07-26-2005, 01:43 AM
Actually Sylhet was 57% hindu. Currently the erstwhile Sylhet region has been divided into 2 districts in Bangladesh - Sylhet and Maulavibazar. The full name of JN Mondal was Jogindranath Mondal and his Namahshudra Movement sided with Muslim League against the upper and Middle caste hindus. Then they found out what dar-ul-islam really is
The Hindus of Sylhet also had a large component of Asamiya hindus who abstained from voting. This was done at the behest of Gopinath Bardoloi, a Congress leader of Assam. Sylhet is st the extreme NE fringe of Esat Bengal, so it it joined india it would have been added to Assam not W Bengal. Bardoloi feared that if that happened the Bengali hindus might become more than 40% of the population of Assam and the Asamiyas would loose control. Unfortunately hindu infighting has always the greatest enemy of the hindus. Others just exploited it to full measure.
The Hindus of Sylhet also had a large component of Asamiya hindus who abstained from voting. This was done at the behest of Gopinath Bardoloi, a Congress leader of Assam. Sylhet is st the extreme NE fringe of Esat Bengal, so it it joined india it would have been added to Assam not W Bengal. Bardoloi feared that if that happened the Bengali hindus might become more than 40% of the population of Assam and the Asamiyas would loose control. Unfortunately hindu infighting has always the greatest enemy of the hindus. Others just exploited it to full measure.