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- noun Plural form of
Bengali .
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Examples
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I suppose they and the Bengalis are the backbone of Indian mercantile business.
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Konkanis are the most multilingual of all Indian ethnic groups, while Hindi-speakers, Tamils and the Bengalis are the most linguistically constrained.
The Times of India 2010
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By calling Bengalis traitors because they demanded their rights they were converted into traitors.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2009
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Many Bengalis remained loyal to the old regime and went unharmed.
It's not the arithmetic of genocide that's important. It's that we pay attention | Ian Jack 2011
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However, we are beginning to see that western materials, techniques, and styles of representation stimulated widespread imitation among Bengalis, with rather mixed results.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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The Bengalis were numerous enough to take on the Punjabis, but they seceded.
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I think the Bengalis will find the taste like home as they too use mustard as a dominating ingredient in their food.
Archive 2009-04-01 Anjali 2009
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According to Evans's autobiography, Mascarenhas told him that the army's outrages against Bengalis far outweighed those of Bengalis against non-Bengalis.
It's not the arithmetic of genocide that's important. It's that we pay attention | Ian Jack 2011
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I think the Bengalis will find the taste like home as they too use mustard as a dominating ingredient in their food.
Vendakka Kichadi Anjali 2009
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However, we are beginning to see that western materials, techniques, and styles of representation stimulated widespread imitation among Bengalis, with rather mixed results.
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