Old Bangla Photos

[Cyph3r]

Kilo Flight- The first unit of Bangladesh Air Force.

Without any navigation equipment and proper air to air defense equipment, with obsolete planes, these people dared to fly and bomb Pakistani strategic position 40 years back on 3rd December 1971. Their mission was to bomb 2 oil reservoirs, Godail and Chittagong. They flew from Kamalpur and bombed these two locations. This mission destroyed most of the reserve fuel of the Pakistani army.

 

[Roybot]

^^What aircraft did they fly?

 

[Cyph3r]

^^ 1 Twin Otter plane and 1 Alouette III helicopter
East Pakistan Air Operations, 1971 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[neolithic]

Map : Original homelands of the Indo-Aryan and other Indo-European speaking peoples during the Harappa Mohenjo-daro Elamite period :



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[neolithic]

Bengal Civet, Viverra Bengalensis. (1830-1834) :
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[kobiraaz]

Milavia why do you use double nick???

 

[eastwatch]

Guys, why no more old photos? There must be hundreds of other artifacts photographs of which can be sent here.

 

[kobiraaz]

18 Dec 1971, Dhaka, Bangladesh --- Indian Army Officers examine a pile of rifles taken from surrendered Pakistani troops in the military action that separated East Pakistan from West Pakistan, and created the state of Bangladesh. 1971. ---
which were stolen later i guess.

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Crowd of protestors at a rally in Trafalgar square, London, calling for an end to the genocide in Bangladesh. London,UK (1971)

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18 Dec 1971, Dhaka, Bangladesh --- A crowd cheers a truckload of guerrillas after the revolution which made East Pakistan into Bangladesh succeeded. 1971

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16 Dec 1971, Dhaka, Bangladesh --- Indian troops enter Dhaka where they were hailed as victors by the Bengali populace during the war for Bangladeshi independence.

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16 Dec 1971, Dhaka, Bangladesh ---Dacca: Brig. Gen. R. Misra (C) is surrounded by Bengalis as he leads first Indian troops into Dacca December 16th

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10 Dec 1971, Jessore, Bangladesh -- People of Jessore raise their arms as they cheer the Mukti bahini after the town was liberated from the Pakistanis Dec. 9.

 

[Loyus]

Guys From the photos !!!

Congrats on your freedom .. it is a week to the D-day now

 

[neolithic]

Excerpt about the Bagdi warriors from an article by Pradip Bhattacharya :


By way of example, the Bagdis can be cited. Some branches of this Bagdi Class have been declared as criminal tribes in present times because of their violent nature. This Bagdi class was at one time one of the important professional warrior clans. Disturbed by the depredations of the Marathas the Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan had dispatched his family members for their safety to the Natore royal family. At that time, the army of the semi-independent Natore kingdom was constituted of the Bagdis of West Bengal and the Bhojpuris of Bihar. It is because of the great trust he placed in these Bagdi soldiers that Nawab Alivardi Khan made such arrangements. Every historian is well aware of the bravery of the Bagdi soldiers of Bishnupur. With their help, Bishnupur was able to safeguard its independence for long. The famous cannons of Bishnupur used to be handled by these Bagdi soldiers.


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[neolithic]

Bengal Tiger with Peacock (signed and dated 1928) :
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Related link : post # 956 of another thread.

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

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Bangladesh flood of 1988

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Interview of Major Zia on 71

 

[kobiraaz]

Bengal Tiger with Peacock (signed and dated 1928) :

888 × 660 pixels

this maybe a picture of Shalbon, Gazipur. Now you will find RMG factories in place of Shalbon.

 

[monitor]

^ its a painting i think