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    Chittagong, the second largest city and main port of Bangladesh, was home to a thriving trading post of the Portuguese Empire in the East in the 16th and...
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    Sultanate permitted the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong to be established in 1528. It became the first European colonial enclave in Bengal. The Bengal...
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    permission for the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong to be established in 1528. Chittagong became the first European colonial enclave in Bengal. The Bengal...
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    port in the 14th century. The historical port had ship trade with Africa, Europe, China and Southeast Asia. The Portuguese settlement in Chittagong centered...
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  • Bengal (disambiguation) Bengalai, a town in Pakistan Porto Grande de Bengala, the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong Megarasbora elanga, a fish commonly called...
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    maintenance and governance of the country's major port of Chittagong, located in the city of Chittagong on the Karnaphuli River nine nautical miles from the...
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    merchant community. A Portuguese settlement in Chittagong flourished in the southeast, and a Dutch settlement in Rajshahi existed in the north. Bengal accounted...
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    massacres in Indian history. The first European colonial settlement in Bengal was the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong. The settlement was established...
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    Firingis (Earth-coloured firingis). Following the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong, the Portuguese fort and naval base came to be known as Firingi Bandar...
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    is located on the site of the old Dutch settlement. Boro Kuthi Dutch Bengal Portuguese settlement in Chittagong "Rajshahi | Bangladesh". Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    Arakan (category Historical regions in Myanmar)
    : 20–21  Arakan colluded in the slave trade with the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong. After conquering the port city of Syriam in the early 1600s, Arakan...
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    Agrabad (redirect from Agrabad, Chittagong)
    Agrabad (Bengali: আগ্রাবাদ) is a central business district in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Located close to the city's harbour, it hosts numerous Bangladeshi...
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    trading settlements had first hermitage and churches erected around this time. The Portuguese settlement in Chittagong hosted the first Vicar Apostolic in Bengal...
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    trading privileges in Brazil and the Portuguese East Indies, religious freedom for English residents in Portugal, and two million Portuguese crowns (£300,000)...
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    Kingdom of Mrauk U (category History of Chittagong Division)
    went on to conquer Chittagong with the help of the Portuguese. It twice fended off the Toungoo Burma's attempts to conquer the kingdom in 1546–1547, and 1580–1581...
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    Bengal Sultanate (category States and territories established in the 14th century)
    establishing the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong. During the period of the Iberian Union, there was no official Portuguese sovereignty over Chittagong. The Portuguese...
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    Sultanate received official Portuguese envoys. The Sultan gave permission for the establishment of the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong, making it the first...
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    Sultanate. The Bengal Sultan permitted the opening of the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong. Soon after its creation, the Bengal Sultanate sent the first...
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  • The 1997 Chittagong earthquake (also known as the Bandarban earthquake) occurred on 21 November at 11:23 UTC in the Bangladesh-India-Myanmar border region...
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    the Portuguese settlement in Chittagong. In 1666, the Mughal Empire-Kingdom of Mrauk U War expelled the Arakanese and Portuguese from Chittagong. The...
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    The State of India (Portuguese: Estado da Índia [ɨʃˈtaðu ðɐ ˈĩdiɐ]), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Portuguese: Estado Português da India...
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    The Portuguese Empire (Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ]), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português)...
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    of attacks by Portuguese pirates. The Mughals established Chittagong as a district in 1666. Chittagong is the 2nd largest district in Bangladesh by population...
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  • Mogador Safim Nigeria (Lagos area) Mozambique Portuguese Gold Coast (settlements along coast of Ghana) Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) Quíloa São Tomé and...
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    Official Portuguese territory in Asia included: Portuguese India Portuguese Ceylon Portuguese Oman Portuguese Socotra Portuguese Malacca Portuguese Timor...
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    1999) was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It comprised...
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    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dhaka. In 1537, Portugal established a settlement of Dianga in the area of Chittagong, bringing the Catholic Church and missionaries...
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    list of all the actual possessions of the Portuguese Empire. Portuguese founded factories in various places in Europe, with a purely commerce-focused strategy...
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    the Portuguese conquests of Malacca and Goa. The Portuguese established a settlement in Chittagong with permission from the Bengal Sultanate in 1528...
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    Chakma people (category Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict)
    are the largest ethnic group of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region of southeastern Bangladesh, and the largest in the Chakma Autonomous District Council...
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