Project: Bangladesh/People

Notable Bangladeshis

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1 Current Head of State and Head of Government
2 The Bengali Monarchy
3 Bangladeshi Notables
4 Top Unconnected Bangladeshi Branches

Current Head of State and Head of Government

Notable	Born	Title	In Office	Photo	Status
Mohammed Shahabuddin	1949	President	2023		Not Connected
Sheikh Hasina	1947	Prime Minister	2003		Not Connected

The Bengali Monarchy

For much of its history, Bengal was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only a few times. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad ruled over Bengal. Following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, and the subsequent execution of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, the East India Company formally established control over Bengal, and the Bengal Presidency was established. The position of Nawab continued for several generation until 1880, when Nawab Sayyid Mansur Ali Khan abdicated and the position was abolished.

Notable	Born	Died	Title	In Office	Photo	Status
Mansur Ali Khan	1830	1884	Nawab of Bengal	1838-1880		Not Connected

Bangladeshi Notables

Notable	Born	Died	Claim to Fame	Status
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose	1858	1937	Polymath considered the father of Bengali science fiction	Not Connected
Begum Rokeya	1880	1932	Women's liberation pioneer in India and Bangladesh	Not Connected
Meghnad Saha	1893	1956	Astrophysicist who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation	Not Connected
Anandamayi Ma	1896	1982	Hindu spiritual guru, saint, and mystic	Not Connected
S. D. Burman	1906	1975	Film music composer and singer	Not Connected
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	1920	1975	First President of Bangladesh	Not Connected
Mahasweta Devi	1926	2016	Writer in Bengali and an activist	Not Connected
Sri Chinmoy	1931	2007	Spiritual leader who taught meditation	Not Connected
Suditra Sen	1931	2014	Actress in Bengali and Hindi cinema	Not Connected
Muhammad Yunus	1940	Living	Nobel Peace Prize winning entrepreneur	Not Connected