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Derozio, Henry Louis Vivian
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Banglapedia biographical reference for Derozio and his teaching at Hindu College.
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Deva Dynasty
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Banglapedia reference entry on the Deva dynasty and southeastern Bengal polity.
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Dhaka
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Banglapedia entry including the 1610 transfer of Bengal's capital to Dhaka and the name Jahangirnagar.
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Direct Action Day
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A Bengal-centered reference on the 16 August 1946 hartal, the Calcutta violence, and its role in making partition more likely.
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Direct Action Day
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A concise overview of the 16 August 1946 protests, the Calcutta riots, and the event's wider significance in partition-era politics.
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Diwani
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Bengal-focused reference on the diwani system, the 1765 agreements, and how revenue authority passed to the East India Company.
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Duar War
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Reference overview of the 1864-65 Anglo-Bhutanese War and the Bengal Duars frontier settlement.
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East India Company
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Overview of the Company's shift from trade to colonial rule, including the grant of diwani rights and its economic consequences in Bengal.
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Ekdala
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Banglapedia reference on the Ekdala fort context used in describing Delhi's Bengal campaigns.
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Elections 1954
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Banglapedia summary of the 1954 East Bengal elections, the United Front campaign, and the scale of the result.
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Ershad, Lt. General Hussein M
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Concise encyclopedic reference for Hussein Muhammad Ershad’s life, military background, and the 1983–1990 rule.
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Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance
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Banglapedia traces the anti-Company alliance of Muslim fakirs and Hindu sannyasis in Bengal from 1760 onward.
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Famine
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Includes a Bangladesh-centered account of the 1974 famine, its causes, mortality debates, and social effects.
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Faraizi Movement
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Banglapedia overview of the Faraizi movement's origins, leadership, and social impact in eastern Bengal.
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Faraizi Movement
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Banglapedia summary of chronology, leadership, and expansion of the Faraizi movement in Bengal.
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Firuz Shah Tughlaq
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Banglapedia reference for Firuz Shah Tughlaq's reign, including Bengal expeditions relevant to 1353-54 and 1359-60.
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Ganges-Brahmaputra delta cyclone
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A concise overview of the 12 November 1970 Bhola cyclone, its death toll, and its political consequences in East Pakistan.
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General Election, 1970
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A Bangladesh-centered reference on the 1970 election results, turnout, and the Awami League's overwhelming mandate in East Pakistan.
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Government of India Act 1935
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Reference on the constitutional framework that expanded provincial autonomy and shaped late colonial electoral politics.
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Great Bengal Famine of 1770
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Overview of the 1770 famine in Bengal, including mortality scale and structural causes under early Company rule.