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Bhadralok (bhôdrôlok,
literally 'gentleman', or 'well-mannered person') is
Bengali for the new
class of 'gentlefolk' who
arose during British rule in...
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history of
Bengal marked by the
emergence and
influence of the
bhadralok community. The
bhadralok,
refers to "gentle or
respectable people", was a
class of...
- and
gradually established himself as a
leading intellectual among the
bhadralok (Western-educated and
often Hindu Bengali residents of
colonial Calcutta)...
- stories,
which include Khudha (Hunger),
Durboddho (Incomprehensible),
Bhadralok (Gentleman) and
Daradi Kis****r
Svapna (Dream of a Comp****ionate Adolescent)...
- the
three traditional higher castes of Bengal. In the
colonial era, the
Bhadraloks of
Bengal were primarily, but not exclusively,
drawn from
these three...
- Gr**** and Anglo-Indian communities. The city is
closely linked with
Bhadralok culture and the
Zamindars of Bengal,
including Bengali Hindu, Bengali...
- two
sides of the same coin. The
large Bengali Hindu middle-class (the
Bhadralok),
upset at the
prospect of
Bengalis being outnumbered in the new Bengal...
- Khatris,
Kashmiri Pandits, Parsis,
Nagar Brahmins of Gujarat,
Bengali Bhadraloks,
Chitpawans and
Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhus (CKPs) of Maharashtra,...
- in
society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas. In the
colonial era, the
Bhadraloks were
drawn primarily, but not exclusively, from
these three upper castes...
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comprise the "upper
layer of
Hindu society".
During the
British Raj, the
Bhadraloks of
Bengal were
drawn primarily, but not exclusively, from
these three...
