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<span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Geografie</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geografie-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geschiedenis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geschiedenis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Geschiedenis</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geschiedenis-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Geschiedenis-subkopje inklappen</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geschiedenis-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Oude_geschiedenis" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Oude_geschiedenis"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Oude geschiedenis</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Oude_geschiedenis-sublist" 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id="toc-Splitsing_van_Bengalen" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Splitsing_van_Bengalen"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Splitsing van Bengalen</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Splitsing_van_Bengalen-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zie_ook" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zie_ook"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Zie ook</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zie_ook-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geboren" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geboren"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Geboren</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geboren-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> 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title="Bengalen – Zwitserduits" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Bengalen" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Zwitserduits" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Oudengels" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Oudengels" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنغال – Arabisch" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بنغال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97" title="বংগ – Assamees" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বংগ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Asturisch" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benqaliya" title="Benqaliya – Azerbeidzjaans" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Benqaliya" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbeidzjaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنقال – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بنقال" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala" title="Benggala – Balinees" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Benggala" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Бенгалія – Belarussisch" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бенгалія" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarussisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бенгалия – Bulgaars" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Бенгалия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgaars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="बंगाल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="बंगाल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97" title="বঙ্গ – Bengaals" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বঙ্গ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bengaals" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%96%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%84%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%82%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A3%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8D" title="བེང་ག་ལི། – Tibetaans" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="བེང་ག་ལི།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Bretons" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Bretons" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Catalaans" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Бенгали – Tsjetsjeens" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бенгали" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Tsjetsjeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%95%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بەنگال – Soranî" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بەنگال" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Soranî" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beng%C3%A1lsko" title="Bengálsko – Tsjechisch" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bengálsko" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Tsjechisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalen" title="Bengalen – Deens" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Bengalen" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Deens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalen" title="Bengalen – Duits" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bengalen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="Duits" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7" title="Βεγγάλη – Grieks" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βεγγάλη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Grieks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Engels" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="Engels" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalio" title="Bengalio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bengalio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Spaans" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Estisch" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Baskisch" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Baskisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنگال – Perzisch" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بنگال" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Perzisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_(alue)" title="Bengali (alue) – Fins" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Bengali (alue)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Fins" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengale" title="Bengale – Frans" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bengale" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="Frans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beang%C3%A1l" title="Beangál – Iers" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Beangál" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Iers" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Galicisch" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galicisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C" title="בנגל – Hebreeuws" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בנגל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebreeuws" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="बंगाल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बंगाल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Haïtiaans Creools" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haïtiaans Creools" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beng%C3%A1lia" title="Bengália – Hongaars" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bengália" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hongaars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Բենգալիա – Armeens" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բենգալիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala" title="Benggala – Indonesisch" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Benggala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – IJslands" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="IJslands" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Italiaans" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italiaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9" title="ベンガル地方 – Japans" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベンガル地方" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BE_(%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%99%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%97)" title="ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ (ಬಙ್ಗ) – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಬಾಂಗ್ಲಾ (ಬಙ್ಗ)" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%B5%EA%B3%A8" title="벵골 – Koreaans" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="벵골" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Koreaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Latijn" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latijn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BA%9A%E0%BA%B1%E0%BA%87%E0%BA%81%E0%BA%AD%E0%BA%A5" title="ບັງກອລ – Laotiaans" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="ບັງກອລ" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Laotiaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalija" title="Bengalija – Litouws" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bengalija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Litouws" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beng%C4%81lija" title="Bengālija – Lets" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Bengālija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Lets" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бенгал – Macedonisch" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE" title="ബംഗാൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ബംഗാൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бенгал – Mongools" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongools" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="बंगाल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="बंगाल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala" title="Benggala – Maleis" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Benggala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Maleis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2" title="बङ्गाल – Nepalees" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="बङ्गाल" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepalees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Noors - Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Noors - Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Noors - Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Noors - Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Occitaans" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8" title="Бенгали – Ossetisch" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бенгали" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2" title="ਬੰਗਾਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਬੰਗਾਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Pools" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Pools" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنگال – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بنگال" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AB%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنګال – Pasjtoe" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="بنګال" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pasjtoe" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengala" title="Bengala – Portugees" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bengala" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portugees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Roemeens" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Roemeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Aroemeens" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aroemeens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Бенгалия – Russisch" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бенгалия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83" title="वङ्गः – Sanskriet" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="वङ्गः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskriet" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9D%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنگال – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="بنگال" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Servo-Kroatisch" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Servo-Kroatisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%BA" title="බෙංගාලය – Singalees" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බෙංගාලය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Singalees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali" title="Bengali – Albanees" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Bengali" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Бенгал – Servisch" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Бенгал" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Servisch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benggala" title="Benggala – Soendanees" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Benggala" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Soendanees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengalen" title="Bengalen – Zweeds" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Bengalen" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Zweeds" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="வங்காளம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வங்காளம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D" title="బెంగాల్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="బెంగాల్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Бангола – Tadzjieks" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Бангола" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tadzjieks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Turks" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali%C3%A4" title="Bengaliä – Tataars" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Bengaliä" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tataars" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F" title="Бенгалія – Oekraïens" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Бенгалія" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Oekraïens" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%84" title="بنگال – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بنگال" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengaliya" title="Bengaliya – Oezbeeks" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Bengaliya" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Oezbeeks" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Vietnamees" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Bengal" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9F%E5%8A%A0%E6%8B%89%EF%BC%88%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%EF%BC%89" title="孟加拉（地区） – Wuyu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="孟加拉（地区）" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wuyu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9F%E5%8A%A0%E6%8B%89%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80" title="孟加拉地區 – Chinees" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="孟加拉地區" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinees" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9F%E5%8A%A0%E6%8B%89" title="孟加拉 – Klassiek 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id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="nl" dir="ltr"><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Map_of_Bengal.