Barishal Division is one of the eight administrative
divisions of Bangladesh. Located in the south-central part of the country, it has an area of , and a population of 8,325,666 at the 2011 Census. It is the least populous Division within the entirety of Bangladesh. It is bounded by
Dhaka Division on the north, the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
on the south,
Chittagong Division on the east and
Khulna Division
The Khulna Division ( bn, খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and lar ...
on the west. The administrative capital,
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 Di ...
city, lies in the
Padma River
The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...
delta on an offshoot of the
Arial Khan River. Barisal division is criss-crossed by numerous rivers that earned it the nickname ''Dhan-Nodi-Khal, Ei tin-e Borishal'' (rice, river and canal built Barishal).
History
Early Middle Ages
In early times the Barisal region was composed of an amalgamation of marshlands formed by the merging of islands brought into existence and built up by alluvial soils washed down the great channels of the combined
Brahmaputra-
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
-
Meghna
The Meghna River ( bn, মেঘনা নদী) is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System, ...
river systems.
In the early 13th century,
Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji led the Muslim conquest of Barisal, and soon later
Muhammad bin Tughluq
Muhammad bin Tughluq (1290 – 20 March 1351) was the eighteenth Sultan of Delhi. He reigned from February 1325 until his death in 1351. The sultan was the eldest son of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, founder of the Tughlaq dynasty. In 1321, the youn ...
completely conquered
eastern Bengal. The
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
chieftains from northwest
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
were dislodged from power and they dispersed over Barisal region and founded the kingdom of Bakla.
During the
Mughal intervention in
Bengal
Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...
, Hindu society was concentrated to northern and western Barisal (known as
Bakarganj). Barisal's southern portion was still covered by forests and laced with lagoons. The northwest was also the only part of Bakarganj where the
Hindu
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
population exceeded
Muslims
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
in early British censuses.
Mughal period
Barisal saw a second wave of immigration in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. This time, it was
Muslim pioneers who assumed the leading role. Establishing
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
as the provincial
Mughal capital of the region, in the early 17th century the Barisal region (known as Sarkar Bakla to Mughals) was more accessible to businessmen and developers than at any previous time. However, piracy in this region along the coasts and rivers of southeastern Bengal by
Arakanese and renegade
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
seamen inhibited any sustained attempts by Mughal governors to push into the Barisal forests.
After 1666, when
Mughal naval forces cleared the
Meghna
The Meghna River ( bn, মেঘনা নদী) is one of the major rivers in Bangladesh, one of the three that form the Ganges Delta, the largest delta on earth, which fans out to the Bay of Bengal. A part of the Surma-Meghna River System, ...
estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...
of such external threats, the Barisal interior lay ripe for colonization. Land developers acquired grants of plots of land,
taluq (তালুক), from provincial authorities. Abundant and easily obtainable by purchase from the late 17th century these grants tended to be regarded by their possessors
taluqdar
Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...
(তালুকদার). As
taluqdar
Taluqdars or Talukdar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: ; Perso-Arabic: , ; from ''taluq'' "estate/attachment" + '' dar'' "owner"), were aristocrats who formed the ruling class during the Delhi Sultanate, Bengal Sultanate, Mughal Empire and British Raj ...
s brought their
taluqs into
agricultural production, these men passed up the
land
Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various isla ...
revenue
In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of goods and services related to the primary operations of the business.
Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive reven ...
through a class of non-cultivating intermediaries, or zamindar (জমিদার). Zamindars typically resided in the provincial capital, where they had ready access to the chief provincial revenue officer, or dewan (দেওয়ান).
In a second pattern of land development,
Muslim pirs or
Qazi went directly into uncultivated regions, organized the local population for clearing the jungles, and only later, after having established themselves as local men of influence, entered into relations with the
Mughal authorities. Relationships between the religious Muslim
pirs and Mughal authorities was not always harmonious, since a pir's natural ties of authority and patronage generally lay with the masses of peasants beneath him and not with the governors and bureaucrats. For example, in remote
Jhalakati
Jhalokati, also spelled Jhalokathi, ( bn, ঝালকাঠি) is a district in southern Bangladesh. It is located in the Barisal Division and covers an area of 758.06 km2 It is bounded by Barisal district to the north and east, Barguna dis ...
Thana in the eastern
Bakarganj many of 18th-century pirs and Educationist, Islamic scholars came under the authority, among them named Saiyid Faqir and Faizus Ahmed Khan (A Persian business man and educationist, came for the business trade through Khyber pass and spread education among the Indian sub continent) from wielded enormous influence with the cultivators of the all-Muslim village of Saiyidpur, Hizla and Muladi named after the pirs. But a difficulty arose, noted a 1906 village survey of Pir Fakir of Saiyidpur village, because "the people of this part looked upon the Fakir as their guide and did not pay rent to the
Nawab
Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب;
bn, নবাব/নওয়াব;
hi, नवाब;
Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ;
Persian,
Punjabi ,
Sindhi,
Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...
." In this situation, one Lala Chet Singh, a captain in the employ of the governor, "succeeded in persuading the Fakir to leave the country."
British rule
In 1797 the area was established as
Bakerganj District
Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj was a former district of British India. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district was located in the swampy lowlands of the vast delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra ...
but later renamed as Barisal District and Pir of Hizla-Muladi, Faizus Ahmed Khan stayed back & settled in Muladi-Hizla village.
