BENGAL DELTA:

‘A LAND OF WATER AND SILT’

LECTURE 2: BPH 101: BANGLADESH POLITICAL HISTORY

SAYED ABU TOUAB SHAKIR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
THE LAND

The Mighty Himalayas

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CLIMATE

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MONSOON

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Cloud & Rain in Bengal

RIVERS

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GANGES-PADMA RIVER SYSTEM

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 TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS

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Korotoa River
 TRANSBOUNDARY RIVERS

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Teesta Barrage Mahananda River

 RIVERS & LIFE

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A Village in a Char of River Brahmaputra Chilmari river port

 RIVERS & ECONOMY

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Timber market, Swarupkathi

Jute fiber processing in countryside
 RIVERS & ECONOMY

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A Haat day at Jorgach, Chilmari

 RIVERS & ECONOMY

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Markets and shipyards

RIVERS, BOATS & ECONOMY

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Boats & boatmen

 RIVERS, BOATS & ECONOMY

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Boats carrying goods at Inder Hat & Miar Hat, Swarupkathi

RIVERS & ECONOMY

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Silent economic activities

RIVERS & AGRICULTURE

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RIVERS & AGRICULTURE

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The areas of major agricultural products

RIVER & LITERATURE

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RIVER & BEAUTY

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RIVER & BEAUTY

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Hope you understand why Tagore spent so much time travelling on Padma
 MIGHTY RIVERS

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Padma Meghna
CLOUDS OVER THE RIVER

Cargo boats were at the mercy of nature in the rivers

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RURAL FIELDS

এই এক গ ও াঁ , ওই এক
গওাঁ — মধ্যে যু যু ম ঠ,
য ন ক উধ্নর লিখন লিলখ
করধ্ে লনতু ই প ঠ |

- নকশী ক থ
াঁ র ম ঠ
জসীমউদ্দিন

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RURAL ASSETS

Cattles are vital in agro based economy of our rural life

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 PADDY FIELDS

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Rice cultivation in Bengal

FISHES

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FLOOD

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 FLOOD

তত ম ধ্ের প ধ্শ
এধ্স লিপধ্ের
স থী হধ্ত
আজধ্কর তেষ্ট
আম র - এরশ ে
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* Photos collected from internet

BHOLA CYCLONE, 1970
An aerial view of devastation in the
aftermath of the cyclone that hit
the Bay of Bengal in East Pakistan,
November 1970. - Photograph:
Harry Koundakjian/AP, from The
Guardian, 18 N0v, 2014.
The storm surge and a lack of
evacuation togather resulted in a
massive death toll, estimated to be
300,000 to 500,000 people. This
makes it the deadliest known
tropical cyclone in history. Over 45
percent of the population of
167,000 in the city of Tazumuddin
was killed. - https://weather.com

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CYCLONE OF 1991

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than 135,000 people and causing more than $1.5 billion in damage. -https://www.history.com
VEGETATION & FOREST

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 WILDLIFE

Tiger hunting, George V, Prince of Wales (front row, 5th

from
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THE LAND

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PEOPLE

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PEOPLE

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LANGUAGE

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MAURYAN & GUPTA RULE IN BENGAL

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DEVELOPMENT OF ANCIENT CITIES

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 DEVELOPMENT OF ANCIENT CITIES

Mahastangar
Wari Bateshwar

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Mahastan Brahmi
Glass Beads Inscription
JANAPADS OF ANCIENT BENGAL

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 THE END

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