Mīrzā Muḥammad Iʿtiṣām ad-Dīn Panchnūrī or Itesham Uddin, was a Bengali diplomat for the Mughal Empire and the first educated South Asian to travel to Europe, in 1765. He was also a munshi serving the Nawabs of Bengal as well as the British East India Company. He had also written the text of the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad.
The ancient Kazipara mosque in I'tisam-ud-Din's birthplace at Chakdah
British Bangladeshis are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation. The term can also refer to their descendants. Bengali Muslims have prominently been migrating to the UK since the 1940s. Migration reached its peak during the 1970s, with most originating from the Sylhet Division. The largest concentration live in east London boroughs, such as Tower Hamlets. This large diaspora in London leads people in Sylhet to refer to British Bangladeshis as Londoni.
Bangladeshi children in East London, 1986
Large numbers of Bangladeshis settled and established themselves in Brick Lane.
Protest march by Bangladeshis to Downing Street with murdered Altab Ali's coffin, 1978
The Shaheed Minar replica in Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel, London, a monument commemorating martyrs of the Bengali language movement
