Old Bangla Photos

[Roybot]

I find these two photos ironic.

Rifle training to women during Indo Pak war of 65

Women marching in the Dhaka city streets in 1971

 

[Al-zakir]

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.

Yes, your best buddy loot them including carpet and ceiling fan. And they are still looting but this time through their Bengali ghulam, la-hasina.

 

[Roybot]

Founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman holding kerchief weeps upon his entrance into a liberated Dhaka

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Anyway Great Posts ignore the over emotional Pakistani's who cannot move on from 1971. they should be trying to form this to make up for the 1971 loss. anyway you have earned your Independence Bangladesh a salute to you.

 

[LaBong]

Don't make the moderators close the thread by discussing 1971.

 

[Al-zakir]

Motiur recieved the highest award in bangladesh Birsrestha... Traitors are normally cowards. Motiur was no coward. He left his wife mili, two children Mahin Tuhin in pakistan and sneaked into a fighter, tried to fly it from the enemy land ...... Have you seen such bravery, Only for motherland....???

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Matiur Rahman (military pilot) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If you ask me, he is over rated in Bd. This guy neither killed any one nor defend Bd from Bd land. No body knows what was his motive. His life was ended by very young Minhas. But, then again Bd is weired land with weired kinds of people.

 

[neolithic]

Nawab 'Alivardi Khan with his nephew Shaukat Jang. Murshidabad or Patna, c. 1765. Opaque watercolour heightened with gold :



Related link

 

[Roybot]

Dhaka 1860 - A portrait of a Acharya (Hindu holyman)

Dhaka 1860 - A bearded man with lamp

Dhaka 1860 - A Goala, (milkman)

Dhaka 1860 - A Sufi Chishtia Dervish

Dhaka 1860 - A group of Munchi (leatherworker)

Dhaka 1860 - A group of Sankhari (shell-cutters)

Dhakaiya 1860 - A group of Sarnakar (goldsmiths)

Dhaka 1860 - Two Tantee (weavers) at work

 

[Roybot]

Dhaka 1860 - A Ghasi (grass-cutters)

Dhakaiya 1860 - A Fisherman

Dhaka 1860 - A Muslim scholar posed with a book

Dhaka 1860 - A Kayasth, a Hindu writer cast

Dhaka 1860 - Portrait of a woman

 

[Maira La]

KarachiPunk I'm not Kurdish or Armenian however if you should understand you had plenty of chances of keeping East Pakistan you failed them all. Bangladesh is gone and I still cannot see why Pakistani's keep thinking about it you have another next door guest that is 1000x worth more then Bangladesh you play your cards right you make up for 1971.

Afghans are racially closer to Pakistan. I don't see why a union won't be possible, someday, in the far future. Heck, Pakistan's name itself contains A for Afghanistan!

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Afghans are racially closer to Pakistan. I don't see why a union won't be possible, someday, in the far future. Heck, Pakistan's name itself contains A for Afghanistan!

Like I've said this will make up for the Loss during 1971, Afghanistan is far more valuable then Bangladesh. Pakistan plays it's card right it will hit the Ace !

 

[Zabaniyah]

Like I've said this will make up for the Loss during 1971, Afghanistan is far more valuable then Bangladesh. Pakistan plays it's card right it will hit the Ace !

Afghanistan is very rich in copper and minerals. Me thinks the Americans would be around for a long time

Actually if you ask me, they have more in common with Iran.

 

[NeutralCitizen]

Afghanistan is very rich in copper and minerals. Me thinks the Americans would be around for a long time

Actually if you ask me, they have more in common with Iran.

Certainly has a smaller population. Just until it's stabilize Pak certainly will want power and influence and in the future Union. not to mention Mineral Rich.

 

[neolithic]

‘ALIVARDI KHAN AND HADJI MAHMUD
India (Murshidabad), circa 1760-1770



Opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper, mounted on an album leaf within a border lightly speckled in green.

Inscribed in English to the lower border:

“The great Nabob Ali Veidy Khan and his brother Hadgee Mahmud”

with a similar inscription on the reverse.

‘Alivardi Khan, Nawab of Bengal, is seated on a white marble terrace overlooking the river, a falcon perched on his leather-gloved right hand. He sits on a green carpet with a pink border and leans against a pink and green bolster with gold floral sprigs and tassels. Pink cushions on either side ensure the Nawab’s comfort. Behind him, an attendant stands guard. The attendant carries a peacock feather fan (morchal). A thrust-dagger (katar) is tucked into his sash (patka).

Seated in conversation facing ‘Alivardi Khan is a nobleman identified by the inscription as his brother, Hadji Mahmud. He sits respectfully off the carpet yet leans into it, subtly implying at once both the intimacy of a relative and the subordinate position of a courtier in front of the ruler. All three figures are clad in white garments that integrate harmoniously with the white marble terrace, the Nawab’s sumptuous yet restrained clothes and jewels thrown into relief by the piquant colours of the carpet and cushions. The faces are all painted with exquisite refinement.

Related links : one and two.

 

[neolithic]

Portraits of 'Alivardi Khan :

Related links : one and two.