Bengali Americans
Americans of Bengali birth or descent
Ethnic group
Bengali Americans Bengali :
মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী (
Markin Bangalee )
The language spread of Bengali in the United States according to U. S. Census 2000
800,000 approx. (0.2%) alone or in combination 453,191 (0.2%) people speak the language in the USA [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] New York City , Washington DC , Los Angeles ,[ 4] SF Bay Area , Detroit Bengali , English Islam , Hinduism , Christianity ,
Buddhism , Irreligion Bangladeshi Americans , Indian Americans
Bengali Americans (Bengali : মার্কিন বাঙ্গালী ) are Americans of Bengali ethnic, cultural and linguistic heritage and identity . They trace their ancestry to the historic ethnolinguistic region of Bengal region in the Indian subcontinent , now divided between Bangladesh and West Bengal , India. Bengali Americans are also a subgroup of modern-day Bangladeshi Americans and Indian Americans .[ 5]
Bengali Americans may refer to:
Bangladeshi Americans , Americans of Bangladeshi descent of Bengali Muslims . Bengali Muslims are usually classified as Bangladeshi Americans and American Muslims .Bengali Indian Americans , Americans of Indian and Bengali Hindu descent whose ancestral origins are in West Bengal , Bangladesh or erstwhile East Bengal , Jharkhand , Purnia , Odisha , Goalpara region, Assam , the Barak Valley , Tripura , Nepal , Meghalaya , Rakhine state and other parts of India who are known as Probashi Bengalis . Bengali Hindu Americans also come from Southeast Asia , Europe , Australia , New Zealand , South America , Caribbean and other parts of the world.
Culture
Many Bengali Americans participate in an annual conference, the North American Bengali Conference , in order to celebrate their culture and discuss issues the community faces. They often form regional organizations to network and plan events.
Religions
Bengali Americans are mostly adherents of either Islam , Hinduism , Christianity or Buddhism . This is manifested in the yearly celebration of Eid ul-Fitr , Durga Puja , Boro Din , Buddha Purnima and other religious celebrations. Several secular holidays are also enjoyed by the whole community, such as the Bengali new year, Pohela Boishakh .
There are also at least two Bengali Buddhist temples in the United States, near Washington, DC[ 6] [ 7]
Notable people
Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), was designed by Fazlur Rahman Khan . It was the tallest building in the world for over two decades.Abhijit Banerjee - recipient of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelRaj Chandra Bose - Indian American MathematicianMoni Lal Bhoumik - Indian American physicist and a bestselling author.Arianna Afsar – former Miss California; placed in the Top 10 of the 2011 Miss America pageantSaif Ahmad – World Series of Poker winnerMaqsudul Alam – scientist and professorJalal Alamgir (d. 2011) – political scientist and professorMir Masoom Ali – George and Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Ball State UniversityKali S. Banerjee – statistician and professor[ 8] Rais Bhuiyan – shooting survivor and activistAmar Bose - founder of Bose Corporation Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty - scientistPurnendu Chatterjee - industrialistSubir Chowdhury – author and management consultantHansen Clarke – United States Congress in 2010, from Michigan's House of RepresentativesTarak Nath Das - anti-British Bengali Indian revolutionary and internationalist scholarHasan M. Elahi – interdisciplinary media artistRajat Gupta , former CEO of McKinsey and Company M. Zahid Hasan , the Eugene Higgins endowed chair professor at Princeton University and scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , known for ground-breaking discoveries in the quantum world[ 9] Fazle Hussain – professor of mechanical engineering, physics , and earth science at the University of Houston Abul Hussam – inventor of the Sono arsenic filter Norah Jones - singer and actressMindy Kaling - actressJawed Karim – co-founder of YouTube; designed key parts of PayPal Mohammad Ataul Karim – electrical engineer[ 10] Sumaya Kazi – founder of Sumazi , was recognised by BusinessWeek as one of America's Best Young EntrepreneursAbdus Suttar Khan – chemist and jet fuels inventorFazlur Rahman Khan – pioneer of modern structural engineeringSalman Khan – founder of Khan Academy , a nonprofit educational organisationRadha Laha - probabilist, statistician, mathematician and philanthropistJhumpa Lahiri - author of The Namesake Dipa Ma – Vipassana meditation founder in the USTasmin Mahfuz - American television journalist and news anchor and Gracie award recipient for women.Sezan Mahmud – award-winning novelist[ 11] [failed verification A.K. Mozumdar - first person of South Asian descent to earn US citizenship, until it was revoked by the Supreme Court in 1924Dhan Gopal Mukerji , first South Asian winner of Newbery Medal in 1928Raj Mukherji , Majority Whip of the New Jersey General AssemblyShomi Patwary – designer and music video directorIqbal Quadir – founder of Grameenphone, Bangladesh's largest mobile phone company; heads the Legatum Center at MIT Kamal Quadir – entrepreneur; founded two of Bangladesh's key technology companies, CellBazaar and bKashAnika Rahman – CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women Badal Roy – tabla player, percussionist, and recording artistReihan Salam – conservative American political commentator; blogger at The American Scene ; associate editor of The Atlantic Monthly Amartya Sen - recipient of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred NobelShikhee – singer; auteur of industrial band Android Lust Asif Azam Siddiqi – space historian; assistant professor of history at Fordham University M. Osman Siddique – former US ambassadorPalbasha Siddique – singerNarasingha Sil – professor of history at Western Oregon University Monica Yunus – Bangladeshi-Russian-American operatic sopranoSohla El-Waylly – American chef, restaurateur, and YouTube personality as part of Bon Appetit ’s staff.Samarendra Nath Roy - Indian American Mathematician
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