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Travels in the Mogul Empire
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François Bernier’s travel account is useful for the Mughal world, Bengal’s economy, and courtly politics.
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Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri / Jahangirnama
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Jahangir’s memoirs for the early seventeenth century, useful for Mughal politics and Bengal campaigns.
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1971
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A mega-documentary on the Bangladesh Liberation War, valuable as a broad visual archive of the year 1971.
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2001 Bangladesh-India border skirmishes
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Chronology-focused overview of Padua/Pyrdiwah and Boraibari clashes, including timeline and casualty reporting context.
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2004 Dhaka Grenade Attack
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Reference overview of the 21 August 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally in Dhaka.
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2005 Bangladesh Bombings
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Reference overview of the 17 August 2005 coordinated bombings attributed to JMB.
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Adina Mosque
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Banglapedia reference for one of the major architectural expressions of the Bengal Sultanate period.
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Agartala Conspiracy Case
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Banglapedia entry on the 1968 case, tribunal process, and its role in the 1969 mass upsurge.
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Ahmed, Fakhruddin
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Concise biographical reference for Fakhruddin Ahmed’s role in the 2007–2008 caretaker government transition.
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Ahmed, Justice Shahabuddin
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Useful for understanding the caretaker transfer of power that followed Ershad's fall.
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Akhaura / Daruin Battle Reference
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Reference context for Daruin-Akhaura fighting and Mostafa Kamal during the 1971 war.
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Alauddin Husain Shah
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Banglapedia biographical overview of Alauddin Husain Shah, founder of the Husain Shahi ruling line in Bengal.
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Alivardi Khan
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Banglapedia entry on Alivardi Khan's accession and rule in Bengal.
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Assam
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Reference entry covering Assam's 1874 administrative separation from Bengal and related Sylhet/Cachar implications.
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Awami League
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Britannica overview of the Awami League's founding context, evolution, and political role in East Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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Bahadur Shah II
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Profile of the last Mughal emperor and his symbolic role in Delhi during the rebellion.
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Bakhtiyar Khalji
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Banglapedia entry covering Bakhtiyar Khalji's Bengal campaign, conquest of Nadia, and early political consolidation in Bengal.
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Bangladesh Awami League
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Useful for tracing the Awami League's parliamentary and street opposition to Ershad.
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Bangladesh famine
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A concise overview of the 1974 famine and the policy failures that shaped its severity.
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Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League / BAKSAL
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Concise encyclopedic reference for BAKSAL as the legally recognized single party. Useful for a quick factual overview.