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Map_of_Bengal.svg/300px-Map_of_Bengal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Map_of_Bengal.svg/450px-Map_of_Bengal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Map_of_Bengal.svg/600px-Map_of_Bengal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1835" data-file-height="1676" /></a><figcaption>Locatie van Bengalen</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Bengalen</b> is een regio in het noordoosten van het <a href="/wiki/Indisch_subcontinent" title="Indisch subcontinent">Indisch subcontinent</a> die is onderverdeeld in de <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indiase</a> staat <a href="/wiki/West-Bengalen" title="West-Bengalen">West-Bengalen</a> en het land <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. Het is een van de dichtstbevolkte gebieden op aarde, en heeft een geschat inwoneraantal van ruim tweehonderd miljoen inwoners en een geschatte bevolkingsdichtheid van ruim 950 mensen per km². </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geografie">Geografie</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Geografie" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=1" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Geografie"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Het gebied bestaat voor het grootste deel uit de gezamenlijke <a href="/wiki/Rivier" title="Rivier">delta</a> van de rivieren de <a href="/wiki/Ganges_(rivier)" title="Ganges (rivier)">Ganges</a>, de <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra" title="Brahmaputra">Brahmaputra</a> en enkele andere grote rivieren. In het zuiden ligt de <a href="/wiki/Golf_van_Bengalen" title="Golf van Bengalen">Golf van Bengalen</a>. </p><p>Bengalen herbergt twee <a href="/wiki/Metropool_(stad)" title="Metropool (stad)">metropolen</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dhaka_(stad)" title="Dhaka (stad)">Dhaka</a> en <a href="/wiki/Calcutta" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschiedenis">Geschiedenis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Geschiedenis" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=2" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Geschiedenis"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oude_geschiedenis">Oude geschiedenis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Oude geschiedenis" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=3" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Oude geschiedenis"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De geschiedenis van Bengalen begint aanzienlijk later dan de rest van het <a href="/wiki/Indische_Subcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Indische Subcontinent">Indische Subcontinent</a>. Het deltagebied van de Ganges en de Brahmaputra, dat van tijd tot tijd, en vrijwel altijd onverwachts, door natuurrampen wordt geteisterd, lag minder voor de hand als vestingplaats voor mensen dan bijvoorbeeld de <a href="/wiki/Indus-Gangesvlakte" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus-Gangesvlakte">Indus-Gangesvlakte</a>. </p><p>Dat het vruchtbare deltagebied uiteindelijk toch bewoond is geraakt, heeft niets te maken de grilligheid van de natuur. De gevestigde agrarische beschaving in het Indus-Gangesgebied werd namelijk van tijd tot tijd belaagd door nomadenvolkeren uit <a href="/wiki/Centraal-Azi%C3%AB" title="Centraal-Azië">Centraal-Azië</a>, uit de landen ten noorden van de <a href="/wiki/Himalaya" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a>. </p><p>Deze <a href="/wiki/Vedische_beschaving" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedische beschaving">Indo-Ariërs</a> hebben rond 1000 v.Chr. tijdens een van hun invallen de stam der Bang vanuit hun nederzettingen aan de Ganges verdreven naar het verraderlijke deltagebied. Het zijn deze Bang geweest, die dit gebied hebben ontgonnen. De <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arianisatie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arianisatie (de pagina bestaat niet)">arianisatie</a> bereikte Bengalen echter voor het einde van de Vedische periode. </p><p>Bengalen maakte deel uit van het rijk van de vanuit <a href="/wiki/Magadha" title="Magadha">Magadha</a> regerende <a href="/wiki/Mauryarijk" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauryarijk">Maurya's</a> en <a href="/wiki/Gupta%27s" title="Gupta's">Gupta's</a>. Vooral de beeldende kunst bloeide op, hoewel het nog enige tijd achterbleef op het werk van de kunstenaars in Magadha en het westen van India. Dit verschil bracht echter ook het besef met zich mee van een eigen identiteit van het Bang-volk - de Bangali - dat een eigen taal sprak en rond het jaar 1000 ook een eigen schrift en eigen literatuur ontwikkelde. </p><p>In die tijd was Bengalen al ongeveer vijf eeuwen een onafhankelijke staat, die was ontstaan toen de vanuit Centraal-Azië binnenvallende <a href="/wiki/Hephthalieten" title="Hephthalieten">Huna's</a> rond het begin van de 5de eeuw het Guptarijk hadden vernietigd. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pala-dynastie">Pala-dynastie</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Pala-dynastie" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=4" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Pala-dynastie"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>De bloeitijd van dit Bengaalse rijk valt tussen de 8e en de 12e eeuw, toen de boeddhistische <a href="/wiki/Paladynastie_van_Gaur" title="Paladynastie van Gaur">Pala-dynastie</a> aan de macht was. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gopala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gopala (de pagina bestaat niet)">Gopala</a>, de stichter van dit vorstenhuis, had omstreeks het jaar 750 om naar het schijnt religieus-politieke redenen een hindoe-vorst van de Bengaalse troon gestoten. Zijn pogingen om van de Bengali boeddhisten te maken faalden echter. </p><p>Het <a href="/wiki/Hindoe%C3%AFsme" title="Hindoeïsme">hindoeïsme</a> bleek, zoals elders op het Indische Subcontinent, ook in Bengalen te veerkrachtig en te diep geworteld in de samenleving, al ging de toplaag van de Bengaalse samenleving destijds over op het <a href="/wiki/Boeddhisme" title="Boeddhisme">boeddhisme</a>. </p><p>Onder Gopala's zoon <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharmapala_(koning)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dharmapala (koning) (de pagina bestaat niet)">Dharmapala</a> (<a href="/wiki/769" title="769">769</a>-<a href="/wiki/814" title="814">814</a>) werd Bengalen een boeddhistische macht van belang in het toenmalige Azië. De <a href="/wiki/Bengalen_(volk)" title="Bengalen (volk)">Bengali</a>, die zich inmiddels hadden ontwikkeld tot een handeldrijvend en zeevaardig volk, onderhielden contacten met de boeddhistische heersers op <a href="/wiki/Java_(eiland)" title="Java (eiland)">Java</a> en dreven handel met <a href="/wiki/Chinese_keizerrijk" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese keizerrijk">China</a> en <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Malanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malanda (de pagina bestaat niet)">Malanda</a>, thans een onbeduidend dorp met slecht geconserveerde ruïnes, was de hoofdstad en het culturele centrum van het Pala-rijk. 