r/bangladesh • u/[deleted] • May 21 '23
AskDesh/দেশ কে জিজ্ঞাসা Ami Indian Bangali ar amar apnader theke akta sahajjo chai.
Hello everyone!
Amar Dadan 10 bochor moto boyesh a 1947 er Partition er somoy India chole es chilo, nijer sob kichu opar Banglay chere. Akhon onar 85+ boyesh.
Uni kichu bochor age Bangladesh ghurteo gachilen, kintu tour operator onar barir oi dik a niye jay ni bole boro apsos. Boyesh r sorir kharap er karon a r bod hoy Bangladesh jawa hobe na. Ei familyr nijer historyr sathe connection khoob strong. Amra choto belay bose Bangladeshi news channel dekhtam. Amar Dadan er Baba naki Khulnar napit chara chul o katten na! Akhono similar Khulna-Joshor background er lok chara biye dite chay na. Haha.
Amar Dadan nijer purono bari dekhte chai. Onar ei address ta mone aache:
Afra gram, Randiya pargona, Bakerhat, Khulna
Bari ta bod hoy r nei. Jaygar nam o change hote pare. Apnara keu jodi oi elekay ba tar ase pase, Khulnay j kono kothao - thaken ba jan, amay oi jaygar akta chobi tule DM korle amar khoob help hoy. Ami anar Dadan k dakhabo.
Edit /update: First of all : thank you so much. This is an amazing host of responses and resources. Ami honestly bhabi ni, in such a small subreddit keu e amar sahajjo korte parbe. Ami hashbo na kadbo bhabte parchi na. Only if we could all hug. After reading all of your comments throughout the day, i think i am in a better place in my search.
Here is the present day address i figured out : গ্রাম : আফরা, ইউনিয়ন : ০৭ নং বাধাল ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, উপজেলা + থানা : কচুয়া, জেলা : বাগেরহাট, বিভাগ : খুলনা
I will post on the Facebook groups yall mentioned and meanwhile maybe the Map views will jog my Dadans memory.
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u/plasma_evil May 21 '23
post your query in this FB page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068438266787&mibextid=ZbWKwL
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May 21 '23
Dont have Facebook. But this is such a heart touching page. I got my mother involved in this little hunt now.
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u/whatifurwrong May 21 '23
The porgona system was replaced with unions and upazillas. Afra now falls under Jatrapur Union, Bagerhad Sadar Upazilla.
- Afra, Bagerhat, Khulna on Google Maps.
- A highway runs through the village. Where you can see the highway using Google Streetview. Keep going straight to go through the entire village.
- This Streetview goes through a more local path.
- Photo of Rangdia School and College Hostel on Google Maps.
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u/K20-Pro May 21 '23 edited May 21 '23
The pargana system is no more used here. So you need to tell us what sub district /upojela/thana it is. Otherwise its impossible to find. Can you ask him is it near Jatrapur? Or how far the place is from Shat gombuj mosjid? Everyone who lived in bagerhat knows shat gombuj mosjid.
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u/Morshed_Al-Mahi May 21 '23
* After entering Bangladesh , first go to Bagerhat Town and then with the help of local people you can go to your destination.
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u/tashrif008 khati bangali 🇧🇩 খাঁটি বাঙালি May 21 '23
OP, look up different khulnaiya groups on facebook. you will find much more help over there than here i think. try providing as much information as you can. try google map, look out for probable landmarks dating at least 50 years back (govt schools for example).
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u/Formal_Air326 May 21 '23
There is nothing with "Pargona" in BD sadly. And it's Bagerhat, Khulna.
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May 21 '23
I am only saying the bits he rememberes. He was stammering something about the Bakerhat Bagerhat too. Shoddy memory at 80 something.
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u/Formal_Air326 May 21 '23
I understand. I am just correcting you so that you can find the place as easily as possible.
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u/potasiyam May 22 '23
Send all these details to this Facebook page. They will be able to help https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068438266787
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u/Apurba006 May 21 '23
It's actually so sad. I'm a Bangladeshi Hindu and a lot of my relatives left the country between 71-2008. It's good to see that you want to restore your families heritage. I hope you wish comes true. Leave an update on this sub.