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Karim Shah
Karim Shah ( bn, করীম শাহ), also known as Karam Shah ( bn, করম শাহ), was the founder of the mystic Pagal Panthi order in eastern Bengal (present-day Bangladesh). Biography Though the origins of Karim Shah are shrouded in mystery, it can be known that he was a disciple of Musa Shah, who was the nephew and successor of Majnu Shah. Karim Shah resided in the village of Letarkanda in Pargana Sushang (presently under Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona). It is estimated that his propagation began in 1775. His teachings attracted Sufis, Hindus and animists alike, and the members of his cult came to be known by commoners as ''Pagals'' (madmen). Though the cult was non-violent, its members claimed that Karim Shah possessed spiritual prowess such as the ability to cure diseases, foretelling and bringing success to those he wished. He married Chandi Bibi, and had a son known as Tipu Shah Tipu Shah ( bn, টিপু শাহ; died 1852) was the second leader of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakir
Fakir ( ar, فقیر, translit=faḳīr or ''faqīr'') is an Islamic term traditionally used for Sufi Muslim ascetics who renounce their worldly possessions and dedicate their lives to the worship of God. They do not necessarily renounce all relationships and take vows of poverty, some may be poor and some may even be wealthy, but the adornments of the temporal worldly life are kept in perspective and do not detract from their constant dedication to God. The connotations of poverty associated with the term relate to their spiritual neediness, not necessarily their physical neediness. They are characterized by their reverence for ''dhikr'' (a devotional practice which consists of repeating the names of God with various formulas, often performed after the daily prayers). Sufism in the Muslim world emerged during the early Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE) See Googlbook search and grew as a mystical tradition in the mainstream Sunni and Shia denominations of Islam, state Eric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
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Mymensingh Division
Mymensingh Division ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ বিভাগ) is one of the eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 11,370,000 as of the 2011 census. It was created in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of Dhaka Division. Its headquarters are in Mymensingh city in Mymensingh District. History The Greater Mymensingh region (Mymensingh District along with five other neighbouring districts) was created as a Mymensingh district by the British Indian government in 1787. Later it was reorganized in two phases into six districts: Mymensingh, Kishoreganj, Netrakona, Jamalpur, Tangail, and Sherpur. But Kishoreganj and Tangail are no longer part of Mymensingh, so Mymensingh comprises four districts. On 12 January 2015 prime minister Sheikh Hasina declared the establishment of a new Mymensingh Division. The initial intention was to carve six districts (those comprising the original Mymensingh district of 1787 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagal Panthis
The Pagal Panthis (lit. 'followers of the mad path') were a socio-religious order that emerged in the late 18th-century in the Mymensingh region of Bengal (now located in Bangladesh). Adherents of a syncretic mixture of Hinduism, Sufism and Animism, the order sought to uphold religious principles and the rights of landless peasants in Bengal; under the leadership of Tipu Shah, the movement soon evolved into a popular, armed struggle against the British East India Company and the ''zamindar'' (''landlord'') system. It was crushed with the help of the army in 1833. It was a semi religious sect having influence in the northern districts of Bengal. Pagal panthi movement was of Hodi, Garo and Hajong tribes. It was led by Hodi leader Janku Pathar and Debraj Pathar. History The ''Pagal Panthis'' was a religious movement that emerged in the northern Mymensingh and Sherpur District area of the province of Bengal. In contrast to the rest of Bengal, the region was inhabited mainly by triba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musa Shah
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Tipu Shah
Tipu Shah ( bn, টিপু শাহ; died 1852) was the second leader of the mystic Pagal Panthis, Pagal Panthi Order in Mymensingh Division, Mymensingh (present-day Bangladesh). He commanded the Order and the local peasantry in revolts against the British East India Company and managed to establish an independent state in Sherpur District, Sherpur. Early life Tipu Shah was born into a Sufi Muslim fakir family of Pathans in India, Pathan ancestry who had settled in Letarkanda, Pargana Sushang (presently under Purbadhala Upazila, Purbadhala, Netrokona). His father, Karim Shah, founded the mystic Pagal Panthis, Pagal Panthi Order (considered to be the established successor of Majnu Shah's activism) after being inspired by his predecessor Musa Shah. His mother, Chandi Bibi, also played an important role in the Order and was respected by the Pagal Panthis as "''Sufi pir, Pīr-Mother, Mātā''". Career It is said that the Pagal Panthis were composed mostly of tribes like Garo peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predominantly covering present-day Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. Geographically, it consists of the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta system, the largest river delta in the world and a section of the Himalayas up to Nepal and Bhutan. Dense woodlands, including hilly rainforests, cover Bengal's northern and eastern areas, while an elevated forested plateau covers its central area; the highest point is at Sandakphu. In the littoral southwest are the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. The region has a monsoon climate, which the Bengali calendar divides into six seasons. Bengal, then known as Gangaridai, was a leading power in ancient South Asia, with extensive trade networks forming connections to as far away as Roman Egypt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majnu Shah
Majnu Shah or Faqir Majnu Shah Burhan (died 1787Ray, Rajat Kumar (1986). ''Colonial Penetration and the Initial Resistance: The Mughal Ruling Class, the English East India and the Struggle for Bengal 1756-1800'', in ''The Indian Historical Review'', Vol.XII, No.1-2, New Delhi: Indian Council for Historical Research, pp.70-3) was a faqir (Sufi saint) from the present-day Uttar Pradesh, who actively participated in the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion, which, according to a number of scholars, was an early war for India's independence and joined in many battles against the British East India Company with his 'pious team'. Life In the Battle of Udhuanala (1761) and the Battle of Buxar (1764), Majnu gathered a great number of Muslim ''faqirs'' and Hindu ''sannyasis'' against the East India Company who took over power in Bengal from the Nawab of Bengal in 1757. His center was in Rangpur, Dinajpur and in Bogra District. Majnu Shah was a faqir of the Madariya Sufi order founded by Syed Badiudui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona
Durgapur ( bn, দূর্গাপুর) (also referred to as Susang Durgapur) is an Upazilas of Bangladesh#List of Upazilas, upazila of the Netrokona District in the Mymensingh Division of Bangladesh. Geography Durgapur is located at . It has 32,245 households and a total land area of 293.42 km2. Demographics According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Durgapur had a population of 224,873. Males constituted 49.67% of the population and females 50.33%. Muslims formed 90.10% of the population, Hindus 5.87%, Christians 3.89%, and others 0.14%. Durgapur had a literacy rate of 39.52% for the population 7 years and above. At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Durgapur had a population of 169,135, of whom 83,795 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 50.49% of the population, and females 49.51%. Durgapur had an average Literacy, literacy rate of 23% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. Composition of Durgapur Thana Total Households: 8,250 1. Bengalis, Bangali; Total V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Missing
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1813 Deaths
Events January–March * January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance. * January 24 – The Philharmonic Society (later the Royal Philharmonic Society) is founded in London. * January 28 – Jane Austen's '' Pride and Prejudice'' is published anonymously in London. * January 31 – The Assembly of the Year XIII is inaugurated in Buenos Aires. * February – War of 1812 in North America: General William Henry Harrison sends out an expedition to burn the British vessels at Fort Malden by going across Lake Erie via the Bass Islands in sleighs, but the ice is not hard enough, and the expedition returns. * February 3 – Argentine War of Independence: José de San Martín and his Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers gain a largely symbolic victory against a Spanish royalist army in the Battle of San Lorenzo. * February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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