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Bengali Muslims constitute the world's second-largest Muslim ethnicity (after the Arab world) and the largest Muslim community in South Asia. [108] An estimated 152 million Bengali Muslims live in Bangladesh as of 2021, where Islam is the state religion and commands the demographic majority. [ 109 ]
Victor Banerjee, Bengali Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood actor; the only Indian to win National Board of Review Award for Best Actor. Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress. Jaya Bhattacharya, actress. Nivedita Bhattacharya, theatre actress. Samit Bhanja, Bollywood and Bengali actor. Ritwik Bhowmik, Bollywood actor.
6. Begum Rokeya. Social Reformer. Pioneer of Bengali Muslim women uprising. Within the conservative socio-system of her time, managed to educate herself and later became a popular writer and educationist. Inspired millions of girls and women to educate themselves and obtain self-reliance. 7. Jagadish Chandra Bose.
t. e. Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. [1][2] According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% [3] of its total population of 165 million. [4] Muslims of Bangladesh are predominant native Bengali Muslims. The majority of Bangladeshis are Sunni ...
t. e. The Bishwa Ijtema (Bengali: বিশ্ব ইজতেমা, lit. 'Global congregation') is an annual gathering of Muslims in Tongi, by the banks of the River Turag, in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Ijtema is considered a demonstration of Muslim unity, solidarity, mutual love and respect and an opportunity to reiterate their ...
e. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[ c ] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu[ d ] (lit.'Friend of Bengal '), was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions either as Bangladesh's president or as its prime minister from ...
The term Bengali is generally used to refer to someone whose linguistic, cultural or ancestral origins are from Bengal. The Indo-Aryan Bengalis are ethnically differentiated from the non-Indo-Aryan tribes inhabiting Bengal. Their ethnonym, Bangali, along with the native name of the Bengali language and Bengal region, Bangla, are both derived ...
Rowshanara Moni – Bengali music singer and actress. In 2004, her debut album Nijhum Raat was released. [144] Schelim Hannan – Singer who was a member of boy band Worlds Apart from 1992 to 1997. [145] Shireen Jawad – Bengali folk singer. She has recorded three albums: 2007's Panjabiwala, 2009's Mathwali and 2014's Rangeela. [146]