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Bangal(Bengali:বাঙাল;a.k.a.Purbô Bôngiyô;transl. East Bengali) is a term used to refer to theBengali peopleof Eastern Bengal now inBangladesh,especially from the regions ofMymensingh,Dhaka,BarisalandComilla.The term is used to describeBengalisfrom the east, as opposed to theGhotisofWestern BengalandRarh regionof modernIndia.[1]It is usually assumed that the Bramhaputra-Padma river system is the demarcation line between the Western and Eastern wings of theBengal region.The areas to the East of the Bramhaputra-Padma river system are traditionally held to be the homeland of the Bangal people.
Overview
Going by the more strict definition, the Bangals are those people whose ancestry is connected to theEastern Bengalplains of Mymensingh, Dhaka, and Comilla. Further, some opinions exist that among the East Bengal Plains origin people, only people belonging to the more affluent economic groups should be classified as Bangal. Going by this opinion, the designation Bangal has an ethno-geographic as well as a social connotation.
Some of the people from East Bengal, mainlyHindus,migrated to West Bengal during thePartition of Indiain 1947. These refugees were sometimes referred to as Bangals by the native population of West Bengal.[citation needed]As such, the terms Ghoti and Bangal are mostly used in West Bengal while inBangladesh,the usage of these is rare except in regions with relatively high concentrations of immigrants from West Bengal. In modern times, amongstBengalis,"Bangal" and "Ghoti" are used as social sub-groups. Those whose families came fromEast Bengalat the time of Partition are Bangals and those whose families were staying in West Bengal at that time are Ghotis. Similarly, the people who came to West Bengal from East Bengal before the Independence of India in1947 are also known as Ghotis as they were staying in West Bengal,India,at the time of Independence. The term as used here has little relation to actual geography since most members of these groups all now live in India. Historically, in addition to marrying within their castes, people from these groups also preferred to marry within the group, whether Bangal or Ghoti.[citation needed]Bangals and Ghotis keep up their cultural rivalry through their respective support of the football clubsEast Bengal(Bangals) andMohun Bagan(Ghotis). They also cherish a rivalry through a claim of the supremacy of their respective cuisines and especially river-food delicacies, i. e.,Chingri(prawn) for Ghotis andIlish(hilsa) for Bangals.[citation needed]
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References
- ^Ghoshal, Somak (15 February 2020)."The 'ghoti' versus 'bangal' rivalry in Bengali cinema".mint.Retrieved3 January2021.
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