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Persian, the language of Bengal until the British arrived in 19 Century

(photo: The largest Indian Mosque, West Bengal, 1300s) Persian influence in Bengal in the 18th and 19th Century (This piece is a part of series about Rabindranath Tagor’s life and upbringing in Hafez-centric Bengal) Bengal had a population of approximately 50 million at the time. It is well known that the Persianate civilization and theContinue reading “Persian, the language of Bengal until the British arrived in 19 Century”