The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Bengali block:
| Version | Final code points| Count | UTC ID | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document | |
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| 1.0.0 | U+0981..0983, 0985..098C, 098F..0990, 0993..09A8, 09AA..09B0, 09B2, 09B6..09B9, 09BC, 09BE..09C4, 09C7..09C8, 09CB..09CD, 09D7, 09DC..09DD, 09DF..09E3, 09E6..09FA | 89 | UTC/1991-056}} | title=Indic Charts: Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam|first=Ken|last=Whistler}} |
| UTC/1991-057}} | title=Indic names list|first=Ken|last=Whistler}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1991-UTC/UTC46-draft.txt UTC/1991-048B]}} | title=Draft Minutes from the UTC meeting #46 day 2, 3/27 at Apple|date=1991-03-27|first=Ken|last=Whistler|section=III. L. Walk In proposals}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01303-india-letter.pdf L2/01-303]}} | title=Letter from the Government from India on "Draft for Unicode Standard for Indian Scripts"|date=2001-07-26|first=Om|last=Vikas}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01304-feedback.pdf L2/01-304]}} | title=Feedback on Unicode Standard 3.0|date=2001-08-02}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01305-india-resp.txt L2/01-305]}} | title=Draft UTC Response to L2/01-304, "Feedback on Unicode Standard 3.0"|date=2001-08-08|first=Rick|last=McGowan}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01430R.pdf L2/01-430R]}} | title=UTC Response to L2/01-304, “Feedback on Unicode Standard 3.0”|date=2001-11-20|first=Rick|last=McGowan}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03113-yaphalaa.txt L2/03-113]}} | title=Conjuncts: making sure we are right|date=2003-03-05|first=Michael|last=Everson|authorlink=Michael Everson}} |
| 4.0 | U+09BD | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01431R.pdf L2/01-431R][}}]| title=Actions for UTC and Editorial Committee in response to L2/01-430R|date=2001-11-08|first=Rick|last=McGowan}} | |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01405-mi.htm L2/01-405R]}} | title=Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting in Mountain View, November 6-9, 2001|date=2001-12-12|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 89-C19|quote=Accept the twelve Indic characters with names and coding positions as documented in L2/01-431R}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2002/02117-indic.pdf L2/02-117]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2425.pdf N2425] | title=Additional Characters for Indic Scripts|date=2002-03-21|first=Rick|last=McGowan}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03084-bengali-prop.pdf L2/03-084]}} | title=Proposed changes in the Unicode Standards for Indic Scripts - Bengali|date=2003-03-03|first=Manoj|last=Jain}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03102-indic-ov.pdf L2/03-102]}} | title=Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts|date=2003-03-04|first=Om|last=Vikas}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03101-indic-dir/Bengali.pdf L2/03-101.1]}} | title=Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Bengali document]|date=2003-03-04}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03104-bengali-avagraha.pdf L2/03-104]}} | title=Sample Text for Bengali Sign Avagraha|date=2003-03-04|first=Manoj|last=Jain}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04102-kannada-collation.txt L2/04-102]}} | title=Bug in Kannada collation|date=2004-02-10|first=U. B.|last=Pavanaja}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04432-indicsort.txt L2/04-432]}} | title=Indic collation: action items 99-20 and 99-29|date=2004-12-31|first=Cathy|last=Wissink}} |
| 4.1 | U+09CE | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00303-n2261.pdf L2/00-303]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2261.pdf N2261] | title=Incorporation of Bangla (Bengali) Coded Character in ISO/IEC 10646-1|date=2000-08-23}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00304-n2261-1.pdf L2/00-304]}} | N2261-1}} | title=Proposal Summary Form for character U+09BA, KHANDATA|date=2000-08-23}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2001/01050-n2353.pdf L2/01-050]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2253.pdf N2253] | title=Minutes of the SC2/WG2 meeting in Athens, September 2000|date=2001-01-21|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=7.12 Proposal to synchronize Bengali standard with 10646}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03084-bengali-prop.pdf L2/03-084]}} | title=Proposed changes in the Unicode Standards for Indic Scripts - Bengali|date=2003-03-03|first=Manoj|last=Jain}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03102-indic-ov.pdf L2/03-102]}} | title=Unicode Standard for Indic Scripts|date=2003-03-04|first=Om|last=Vikas}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2003/03101-indic-dir/Bengali.pdf L2/03-101.1]}} | title=Proposed Changes in Indic Scripts [Bengali document]|date=2003-03-04}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04060-gautam-bengali.txt L2/04-060]}} | title=Encoding Bangla Khanda-Ta With Ta+Virama|date=2004-02-01|first=Gautam|last=Sengupta}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04062-constable.txt L2/04-062]}} | title=Encoding Bangla Khanda-Ta With Ta+Virama|date=2004-02-01|first=Peter|last=Constable}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04102-kannada-collation.txt L2/04-102]}} | title=Bug in Kannada collation|date=2004-02-10|first=U. B.