Renaissance du BengaleLa Renaissance du Bengale est un mouvement socio-culturel et religieux du et du début du dans la province indienne non divisée du Bengale, ayant également un impact dans le reste de l'Inde. Il est admis que la Renaissance du Bengale a commencé avec Râm Mohan Roy (1775–1833) et s'est poursuivie jusqu'à la mort de Rabindranath Tagore en 1941. Pendant cette période, le Bengale a été témoin d'un réveil intellectuel qui a remis en cause les orthodoxies courantes concernant le statut social des femmes, le mariage, la caste, les croyances superstitieuses et de la religion.
RâmakrishnaRamakrishna Paramahamsa, en bengali bn, de son vrai nom Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya (bn, - Calcutta, ) est un mystique bengali hindou. Dévot de Kâlî et enseignant de l'Advaïta védanta, il professait que et plaçait la spiritualité au-dessus de tout ritualisme. Il insista sur l'universalité de la voie de la bhakti (dévotion), ayant lui-même approché le christianisme et l'islam. Il est considéré comme et serait un avatar de Vishnou.
ArakanArakan (ˈærəkæn or ˈɑːrəkɑːn ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessible only by the Indian subcontinent and the sea. The region now forms the Rakhine State in Myanmar. Arakan became one of the earliest regions in Southeast Asia to embrace Dharmic religions, particularly Buddhism and Hinduism. Islam arrived with Arab merchants in the 8th century.
SonargaonSonargaon (সোনারগাঁও; pronounced as Show-naar-gaa; lit. Golden Hamlet) is a historic city in central Bangladesh. It corresponds to the Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District in Dhaka Division. Sonargaon is one of the old capitals of the historic region of Bengal and was an administrative center of eastern Bengal. It was also a river port. It's hinterland was the center of the muslin trade in Bengal, with a large population of weavers and artisans.
Oudh StateThe Oudh State (ˈaʊd, also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, or Awadh State) was a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856. The name Oudh, now obsolete, was once the anglicized name of the state, also written historically as Oudhe. As the Mughal Empire declined and decentralized, local governors in Oudh began asserting greater autonomy, and eventually Oudh matured into an independent polity governing the fertile lands of the Central and Lower Doab.
SambalpurSambalpur () is the fifth largest city in the Indian State of Odisha. It is located on the banks of river Mahanadi, with a population of 335,761 (as per 2011 census). Prehistoric settlements have been recorded there. It is the home of the Sambalpuri sari. The city contains many temples, historic buildings and parks. Educational institutes include Sambalpur University, Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Gangadhar Meher University, Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur and Odisha State Open University (OSOU).
District de NadiaNadia (nɔd̪iːaː) is a district in the state of West Bengal, India. It borders Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Purba Bardhaman to the west, and Murshidabad to the north. Nadia district is highly influential in the cultural history of Bengal. The standard version of Bengali, developed in the 19th century, is based on the dialect spoken around Nadia. Known as the "Oxford of Bengal", Nabadwip made many contributions to Indian philosophy, such as the Navya-Nyaya system of logic and is the birthplace of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
CuttackCuttack (prononcer Katak, en hindî : कटक, en oriya : କଟକ ou kɔʈɔkɔ) est une ville de l'État d'Odisha, en Inde. Située à la confluence du Mahanadi et du Kathajodi, près de Bhubaneswar, Puri et Konark, c'est une des villes les plus anciennes de l'Inde. Son nom dérive du sanskrit kataka « camp » ou « fort militaire ». Fondée en 989, elle est surnommée Millenium City pour cette raison. Pendant plus de neuf siècles elle a été la capitale de l'Orissa, avant d'être détrônée par Bhubaneswar, et est toujours de nos jours la capitale culturelle de cet État.
Famine in IndiaFamine had been a recurrent feature of life in the South Asian subcontinent countries of India and Bangladesh, most notoriously under British rule. Famines in India resulted in more than 30 million deaths over the course of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Famines in British India were severe enough to have a substantial impact on the long-term population growth of the country in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Indian agriculture is heavily dependent on climate: a favorable southwest summer monsoon is critical in securing water for irrigating crops.
BhagalpurBhagalpur, historically known as Champa Nagri, is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern bank of the Ganges river. It is the third largest city of Bihar by population and also serves the headquarters of Bhagalpur district, Bhagalpur division & Eastern Range. It is known as the Silk City & also listed for development under the Smart Cities Mission by Government of India.
