2020-Cyclone Amphan : Bengal will fight back
Kartik Mehta
Chief Strategist at Worldly Experiences: Global Learning and Discovery Platform
Just a small reminder to bengali's around the world... We will invite you all with warm heart during Durga Puja ??
1528, Portuguese started colonizing
1600, British arrived
1610, Dutch came
1630, East India company established settlement, near Hoogly
1692, French settlement started, near Chandannagar
1696, East India built Fort William, as their naval base
1700, Ostend company of Austria made a settlement, near Banikpur
1757, Battle of Plassey
1770, The Great Bengal Famine, took almost everything
1877, Queen Victoria took the title of Empress of India
1877, British declared Calcutta as the capital
1911, British capital shifted from Calcutta to Delhi
1939, World War II
1942, Bengal was used as base of allied force in world war
1943, Bengal Famine
(more than 3 million people lost)
1947, Partition happened
1980, Eden gardens stampede
1993, Kolkata firing
2000, India - Bangladesh flood
2002, West Bengal cyclone
2006, Leather factory fire
2008, Bird flu outbreak
2009, Cyclone Aila
2010, West Bengal ferry sinking
2010, Stephen court fire
2011, AMRI hospital fire
2017, West Bengal flood
2018, Bridge collapse
2020, Corona outbreak
2020, Cyclone Aamphan
In between all those Bengal produced
#Leaders
#Authors
#Singers,
#Artist,
#Film_makers,
#Sports_person
★Won
#Noble_Prize,
#Knighthood,
#Oscar,
#Grammy_award,
#Bharat_Ratna
#Padma_Bhusan
Hindrances has always been part of everyone's life more or less here...
Nothing eventually has been successful to wipe bengal off
“Bengal”...
It's not just the place or region
“Bengali”...
It's is not just the language or the community
#Bengal_will_fight_back
#copied
#supportBengal
#weneedeveryone
#INDIAweneedyou