Significant Figures

Historically significant persons leave statistical evidence of their presence behind, if one knows where to look for it. Significance is not simply related to fame and their individual achievements but whose reputation is likely to endure and they are not forgotten.

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There are currently 3 names in this directory beginning with the letter B.

Baba Adam

(15th Century)

Baba Adam Shahid, a 15th-century Muslim figure arrived in Bengal in 1119, whose name is associated with a holy war against an unjust ruler of Vikrampura now in the Munshiganj district of Bangladesh. The Raja killed Adam while he retreated to perform his Asr prayer, thus Adam was martyred … Read more

Bangabandhu

See: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Begum Rokeya

(1880 – 1932)

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, commonly known as Begum Rokeya, a Bengali feminist thinker, writer, educator and political activist in British India, was widely considered as a pioneer of women’s liberation in South Asia. She held education to be the central precondition of women's liberation, establishing the first school aimed primarily at Muslim girls in Kolkata ... Read more