Machimpur, also speltMasimpur is a village under Ward 23 ofSylhet,Bangladesh. According to the2011 Bangladesh census, the population of the village was 6,829.[1] The village was noted in the 20th century forManipuri dance after it was visited byNobel laureateRabindranath Tagore.[2][full citation needed][3]
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.
In 1920, Tagore had gone to Sylhet ... and visited a village named Machimpur, where he saw some Manipuri boys dancing.
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