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Zamindars of Mahipur, the Glossary

The zamindars of Mahipur (মহিপুরের জমিদার) were a Bengali aristocratic family of feudal landowners.^[1]

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Aliah University

Aliah University (AU; جامعہ عالیہ) is a public state university in New Town, West Bengal, India.

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The Azim Choudhury Zamindar Bari is a historic estate and Bengali family based in the village of Dulai in Sujanagar, Pabna District. Zamindars of Mahipur and Azim Choudhury Zamindar Bari are Bangladeshi families, Bengali families, Muslim families and zamindari estates.

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Bangiya Sahitya Parishat

Bangiya Sahitya Parishat is a literary society in Maniktala of Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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Bangla Academy

The Bangla Academy (বাংলা একাডেমি) is the official regulatory body of the Bengali language in Bangladesh.

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Bangladesh Government Press

Bangladesh Government Press is the official printing house of Bangladesh government.

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Beel

A beel (Bengali and Assamese: বিল) is a billabong or a lake-like wetland with static water as opposed to moving water in rivers and canals - typically called in Bengali, in the Ganges - Brahmaputra flood plains of Bangladesh, and the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam.

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Bengal Subah

The Bengal Subah, also referred to as Mughal Bengal, was the largest subdivision of the Mughal Empire encompassing much of the Bengal region, which includes modern-day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and some parts of the present-day Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha between the 16th and 18th centuries.

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Bengali Kayastha

Bengali Kayastha (বাঙালি কায়স্থ) is a Bengali Hindu caste originated from the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent, and is one of the main subgroups of the Kayastha community.

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Bengalis

Bengalis (বাঙ্গালী, বাঙালি), also rendered as endonym Bangali, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia.

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Bigha

The bigha or beegah (بیگھا, बीघा) is a traditional unit of measurement of area of a land, commonly used in northern & eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

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Biharis

The Biharis or Bihari people are a subgroup of the Indo-Aryans who speak the Bihari languages.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Carmichael College

Carmichael College is an educational institution in Rangpur, Bangladesh.

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Chakla (administrative division)

Chakla (Persian: چکلہ) was a district-level administrative division in Indian subcontinent during the Mughal period.

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Chowdhury

Chowdhury is a title of honour, usually hereditary, originating from the Indian subcontinent.

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Cooch Behar State

Cooch Behar, also known as Koch Bihar, was a princely state in India during the British Raj.

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Court of Wards (India)

The Court of Wards was a legal body created by the East India Company on a model similar to the Court of Wards and Liveries that had existed in England from 1540 to 1660.

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Dhaka

Dhaka (or; Ḍhākā), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh.

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Dispensary

A dispensary is an office in a school, hospital, industrial plant, or other organization that dispenses medications, medical supplies, and in some cases even medical and dental treatment.

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East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950

The East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950 (also known as the East Pakistan Estate Acquisition Act 1950) was a law passed by the newly formed democratic Government of East Bengal in the Dominion of Pakistan (present day Bangladesh).

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Gangachara Upazila

Gangachara (Gongachora) is the northernmost upazila of Bangladesh's Rangpur District, located in the Rangpur Division.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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John Woodburn (civil servant)

Sir John Woodburn (13 July 1843 – 21 November 1902) was an Indian Civil Servant, who later served as Lieutenant Governor of Bengal from 1898 to 1902.

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Khan Bahadur

Khan Bahadur – a compound of Khan "Leader" and Bahadur "Brave" – was a honorary title in British India conferred on Indian subjects who were adherents of Islam or Zoroastrianism.

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Litter (vehicle)

The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people.

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Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division.

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Madrasa

Madrasa (also,; Arabic: مدرسة, pl. مدارس), sometimes transliterated as madrasah or madrassa, is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary education or higher learning.

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Mahipala

Mahipala (or Mahipala I) was a notable king of the Pala dynasty, which ruled over much of the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent between the 8th and 12th centuries.

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Maniruzzaman Islamabadi

Munīruzzamān Khān Islāmābādī (মনিরুজ্জামান খাঁন ইসলামাবাদী; 1875-1950), also known by the epithet Biplobi Maulana (Revolutionary Maulana), was a Bengali philosopher, nationalist activist and journalist from Islamabad (now known as Chittagong) in Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Bangladesh).

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Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.

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Mughal people

The Mughals (also spelled Moghul or Mogul) is a Muslim corporate group from modern-day North India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Muhammad Ishaq (historian)

Muhammad Ishaq (1910 – 2005) was a Bangladeshi historian and academic.

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Muhammad Mohsin

Haji Muhammad Mohsin (– 29 November 1812) was a prominent Bengali Muslim philanthropist.

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Nawal Kishore Press

The Nawal Kishore Press (also spelled Newal Kishore Press) was a publishing house founded by Munshi Nawal Kishore in Lucknow, British India, in 1858.

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Pabna District

Pabna District (পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh.

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Pargana

Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each parganas may or may not be subdivided into pirs.

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Permanent Settlement

The Permanent Settlement, also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal, was an agreement between the East India Company and landlords of Bengal to fix revenues to be raised from land that had far-reaching consequences for both agricultural methods and productivity in the entire British Empire and the political realities of the Indian countryside.

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Pohela Boishakh

Pohela Boishakh (পহেলা বৈশাখ)) is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley). It is a festival based on the spring harvest—which marks the first day of the new year in the official calendar of Bangladesh.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamindars_of_Mahipur

, Tehsil, University of Dhaka, Varendra, Wakil Ahmed, Wali, Zamindars of Bengal, 1896 New Year Honours, 1898 New Year Honours.

Zamindars of Mahipur, the Glossary

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See also

Bangladeshi families

Bengali families

Gangachara Upazila

Muslim families

People from Gangachara Upazila

Rangpur District

References