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The government should take an initiative to publish these documents in the modern script alongside the original scripts in which they were written. In the 13th century, the Orissan script underwent changes—some letters started being written differently. Documents found from the 13th century were also written in scripts which came from Brahmi. Till now, we have written the history of old prose using very few documents that are publicly available. Also, around the same time, he shifted to a house at Bashanta Roy Road and started his music school Surmandala. In the same year Sachin worked as the music director, for the first time, for the film Sudurer Priya and acted in the film ‘Selima’ which paved his entry to the filmdom.

• In 1915 Sachin sang for the first time, composed by his father Nabadwipchandra Burman on the occasion of saraswati Puja held his school ground in Comilla.
• Nawab alivardi khan arrived at Burdwan from Cuttack on 15 April 1742.
• The government should take an initiative to publish these documents in the modern script alongside the original scripts in which they were written.
• It was written in a developed form of Brahmi in the Sanskrit language.
• What needs to be done to preserve old documents and manuscripts?
• Till the 12th century, the scripts for these regions were the same.

Nawab alivardi khan arrived at Burdwan from Cuttack on 15 April 1742. As lock-down became less rigid in recent times, actors including Tahsan went back to work. He wrote an autobiography titled Sargamer Nikhad describing his music life. Sachin started living in Mumbai from 1944 and directed music about 80 Hindi films that earned him special place in the filmdom and in the realm of music.

The Archaeology Department has a huge collection of Nawabi documents. Studying these documents will also let us add a lot of words to our vocabulary that are not included in the existing dictionaries. The individual letters could be clearly identified in their joint form in Ashok’s Brahmi script. We can also find how their joint form, the kay-ta (ক্ত) was written. We can, for example, find how the letters ka (ক) and ta (ত) were written tracing them back to their early forms. From afterwards, till today, Bengali type script is more or less the same.

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But only a week after Alivardi had marched out of Cuttack in June 1749, the Marathas under Mir Habib defeated and captured Alivardi’s agent. The nawab returned to his capital and stayed there during the rainy season. The nawab had paid him 22 lakhs of rupees for ensuring protection against all the Bargi raids.

For example, there are 52 villages in the country with the word bajit (বাজিত) in them, such as Bajitkhan, Bajitkhila, Bajita and so on. This can be a great source for writing the military history of the pre-modern period. One of them is Bangladesher Shamorik Podobijuktu Graamnaam (Village names with military ranks in Bangladesh). I have collaborated in a government project of compiling the Bengali names of the all the villages in our national statistics. You have worked on the evolution of village names in Bangladesh. These documents can be used to even write village-specific histories of the country since almost all parts of the region were administered under the Nawabs.

But, in the meantime, the Mughal emperor had appealed for help to Peshwa Balaji Baji Rao, the rival and personal enemy of Raghuji. Alivardi marched in person and recovered Cuttack, driving the Marathas beyond Chilka Lake in December 1742. Early in the morning of 27 September 1742 the nawab’s troops made a surprise charge upon the sleeping Maratha camp of Bhaskar Pandit at Katwa; the Marathas fled, leaving behind all their camp and baggage. The nawab’s rule in baji lives the area east of the Ganges was also threatened by occasional Maratha raids.

In Bogura’s Mahasthangarh we have found an epigraph which is written in Ashok’s Brahmi script. The study of these manuscripts is also important for understanding the evolution of Bengali script. Old Bengali documents are a treasure trove for both the linguistic and socio-cultural history of the country. Mir Habib, a Persian peer of the nawab betrayed him and joined the Marathas at this time.

I believe the university authorities should seriously think about opening manuscript studies departments. Our universities have so many departments but we don’t have any dedicated department for studying manuscripts. That’s why we see little interest among students about learning the craft of reading old manuscripts. Why would a student take the trouble of learning to read old manuscripts for only ten marks? In Bangladesh there is very little study of old Bengali manuscripts today.

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I found that 1016 village names are based on 47 military ranks from before the 18th century. Besides our linguistic history, these old documents can be an important source of writing a comprehensive history of this region. Till the 12th century, the scripts for these regions were the same. At different times in this region, different languages were used, but the script for all of these were derived from the Brahmi script. After that, the scripts used during the Pal period (from the eight century) and the Sen period (from the 10th century) were all derived from the Brahmi script.

Since his childhood he had been attracted to folk songs. His wife, Mira Devi, and only son, Rahul Dev Burman, were also well-known music personalities in the Mumbai film world. Sachin was popularly known as ‘Sachin Karta’ in the Mumbai film and music circle. What will be the use of these lists if you lose the original documents? Dhaka University, Bangla Academy, Barendra Museum—all have published their lists of manuscript collections.

It was written in a developed form of Brahmi in the Sanskrit language. The next example we can find is handwriting from the Shushunia Hill in West Bengal dating from the fourth century AD. From the existing evidence we can trace the Bengali script to the ancient Brahmi script. But there are other old Bengali documents in the collection of different archives of the country. So far, the oldest specimen of Bengali prose is considered to be a letter written by the King of Cooch Behar to the King of Ahom Raja in 1555. For example, a comprehensive story of Bengali prose is yet to be written.

But he refused the offer and left the ancestral ‘Tripura House’ at Calcutta and rented a house at Palit Street in Calcutta to concentrate on his pursuits in music. In 1926 he got admitted at the law college for studying law to accomplish his father’s wishes, but could not continue due to his indomitable passion for music. After receiving BA from comilla victoria college in 1924, he took music for profession and KC Dey was his first Guru (mentor). After passing matriculation in 1920, he got admitted at Comilla Victoria College and then started music direction for theater after completing intermediate in 1922. In 1915 Sachin sang for the first time, composed by his father Nabadwipchandra Burman on the occasion of saraswati Puja held his school ground in Comilla. He came up with a unique genre of songs – combination of folk and ragaas with his commendable command over classical ragas and mastery in modifying many of the folk songs based on these ragas.

These illustrations were used to portray the main themes or some interesting part of the manuscripts. There is a long tradition of using illustrations in local manuscripts. These village names with military ranks bear the history of this administrative practice.

During the nawab’s stay at Katwa, Mir Habib lured Bhaskar Pandit with the prospect of boundless plunder, to make a sudden dash to his capital during his absence. Maratha Raids a scourge in eighteenth-century Bengal, were a sequel to Maratha rivalry with the Mughals.

Sanskrit, Prakrit, Apobhrongsho or Bengali—whichever language was used in this region, the script used was the Bengali script. Indeed, in the subcontinent, all scripts used, except for Urdu, derived from Ashoka’s Brahmi. During the Gupta period (the third century to the fifth century) a derived form of Brahmi was used.

His first book Surer Likhon –collection of 25 songs was published in 1939. He composed and tunes most of the songs those he sang. During this time, Ustad Alauddin Khan was his Guru and he came across Ustad Faiyaz Khan Sahib. In 1935 he was awarded gold medal for the second time attended the ‘All India Music Conference’ held at Calcutta, organized by Calcutta University and nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore inaugurated the event. In 1934 he won a gold medal for his rendition, for the first time outside Bengal, at the All India Music Conference organized by Allahabad University. Later he recorded numerous Bangla and Hindi songs as well.