Bengali freedom struggle

The Bengali freedom struggle refers to various movements and wars over the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries aimed at liberating the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal from colonial rule and later from ruling establishments located outside historic Bengali territory. During the 20th Century, Bengali nationalism developed and emerged as a popular political ideology glorifying the Bengali people as a distinctive cultural and linguistic nation.

Bengali nationalist flag during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It was also the first flag of independent Bangladesh.

Bengali Freedom movements

The following contains a list of Bengali struggles against colonial rule

• Battle of Plassey Battle of Buxar
• Indigo revolt
• Chittagong uprising
• Bengal Volunteers
• Anushilan Samiti
• United Bengal

The following contains a list of organized Bengali movements driven by Bengali nationalism.

• Bengali Language Movement
• Six point movement
• Non-cooperation movement
• Bangladesh Liberation War

See also

• This time the struggle is for our freedom
• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
• Subhas Chandra Bose
• Chittaranjan Das
• Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
• A. K. Fazlul Huq
• Bangladesh Awami League

External links

• Ahmed, Helal Uddin (2012). "History". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
• Library of Congress (1988). A Country Study: Bangladesh