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Nesarabad (Swarupkati) Upazila
Nesarabad (Swarupkathi) ( bn, নেছারাবাদ (স্বরূপকাঠি)) is an upazila of Pirojpur District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh. Nesarabad is named after Nesaruddin Ahmad, the founder of Sarsina Darbar Sharif. At present, guava gardens, floating market and backwaters of Nesarabad are turning into famous tourist attractions. Geography Nesarabad is located at . It has 40,792 households and a total area of 199.14 km2. Demographics According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nesarabad had a population of 202,520. Males constituted 49.54% of the population, and females 50.46%. The population aged 18 or over was 107,488. Nesarabad had an average literacy rate of 50.8% (7+ years), compared to the national average of 32.4%. Nesarabad Upazila is divided into Swarupkati Municipality and ten union parishads: Atghar Kuriana, Baldia, Daihari, Guarekha, Jalabari, Nesarabad, Sarengkathi, Sohagdal, Somudoykathi, and Sutiakathi. The union parishads a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sutiakathi Union
Sutiakathi ( bn, সুটিয়াকাঠী) is an Union of Nesarabad (Swarupkati) Upazila, Pirojpur District in the Division of Barisal Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ..., Bangladesh. References {{Nesarabad (Swarupkati) Upazila Unions of Nesarabad (Swarupkati) Upazila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upazilas Of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are further administratively divided into union council areas (union parishads). Bangladesh ha495 upazilas(as of 20 Oct 2022). The upazilas are the second lowest tier of regional administration in Bangladesh. The administrative structure consists of divisions (8), districts (64), upazilas (495) and union parishads (UPs). This system of devolution was introduced by the former military ruler and president of Bangladesh, Lieutenant General Hossain Mohammad Ershad, in an attempt to strengthen local government. Below UPs, villages (''gram'') and ''para'' exist, but these have no administrative power and elected members. The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year later, redesignatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh. Each union council is made up of nine wards. Usually one village is designated as a ward. There are 4,562 unions in Bangladesh. A union council consists of a chairman and twelve members including three members exclusively reserved for women. Union councils are formed under the ''Local Government (Union Parishads) Act, 2009''. The boundary of each union council is demarcated by the Deputy Commissioner of the District. A union council is the body primarily responsible for agricultural, industrial and community development within the local limits of the union. History The term ''union'' dates back to the 1870 British legislation titled the ''Village Chowkidari Act'' which established union ''panchayats'' for collecting tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittaranjan Sutar
Chittaranjan Sutar (23 March 1928 - 27 November 2002) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament of Bangladesh from Bakerganj-14 (now Pirojpur-1). Biography Suttar was an Awami League politician, he was sent to India to act as liaison between the Government of India and the Mujibnagar Government, Mujibnagar government during the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was based in Kolkata. He fled Bangladesh after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 to Dhaka, Bangladesh. He became the leader of the Bangabhumi Movement. He has been accused by the Bangladesh Rifles Director General, Major General Jahangir Alam Chowdhury of leading Bangabhumi, Bir Banga, an insurgent group. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutar, Chittaranjan Awami League politicians 1st Jatiya Sangsad members 1928 births 2002 deaths People from Pirojpur District People from Kolkata Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Anne Rahman
Sheikh Anne Rahman (28 September 1960 – 11 October 2022) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member for the reserved women's seat-19. She was related to Sheikh Hasina, the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Career Rahman was selected to parliament from Pirojpur reserved seat as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate February 16, 2019. Personal life Rahman was married to Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, cousin of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh. Her father, Enayet Hossain Khan, was an Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ... politician and the former Jatiya Sangsad member of Bakerganj-16 (now defunct). References 1960 births 2022 deaths People from Pirojpur District Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family Awami L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah Alam (Bangladeshi Politician, Born 1951)