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Op zijn beurt werd een Sena-heerser in 1202 onttroond door <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">islamitische</a> heersers. Bengalen werd toen een deel van het <a href="/wiki/Sultanaat_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultanaat Delhi">sultanaat Delhi</a>, maar kreeg een eigen vice-sultan. Wat bij het aan de macht komen van de Pala-dynastie ook was gebeurd, herhaalde zich; de toplaag van de bevolking ging over tot de islam. Uit deze tijd dateert dus de godsdienstige onenigheid van Bengalen, die in 1947 zou leiden tot een splitsing van het land. </p><p>Bengalen moest hoge belastingen aan Delhi afdragen. In <a href="/wiki/1339" title="1339">1339</a> maakten de vice-sultans van Bengalen zich compleet los van het sultanaat Delhi. Bengalen werd opnieuw een onafhankelijke staat onder leiding van de islamitische heersers. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1576" title="1576">1576</a> kwam Bengalen nogmaals onder het gezag van Delhi toen de <a href="/wiki/Mogolrijk" title="Mogolrijk">Mogols</a> het gebied veroverden. Bengalen ontwikkelde zich daarna tot een handels- en cultureel centrum. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Britse_tijd">Britse tijd</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=6" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Britse tijd" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=6" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Britse tijd"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Europese handelaren arriveerden aan het eind van de <a href="/wiki/Vijftiende_eeuw" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijftiende eeuw">vijftiende eeuw</a> en uiteindelijk beheerste de <a href="/wiki/Britse_Oost-Indische_Compagnie" title="Britse Oost-Indische Compagnie">Britse Oost-Indische Compagnie</a> het gebied vanaf <a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>, van waaruit de Britten hun controle over heel India uitbreidden. De Britten maakten uiteindelijk het gebied tot de provincie Bengalen van <a href="/wiki/Brits-Indi%C3%AB" title="Brits-Indië">Brits-Indië</a>, waar echter ook delen van de huidige staten <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> en <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> toe behoorden, maar niet het <a href="/wiki/Vorstenlanden_van_Brits-Indi%C3%AB" title="Vorstenlanden van Brits-Indië">vorstenland</a> <a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_(district)" title="Cooch Behar (district)">Cooch Behar</a>. </p><p>Onder het Britse bewind deden zich herhaaldelijk hongersnoden voor, meestal gelinkt aan periodes van droogte (1873-74, 1876, 1877, 1896-97 en 1899). De hongersnood van 1873-74 trof naar schatting 25 miljoen mensen, maar de <a href="/wiki/Mortaliteit" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortaliteit">mortaliteit</a> bleef laag dankzij voedselimport uit <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Birma</a>. De hulpacties onder de verantwoordelijkheid van luitenant-gouverneur <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Temple (de pagina bestaat niet)">Richard Temple</a> waren doeltreffend, al werd hij achteraf door de Britten zwaar bekritiseerd om de gemaakte kosten. De grote hongersnood van 1943, waarin 2 à 3 miljoen Bengalen omkwamen, had geen klimatologische oorzaken. Door de <a href="/wiki/Staat_Birma" title="Staat Birma">Japanse verovering van Birma</a> in 1942 viel de rijstimport stil. Het koloniale bewind leidde voedsel af naar prioritaire groepen (leger, administratie, enz.) en weigerde tegelijk te erkennen dat er schaarste heerste. Het falende beleid uitte zich ook in woekerprijzen op de <a href="/wiki/Zwarte_markt" title="Zwarte markt">zwarte markt</a>. Na de onafhankelijkheid werd de <a href="/wiki/Irrigatie" title="Irrigatie">irrigatie</a> verbeterd en deden zich geen grootschalige hongersnoden meer voor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Splitsing_van_Bengalen">Splitsing van Bengalen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=7" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Splitsing van Bengalen" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=7" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Splitsing van Bengalen"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/Bestand:Map_of_Bengal.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_Bengal.gif/250px-Map_of_Bengal.gif" decoding="async" width="250" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_Bengal.gif/375px-Map_of_Bengal.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_Bengal.gif/500px-Map_of_Bengal.gif 2x" data-file-width="656" data-file-height="599" /></a><figcaption>Deling van Bengalen</figcaption></figure> <p>Op 3 juli 1946 werd de provincie verdeeld in een overwegend hindoeïstisch West-Bengalen en een overwegend islamitisch <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oost-Bengalen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oost-Bengalen (de pagina bestaat niet)">Oost-Bengalen</a>. Bij de onafhankelijkheid van India en Pakistan in <a href="/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a> kwam West-Bengalen als staat bij India en Oost-Bengalen als provincie bij Pakistan. In <a href="/wiki/1955" title="1955">1955</a> werd Oost-Bengalen hernoemd naar <a href="/wiki/Oost-Pakistan" title="Oost-Pakistan">Oost-Pakistan</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> werd Oost-Pakistan onafhankelijk onder de naam <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, wat het "land van de <a href="/wiki/Bengalen_(volk)" title="Bengalen (volk)">Bengalen</a>" betekent. </p> <div class="hatnote" style="margin-bottom:0.5em; padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 1.6em; font-size:95%;" role="note"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/23px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/30px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> <i>Zie verder het artikel <a href="/wiki/Geschiedenis_van_Bangladesh" title="Geschiedenis van Bangladesh">Geschiedenis van Bangladesh</a> en de sectie <a href="/wiki/West-Bengalen#Geschiedenis" title="West-Bengalen">geschiedenis</a> in het artikel <a href="/wiki/West-Bengalen#Geschiedenis" title="West-Bengalen">West-Bengalen</a>.</i></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zie_ook">Zie ook</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=8" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Zie ook" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=8" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Zie ook"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengaals" title="Bengaals">Bengaals</a> (taal)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengalen_(volk)" title="Bengalen (volk)">Bengalen</a> (volk)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geboren">Geboren</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&veaction=edit&section=9" title="Bewerk dit kopje: Geboren" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bengalen_(gebied)&action=edit&section=9" title="De broncode bewerken van de sectie: Geboren"><span>brontekst bewerken</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sturt" title="Charles Sturt">Charles Sturt</a> (1795-1869), Britse ontdekkingsreiziger</li></ul> <div class="interProject commons mw-list-item" style="display:none;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bengal#mw-subcategories" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Bengal">Mediabestanden</a></div> <div class="interProjectTemplate interProject-groot toccolours" style="display:flex; 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