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Revision as of 19:29, 18 December 2013
The Sylheti diaspora refers to the descendants of ethnic Sylhetis who emigrated out of the Sylhet Division region to the rest of world. The Sylheti diaspora numbers around one million, mainly concentrated in Britain, North America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. A study from 2008 shows that, Britain have the largest number of Sylheti diaspora where 200,000 people speak Sylheti, which is 95% of total number of Bangladeshi people in UK.[1] According to the census of 2009 it shows the actual number is lot higher.[2]
Notable people
Some of the notable people of Sylheti diaspora are:
- Mohammad Ataul Karim, Scientist
- Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG
- Anwar Choudhury, Diplomat
- Saiman Miah, Designer of London 2012 Olympic Royal Mint
- Irene Khan, Former Secretary General of Amnesty International
- Rushanara Ali, Member of Parliament
- Khatun Sapnara
- Enam Ali, MBE, FRSA
- Shelim Hussain, MBE
- Iqbal Ahmed, OBE British billionaire
- Wali Tasar Uddin, MBE
- Ajmal Masroor, Television presenter
- Tommy Miah, FRSA, Celebrity chef
References
- ^ http://www.diasporas.ac.uk/assets/Zeitlyn%20working%20paper.pdf
- ^ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTrendView.do?a=3&b=276772&c=tower+hamlets&d=13&e=13&f=21810&g=346968&i=1001x1003x1004x1005&l=1809&o=198&m=0&r=1&s=1387194775767&enc=1&adminCompId=21810&variableFamilyIds=6286&xW=1014&nsjs=true&nsck=false&nssvg=false&nswid=1366