BEAUTIFUL BANGLADESH

PREPARED BY

Tasnim Azad
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Over View

Introduction

History, Economy & People

Notable Persons

Cultures & Festivals

conclusion
 introduction

∙ located in ganges delta

∙ Neighbors
-Mayanmar
-India
-Bhutan
-Nepal
 Modern history
∙1947-gained inpendence from Britain.the
indian subcontinent split
into two countries:
India & Pakistan.
∙1971- Pakistan split
into two countries:
BANGLADESH
& Pakistan.
GEOGRAPHY
- 57,000 sq mile of land area
- mostly plain land .≈10% region is hilly
- ≈ 700 rivers.750 miles coast line with
bay of Bengal.
Climate
∙six seasons
∙lot of rain during
rainy season
People
> 98% of population is Bengali
along with a good number of
tribal groups

> 27% urban population

> most of the urban people maintain strong

family & economic bondage with village
Notable Person

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

-father of the nation

- leader of the liberation movement
& independance war
-first president & later
Prime Minister
Notable Person

Rabindranath Tagore

-writer of the national anthems

for Bangladesh & India
-first literature Nobel laureate in
Asia(1913)
Notable Person

Kazi Nazrul Islam

-national poet
-known as ‘rebel poet’
-influential revolutionary
against british colonialism
Nature: villages
-lush green
-peaceful lifestyle
-simplicity
Nature: Sea Beach

-cox’s bazar is the world longest

sea beach in the world
-120 km, sandy
Nature: Mangrove Forest
-known as ‘sundarban’
-world’s largest mangrove
forest
-home of Royal Bengal Tiger
Religion festive
-eid
-puja
-Buddha purnima
-christmas
 Pohela Baishakh
(first day of the Bengali new year)

Pohela Falgun
(spring festival)
Ekushey February
(international mother language day)

‘Bengali’ spoken by over 300

million people worldwide
Heritage
-some ancient archaeological sites
such as: 1-Sonaroan
2-Lalbag Fort
3-Ahsan Manjil
4-paharpur buddha bihar
5-salbon bihar
6-kantaji temple
7-mahasthangarh
8-shat gambuj mosque
Foods
-staple is rice
-foods are hot & spicy
-varities of fishes & home
made cakes
Popular sport
-cricket
-football
-kabadi
Thank you