Machimpur, also spelt Masimpur is a village under Ward 23 of Sylhet, Bangladesh. According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, the population of the village was 6,829. The village was noted in the 20th century for Manipuri dance after it was visited by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
References
- "Community Report: Sylhet" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 110. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- Mohan Khokar (1960–61). "Myths, Legends, and History". Mārg. 14. Marg Publications: 4.
Gurudev had his first glimpse of Manipuri in 1919, when he saw a performance of Ras given by some girls at a place called Machimpur in Sylhet district.
- Dutt, Bishnupriya; Munsi, Urmimala Sarkar (2010). Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity. SAGE Publications India. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-81-321-0612-8.
In 1920, Tagore had gone to Sylhet ... and visited a village named Machimpur, where he saw some Manipuri boys dancing.
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