bengal ruled large parts of northern India. The Bengal Sultanate controlled Bengal, Assam, Arakan, Bihar and Orissa at different periods in history.

Jan 19, 2025 · Bengal, historical region in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, generally corresponding to the area inhabited by speakers of the Bengali language and now divided between the Indian state of West Bengal and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Bengal, at times, has played an important role in the history of the Indian subcontinent. The area's early history featured a succession of Indian empires, internal squabbling, and a tussle between Hinduism and Buddhism for dominance.

Bengali, [a] also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা, Bāṅlā, ⓘ), is a classical Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia. With over 237 million native speakers and another 41 million as second language speakers as of 2024, [1] Bengali is the fifth most spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by …

Bengal is a divided region in South Asia that is split between two countries - Bangladesh and India. Both parts used to be united, although historically part of British India; today West Bengal is part of India and East Bengal is Bangladesh. It contains the Ganges Delta, the largest in …

Jan 22, 2025 · Bengali, majority population of Bengal, the region of northeastern South Asia that generally corresponds to the country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Bengali people speak dialects of Bangla—as they call the Bengali language—which belongs to the Indo-Aryan group of the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language ...

Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গ; romanised: Bôngô) is a cultural and historic region in South Asia. It is situated at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. On the north, it is bounded by the Himalayas; on the west by the Plains of India; on the east by North-Eastern …

Bangabhaban (the House of Bengal) is the presidential palace of Bangladesh. The state of Bangladesh is a parliamentary republic based on the Westminster system, with a written constitution and a President elected by parliament for mostly ceremonial purposes.

Feb 1, 2025 · The eastern sector of Bengal, largely Muslim, became East Pakistan (later Bangladesh); the western sector became India’s West Bengal state. The partition of Bengal left West Bengal with ill-defined boundaries and a constant inflow of non-Muslim, mostly Hindu, refugees from East Pakistan.

May 21, 2019 · Bengali people, also known as Bangalees, Bangalis or Bengalis, are the world’s third-biggest ethnic community right after the Arabs and the Han Chinese. They are an ethnic group of people native to the Bengal area in southern parts of Asia who speak Bangla.