Bengali Hindus in Myanmar
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Bengali Hindus in Myanmar
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The history of the Bengali Hindus in Myanmar dates back to the Middle Ages, when the Arakanese kings brought Brahmins from Bengal as astrologers and Doms as cleaners of the pagoda compounds in Arakan. After the annexation of Burmese kingdom by the British, the Bengali Hindus arrived in British Burma in various capacities. A large section came as white collared executives in the administration, while a smaller proportion came as labourers in various projects. By the 1920s, the Bengali Hindus cons
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