Bangladesh was used to East Pakistan. We lived 24 years together, during this time our film industry used the talent from East Pakistan, but we never know the important aspects and events of Bengali culture and lifestyle.
What are important events in Bengali culture?
@Deeba1234
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Bengal goes back even further.
Bengal has a rich history. Since Calcutta was the capital for the British East India Company, they were exposed to western ways earlier than the rest of the subcontinent. The result was western education that helped mold many leaders whose thinking directly contributed to the first war of independence. And these leaders were from all walks of life...religious, education, political, philosophers etc. Eg. Tagore ( who wrote national anthems for both India and Bangladesh), and they were popular with the public.
Realizing that Bengal could pose a big problem for them, the British divided it into two parts in 1905: West Bengal and East Bengal mostly along religious lines. This was part of their divide-and-rule doctrine. This back-fired and they had to re-unite them in 1911. That division finally happened in 1947. The West Bengal that is now in India later split into 3 states ( or 4, don't remember ). East Bengal was part of Pakistan and later became Bangladesh.
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Sorry mahool I only know the basics when it comes to Bengali culture (for ex the day to day things I’ve come across, the language movement, the war of independence and a little bit about the current political situation etc).. Will need to speak to my parents about this :sid:
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That is fine. I will wait for your another post when you get info on it. 
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I am curious if someone has heard or read about the legendary cloth called ** "Dhaka ke Malmal" ** a cloth so fine that 16 yards rolled up would pass thru an angoothi?
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I am curious if someone has heard or read about the legendary cloth called ** "Dhaka ke Malmal" ** a cloth so fine that 16 yards rolled up would pass thru an angoothi?
yes, i read it in a book and i forgot the name of that book but of course writer was from 18th century.
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Their economy is getting strong but in other countries especially in gulf they are famous for saying "balance" and "maal". @jumpyb; have you ever most of the time get experienced.
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One this is even more evident that Hindu Bengali was way ahead of Muslim Bengali in everything, from art to science to administration.
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We lived under one domain for 24 hours, but to say we lived together is technically incorrect. Actually, when you consider a group inferior, then living for centuries doesn’t put you together.
Even Urdu is flourished in Calcutta. Fort William College.
heard it. Also ‘Bengal ka kala jadu’ is quite famous. Even we got Aamil Junaid Bengali in Karachi 
May be this phenomenon is from post British colonolisation. This was prevalent in almost all areas including Sindh.
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^ Muslims stayed backward to preserve their culture and religion, not sure how that translates in current days.
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A couple of relatives worked in East Pakistan and the people over there assumed that no one slept hungry in punjab and lahore had streets paved with gold. And my grandmother was told bengal had nothing to contribute to Pakistan and was also a massive burden because of the constant floods. Neither assumptions are true. That's why current social media is a blessing and social media bans should be avoided at all cost otherwise false propaganda can literally split a country apart.
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Pineapples, Coconuts may be major agriculture of Bangladesh… 
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Textiles too…many factories from Pakistan have moved there. You see more Bangladeshi clothes in foreign countries as compared to Pakistani.
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Textiles too...many factories from Pakistan have moved there. You see more Bangladeshi clothes in foreign countries as compared to Pakistani.
You are right. When Pakistani factories face constant power shortage what else they will going to do.
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I am curious if someone has heard or read about the legendary cloth called ** "Dhaka ke Malmal" ** a cloth so fine that 16 yards rolled up would pass thru an angoothi?
What is Dhaka ka Malmal ?
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Bengal’s Jute was major production, but all the factories to process Jute finished products were in West Pakistan.
Culturally, Bengalis did contributed to Pakistani art scene inspite of resentment by so-called religious quarters in west Pakistan who termed them ‘kafir’ for their love of art and music. Who can forget melodies of Robin Gosh from ‘roothe ho tum tumko kaise manaon piya’ to ’ do piyase dil ek huwe hain aise’. Runa Lila sung not only in Urdu, but when she sung in Sindhi and Punjabi, no one could identify that it was sung by a Bengali. Alamgir is the pioneer of pop music in Pakistan. Nadeem and Shabnam, most favourite filmi couple of Pakistani Cinema. Then we had Nazrul Islam, a director who produced successful art movies in Pakistan. Last but not the least, Shahnaz Begum who sung most famous milli naghmas todate ‘Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhe’, ‘Moj baRhe ya aandi aae’ and ’ Jeeway Jeeway jewway Pakistan’.
aise hi to Habib Jalib ne nahin kaha tha:
Haseen AankhoN, madhur geetoN ke sundar des ko kho ker;
MeiN heraaN hooN woh zikr-e-vaadi-e-Kashmir kertay heiN
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@Howzat. i experiance it every day. lol
on a serious note, i personally think Bengali culture is quote rich and different. I also thing if today the country was still east Pakistan and not Bangladesh we would be a far greater and stronger nation.
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I wanna try coconut water some day
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@Howzat. i experiance it every day. lol
on a serious note, i personally think Bengali culture is quote rich and different. I also thing if today the country was still east Pakistan and not Bangladesh we would be a far greater and stronger nation.
I don't think so as it isnt a muslim thing.
Bengalis had a girecracker up their nether hole, though we should have separated amicably. Bengal had a higher population zo i cant see how we could stay together since they would wield political power and pakistani provinces could gang up on punjab. Bhutto wouldnt be a pm in such a pakistan and even if he was due to west and east PMs, his ego woukd be bafly hurt for not owning it all.
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It was not feasible considering the distance between the two wings, should have separated amicably like doppelgänger has mentioned.