a reasonably cohesive regional entity for hundreds of years prior to the British colonization of the Indian subcontinent and through the British rule, this province was split into West Bengal and East Pakistan at the time of Indian/Pakistani independence in 1947. Note that division of Bengal on a religious basis was a feat the British had attempted but abandoned in face of popular protest. It was left to Indians to implement it. While West Bengal became a state in the Indian union, East Pakistan was paired off with West Pakistan, an entity 1500 miles away across the breadth of India to form Pakistan. East and west Pakistans had nothing (not food, not language) in common but Islam. This cathartic state of affairs continued till East Pakistan managed to overthrow its West Pakistani oppressors in 1972, form the nation of Bangladesh, and install, for most of its existence, an indigenous set of oppressors.
a region whose eastern part is now Bangladesh and whose western part is included in India
a domestic breed resulting from the cross breeding of an Asian leopard and domestic
a domestic cat that is wild-looking but has a sweet housecat temperament
a domestic cat with a very exotic look and coat pattern
a domestic hybrid of the Asian leopard cat and a domestic feline
an affectionate, lively, playful and extremely intelligent cat
a type of cat and tiger , named for a region in India
shorthaired cat breed with a leopard patterned coat [ breed profile
the name given to this exciting new breed of cat. This breed originally comes from crossing an Asian Leopard Cat to a domestic cat. The resulting hybrid was then continually bred back to domestic cats to produce the domestic Bengal. Once the cats have reached four generations away from their wild ancestors, the breed is recognized as a domestic and eligible for showing. In present breeding programs it is generally 4th. generation or beyond Bengals that are bred to Asian Leopard Cats, with the hybrid females then bred back to Bengal males to again reach the fourth generation.
Bengal, known as Bôngol (Bengali: বঙà§à¦—), Bangla (বাংলা), Bangl'desh (বঙà§à¦—দেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in the Bengali language, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent nation of Bangladesh (East Bengal), and the Indian federal republic's constitutive state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous kingdom of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are now part of the neighbouring Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa. The majority of Bengal is inhabited by Bengali people.
The Bengal cat is a relatively new hybrid breed of cat developed to have a gentle and friendly temperament, while exhibiting the markings (such as spots, rosettes, and a light/white belly), and body structure reminiscent of the wild Asian Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis). In other words, a Bengal cat has a desirable "wild" appearance with a gentle domestic cat temperament.
