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Bangladesh Hindu Association UK

About Us

About BHAUK

Our Journey

  1. 2001

    BHAUK Founded

    Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) was established to unite Bengali Hindus across Britain.

  2. 2003

    Charity Registration

    Registered as a UK charity (No. 1128209), expanding our humanitarian and community work.

  3. 2015

    National Outreach

    Programmes extended to members and communities across England, Scotland, and Wales.

  4. Today

    Growing Community

    Continuing cultural, charitable, and advocacy work for Bengali Hindus UK-wide.

Mission, Vision, Aims and History

Our Mission and Vision

Vision: Our utmost duty is to make new generations aware of our history and heritage. The Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) is making every effort to introduce the proud history and sacrifices made by our forefathers to the developing history of Bangladesh. The oldest heritage and pilgrimage of the Bengali Hindu Community in Bangladesh is 500 years old and includes the forefathers of Lord Sri Chaitanya’s who hails from Dhaka Dakshin, Sylhet. We take pride in introducing to our British born generation the legendary Bengali Hindus such as Sir Jagadish Chandra Basu, Satyendra Nath Bose, Poet Jibanananda Das, Michael Madhusudhan Datta, Masterda Surya Sen, Dhirendranath Datta,and Radharaman Datta Purkayastha. Most recently singers Hemanga Biswas & Kaliprasad Bhattacharjee created a worldwide wave of interest in their musical performances of songs rooted in Bengali heritage. There are a huge number of institutions in Bangladesh, established by our forefathers, which are still carrying out the mission of sharing knowledge amongst people in Bangladesh regardless of their religious and cultural identity. Providing opportunities for education is a great example of our service to humanity. So let ‘Roots’ be the memorabilia of our forefather’s identity and a unique platform for the community as a whole so that we can share our pride and highlight our stories of the Golden era. We made the effort to collect and publish exceptional and extraordinary writings related to our heritage and to create a knowledge hub for our British born generation which will help them to enrich their knowledge. Undoubtedly.…

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Aims and History

Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) was established over 20 years ago as an umbrella organization and common platform for members of the Bengali Hindu community originally from Bangladesh. The organization was founded on the principles of unity, shared cultural identity, and heritage, regardless of differences in opinion or nationality acquired through migration across different countries. The association’s earliest activities began under the Victim Support and Welfare Group of Sanatan Association, focusing on protesting atrocities against minority Hindus in Bangladesh. To formally submit a petition to the Prime Minister at Downing Street, the registered status of SANATON Association was utilized. Subsequently, Bengali Hindu community members and organizations from cities across the United Kingdom were invited to participate, leading to the formation of the National Committee of Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) on Sunday, 31 August 2003, at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, London E1 6LS. The organization later became widely known as BHA (UK). The movement officially began on 6 December 2001 with campaigns organized by the Victim Support Welfare Group of Sanatan Association to protest violence against minority Hindus in Bangladesh. On 31 December 2001, a petition was submitted to Prime Minister Tony Blair MP at Downing Street, London SW1, followed by an acknowledgement from the Prime Minister’s Office on 3 January 2002. On 14 January 2002, invitations were sent to members to form a Probashi Bangladeshi Hindu organization. The first meeting took place on 21 January 2002 at 320 Barking Road, London E13, attended by members including FK Dhar, Proshanta Purokayastha,…

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Core Values

Unity

Heritage

Advocacy

Inclusion

Service

Our Committee

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Proshanta Purokayastha

Proshanta Purokayastha

Chairman

Rabin Paul

Rabin Paul

Vice Chairman

Prasanta Datta

Prasanta Datta

Vice Chairman

Dr Dababrata Chowdhury

Dr Dababrata Chowdhury

Vice Chairman

Dr Chitta Saha

Dr Chitta Saha

Vice Chairman

About BHAUK

Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) is the unique organization for its way of heartfelt approach. We are talking about our root, culture of ethnic origin and British born new generation. Association’s aims and objectives are socio-cultural. Bangladesh Hindu Association (UK) is a platform of our distinguished community & culture. There are so many reasons in our life that we must keeping in touch, and exploring ourselves. In some point in life, we need to find out our history of origin, long lost relatives and friends. It is essential to create a link for advice and support in crisis. It took more than 40 years to spell out our true heart-feelings. It seemed people in our community was disguising their identity of origin in the UK for a long time. Never mind, past is past. Now is the time to be proud of our own community and tell the world who you are. All we need to be a good citizen and make effort to integrate in this multicultural society of United Kingdom. It will boast our self-respect and encourage our children to do the same.