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2 unusual facts about Bengali Hindus


Kora, Katihar

Many Bengali Hindus settled in the town wherever they found a place.

Government of India provided them with piece of land to settle now known as Ek(1) number and Do(2) number colonies, along with them many Bengali Hindus who were already there in Korha also settled in this place to mix with their own during that period of time.


Goalpara district

The main communities inhabiting the district include Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Rabha, Garo, Hajong, Kalita, Koch Dimasa and Bodo.

Hemanta Kumar Sarkar

In late 1946, Sarkar formed the Bengal Partition League along with Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Nalinaksha Sanyal, Colonel A.C. Chatterjee and others to press for the partition of Bengal and formation of a separate province for the Bengali Hindu people.


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