Shah Alam is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Pirojpur-2 Pirojpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Anwar Hossain Manju of the Jatiya Party (Manju). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bhandaria, Kawkhali, and Zianagar upazi .... Career Alam was elected to parliament from Pirojpur-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008. References Awami League politicians Living people 1951 births 9th Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan
Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan ( bn, হাসেম আলী খান; 2 February 1888 – 16 April 1962) was a Bengali politician, lawyer, peasant movement leader and social worker. He was a close associate of A. K. Fazlul Huq. He became a Minister in the Bengal Legislature in 1941 in the second cabinet led by Huq. During his political life, he tried to establish rights of farmers and common people. He was conferred the title of Khan Bahadur by the British Raj as recognition of his contribution for maintaining peaceful relations between people of different faiths. Early life Khan was born on 2 February 1888, to Bengali Muslim parents Moulvi Arman Ali Khan and Mosammat Peyara Banu in the village of Sehangal in Swarupkathi, Firozpur, situated in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. In 1906, he passed entrance examination with scholarship. During study at high school level, he became fan of Mahatma Ossini Kumar Dutta and took indoctrination to him. Hasem Ali khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fakhrul Islam Khan
Fakhrul Islam Khan (known as FI Khan; 9 February 1925 – 13 May 2007) was a Bangladeshi editor, journalist, cultural organizer, playwright, producer, and director. He was the editor of ''Gulista'' (1950), a monthly Bengali magazine, and ''Kadem'' (1966), a weekly magazine. He was the joint news editor with Shah Azizur Rahman of the monthly magazine ''Inqilab'' (published from Kolkata). Khan has made a special contribution to Barisal's cultural activities, cultural heritage, literary councils, journalism and Barisal Press Club. He was the first Bengal Muslim film producer. He established Barisal Natya Niketan in 1964. Early life and education Khan was born on 9 February 1925, to Bengali Muslim parents Hashem Ali Khan and Samisun Nesa in Barisal. The family hailed from the village of Sehangal in Swarupkathi, Firozpur. His father was a social worker, politician, and member of the cabinet led by Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Huq in 1941. Khan started his education at AK School in Bari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enayet Hossain Khan
Enayet Hossain Khan (1933–1979) () was a Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Bakerganj-16. Career Khan was elected to parliament from Bakerganj-16 as an Awami League candidate in 1973. Personal life Khan's daughter, Sheikh Anne Rahman Sheikh Anne Rahman (28 September 1960 – 11 October 2022) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member for the reserved women's seat-19. She was related to Sheikh Hasina, the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Ca ..., also became a member of parliament from Awami League at 11th Jatiya Sangsad. References Awami League politicians 1933 births 1979 deaths 1st Jatiya Sangsad members Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family {{Barisal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh
Abu Zafar Mohammad Saleh ( bn, আবু জাফর মোহাম্মদ সালেহ; 1915 – 13 February 1990), popularly known as the Pir of Sarsina, was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar. He was said to have contributed to the establishment of 3000 educational institutions. Saleh had also pushed for the establishment of the Islamic Arabic University and ''ibtedayi'' madrasas in Bangladesh. Despite being a recipient of the Independence Day Award, he has been accused of collaborating with the Pakistan Army and committing war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation war. Early life and family Saleh was born on a Thursday in 1915, to a scholarly Bengali Muslim family of Pirs in the village of Sarsina in Swarupkati (later renamed to Nesarabad), Firozpur, then situated in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Province. His father, Nesaruddin Ahmad, was a ''khalifah'' (spiritual successor) of Furfura Sharif's Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique and the inaugural Pir of Sarsina. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social institutions built around familial ties and Islamic rituals. Today it is popularly recognised also by non-Muslims as a neighbourhood in large cities and towns. Mahallas lie at the intersection of private family life and the public sphere. Important community-level management functions are performed through mahalle solidarity, such as religious ceremonies, life-cycle rituals, resource management and conflict resolution. It is an official administrative unit in many Middle Eastern countries. The word was brought to the Balkans through Ottoman Turkish ''mahalle'', but it originates in Arabic محلة (''mähallä''), from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy". In September 2017, a Turkish-based association referred to the historical mahal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
