Hindus in Bengal

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ethno-religious group religious community

Hindus in Bengal are a religious community native to the Bengal region whose social, cultural, and demographic landscape was profoundly reshaped by the 1947 partition, leading to large-scale displacement and migration.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bengali Hindus	2
Bengali Hindu community	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethno-religious group ⓘ religious community ⓘ
affectedBy	Partition of India 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ
casteStructure	presence of Baidya castes ⓘ presence of Brahmin castes ⓘ presence of Other Backward Classes ⓘ presence of Scheduled Castes ⓘ
casteStructure	presence of Kayastha castes ⓘ
country	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
cuisine	fish-based dishes ⓘ rice-based diet ⓘ use of mustard oil ⓘ
culturalImpact	politicization of refugee identity ⓘ refugee colony culture in urban West Bengal ⓘ reshaping of social structure after partition ⓘ
demographicChange	decline of Hindu population share in East Bengal after 1947 ⓘ increase of Hindu population in West Bengal after 1947 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Bengalis NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced	large-scale displacement in 1947 ⓘ refugee migration to India after 1947 ⓘ
historicalEvent	Partition of Bengal 1905 NERFINISHED ⓘ Partition of India 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Bengali NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryTradition	Bengali Hindu literature ⓘ
majorityLocation	West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorSubgroupOf	Bengali Hindus NERFINISHED ⓘ
migrationDestination	Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
migrationOrigin	East Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ East Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Bangladesh ⓘ
minorityLocation	Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeTo	Bengal region NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableReformMovement	Brahmo Samaj NERFINISHED ⓘ Hindu reform movements in 19th-century Bengal ⓘ
politicalIssue	citizenship and property rights after partition ⓘ refugee rehabilitation in West Bengal ⓘ
region	Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
religiousMajorityStatus	majority in West Bengal ⓘ
religiousMinorityStatus	minority in Bangladesh ⓘ
script	Bengali script ⓘ
traditionalFestival	Dol Jatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Durga Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ Kali Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ Lakshmi Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ Rath Yatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Saraswati Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Partition of Bengal 1947 → affectedGroup → Hindus in Bengal ⓘ

Tagore → culturalContext → Hindus in Bengal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali Hindu community

Basu (from Bengali বোষু/বসু) → isUsedBy → Hindus in Bengal ⓘ

subject surface form: Basu

this entity surface form: Bengali Hindus

Jagaddhatri Puja → observedBy → Hindus in Bengal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bengali Hindus