|last=Pavanaja}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04262-bengali-pr-30.pdf L2/04-262]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2810.pdf N2810] | title=Encoding of Bengali Khanda Ta in Unicode (PRI #30 document)|date=2004-02-17|first=Peter|last=Constable}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04192-pr30-feedback.pdf L2/04-192]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2811.pdf N2811] | title=Feedback on PR-30: Encoding of Bangla Khanda Ta in Unicode|date=2004-06-07|first=Gautam|last=Sengupta}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04233-vikas-letter.pdf L2/04-233]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2812.pdf N2812] | title=Letter to Mark Davis re Bengali Khanda Ta|date=2004-06-10|first=Om|last=Vikas}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04252-khanda-ta-review.pdf L2/04-252]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2813.pdf N2813] | title=Review of Bengali Khanda Ta and PRI-30 Feedback|date=2004-06-15|first=Peter|last=Constable}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04264-n2809-bengali.pdf L2/04-264]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n2809.pdf N2809] | title=Proposal to encode Bengali Khanda Ta in the UCS|date=2004-06-17|first=Peter|last=Constable}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2004/04432-indicsort.txt L2/04-432]}} | title=Indic collation: action items 99-20 and 99-29|date=2004-12-31|first=Cathy|last=Wissink}} |
| 5.2 | U+09FB | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07192r-bengali-ganda.pdf L2/07-192]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3311.pdf N3311] | title=Proposal to Encode the Ganda Currency Mark for Bengali in the BMP of the UCS|date=2007-05-21|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}} |
| 7.0 | U+0980 | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11359-bengali-anji.pdf L2/11-359]}} | title=Proposal to Encode the Sign Anji for Bengali|date=2011-10-21|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11408-govt-india-letter.html L2/11-408]}} | title=Letter from Swaran Lata, Gov't of India, re proposals|date=2011-10-27|first=Swaran|last=Lata}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12079-india-input.txt L2/12-079]}} | title=Inputs of Govt. of India on various documents|date=2012-02-07|first=Swaran|last=Lata}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12121-bengali-anji.pdf L2/12-121]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4157.pdf N4157] | title=Proposal to Encode the Sign ANJI for Bengali|date=2012-04-23|first=Anshuman|last=Pandey}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12184-goi-fdbk.txt L2/12-184]}} | title=GOI Feedback on the various Indic related documents|date=2012-05-07|first=Swaran|last=Lata}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12277-goi-input.pdf L2/12-277]}} | title=GOI Feedback on the various Indic related document submitted to UTC|date=2012-07-26|first=Swaran|last=Lata}} |
| 10.0 | U+09FC | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15204-script-recs.pdf L2/15-204]}} | title=Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals|date=2015-07-25|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=3. Bengali}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15161r-bengali-vedic-anusvara.pdf L2/15-161]}} | title=Proposal to encode 09CF BENGALI LETTER VEDIC ANUSVARA|date=2015-07-31|first=Shriramana|last=Sharma}} |
| U+09FD | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15172r-bengali-abbrev.pdf L2/15-172R]}} | title=Proposal to Encode an Abbreviation Sign for Bengali|date=2015-07-09|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15204-script-recs.pdf L2/15-204]}} | title=Recommendations to UTC #144 July 2015 on Script Proposals|date=2015-07-25|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=3. Bengali}} |
| 11.0 | U+09FE | 1 | [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16322-bengali-sandhi-mark.pdf L2/16-322]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4808-bengali-sandhi-mark.pdf N4808] | title=Proposal to encode the SANDHI MARK for Bengali|date=2016-11-01|first1=Srinidhi|last1=A|first2=Sridatta|last2=A}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17037-script-ad-hoc.pdf L2/17-037]}} | title=Recommendations to UTC #150 January 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-01-21|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|first2=Ken|last2=Whistler|first3=Roozbeh|last3=Pournader|first4=Andrew|last4=Glass|first5=Laurențiu|last5=Iancu|first6=Lisa|last6=Moore|first7=Hai|last7=Liang|first8=Richard|last8=Ishida|first9=Karan|last9=Misra|first10=Rick|last10=McGowan|section=4. Bengali}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17016.htm L2/17-016]}} | title=UTC #150 Minutes|date=2017-02-08|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.3.2}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17130-sandhi-mark-cmts.pdf L2/17-130]}} | title=Comments on L2/16-322 and L2/16-383, Sandhi marks for Bengali and Newa|date=2017-04-19|first=Deborah|last=Anderson}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17153-script-ad-hoc-rec.pdf L2/17-153]}} | title=Recommendations to UTC #151 May 2017 on Script Proposals|date=2017-05-17|first=Deborah|last=Anderson|section=4. Bengali and Newa}} |
| [https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm L2/17-103]}} | title=UTC #151 Minutes|date=2017-05-18|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=D.3 Sandhi Mark}} |
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