Pakistani rule
In 1947 the area was continued as a
Bakerganj District
Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj was a former district of British India. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district was located in the swampy lowlands of the vast delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra ...
, as one of four districts of
Khulna Division
The Khulna Division ( bn, খুলনা বিভাগ) is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and lar ...
but later renamed as Barisal District.
Bangladesh
The Greater Barisal region (Barisal District along with five other neighbouring districts) was created as Barisal Division on 1 January 1993.
Economy
Barisal is known as the "Granary of Bengal" for its rice production. It is still an important rice-producing area of the country. Since the Middle Ages, Barisal has acted as a trans-shipment center for hides, rice, dried beans, dried peas, lentils, chickpeas, and other
legumes for Bengal. Bakery, textile, and pharmaceutical products are the output of a few industrial installations. There are
Sher-e Bangla Medical College
Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1968. The college is located in Barisal. It is affiliated with University of Dhaka as a constituent college.
SBMC awards MBBS degree and offers pr ...
(affiliated with the National University) and
B. M. College (an educational institution of Barisal Division established in 1889). Barisal is also a river port once connecting Calcutta-Barisal-Dhaka and many other routes. Today Barisal River port is the most important hub of steamer and motor launch service of the Southern Bangladesh.
Points of interest
Kuakata beach is the main tourist spot in the division. It is one of the two sea beaches in
South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth descr ...
where both sunrise and sunset at sea can be seen.
Durga Sagar is a man-made pond where a number of migratory birds arrive every winter.
Guthia Mosque is a mosque complex of Bangladesh having a land area of , comparing to the land area of the national mosque Baitul Mukarram of the country.
Administration
The division is subdivided into six districts (zilas) and thence into 42 sub-districts (
upazilas
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 ...
; Rangabali in Patuakhali and Taltoli in Barguna being the most recent). Lower level administrative areas are 353
union parishads, 3,159
mouzas, 12
municipalities
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
, 25
wards and 4,163 villages.
Transport
Numerous rivers and canals force the inhabitants to use boats as the main medium of transportation. The main rivers are the Arial Khan, Bishkhali, Burishwar, Tentulia, Paira, Haringhata, Baleshwar, Kirtankhola, Katcha, and Agunmukha.
It is linked by steamer with
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
( to the north) and with
Chittagong to the southeast. Road communication has improved significantly over last decades with the building of many bridges. The Barisal airport has regular service to
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...
.
Education
Barisal Division has the highest literacy rate (age 7 and over) of any division in the country, 65.7% as of the
2011 Bangladesh census.
There are two public universities in the division:
, founded in 2002, and
University of Barisal
University of Barishal ( bn, বরিশাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, ; also known as Barishal University or simply BU) is a public university located in Barishal, a divisional city in southern Bangladesh. It is the only ...
(2011). There are also three private universities:
Global University Bangladesh,
University of Global Village, and Trust University Barisal, although as of 2018 the last had no enrolled students.
There are 258 colleges in the division. They include:
Barisal Government Women's College Barisal Government Women's College is a master's degree college in Barisal, Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, wit ...
,
Brojomohun College
Govt. Brojomohun College, Barisal (also BM College) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in the city of Barisal in south-western Bangladesh.
History
On June 14, 1889, Aswini Kumar Dutta founded Brojo ...
(1889),
Government Barisal College,
Government Syed Hatem Ali College
Government Syed Hatem Ali College ( bn, সরকারি সৈয়দ হাতেম আলি কলেজ), located in Barisal, is one of the renowned colleges of southern Bangladesh. It is a university level college where students besides ...
, and
Syed Bazlul Haque College.
The division also contains specialized tertiary educational institutions: two medical schools:
Patuakhali Medical College (2014) and
Sher e Bangla Medical College (1968); three law colleges; four teacher training colleges; three polytechnic institutes; two textile colleges, including
Shaheed Abdur Rab Serniabat Textile Engineering College; engineering college
Barisal Engineering College, and military school
Barishal Cadet College.
Religion
Islam is the predominant religion in the Barisal division, with a large minority population of
Hindus
Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...
, and small populations of
Christians
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...
and
Buddhists, and others.
Notable residents
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Abul Hasanat Abdullah is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of Parliament.
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Mohiuddin Ahmed was a Language Movement veteran and 1971 Liberation War organiser.
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Tania Ahmed, actress
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Tofail Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Commerce and Minister of Industries
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Ziauddin Ahmed, war hero, freedom fighter and sub-sector Commander under Sector 9 of Mukti Bahini during Bangladesh liberation war in 1971.
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Jewel Aich
Jewel Aich (born ) is a Bangladeshi magician and bansuri player. He is a veteran of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war that culminated in the birth of his country.
Personal life
Aich was born in Barisal District, a southern district of Bang ...
, a Bangladeshi magician and bansuri player. He is a veteran of the 1971 Bangladesh liberation war.
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Mir Maswood Ali, mathematician and statistician
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Amir Hossain Amu
Amir Hossain Amu (born 1 January 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician, the incumbent Member of Parliament from Jhalokati-2, and served as the Minister of Industries during 2014–2018. He is currently the coordinator and spokesman for the Awami ...
, a Bangladeshi politician and leader in the Bangladesh Awami League.
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Abdur Rahman Biswas
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, former
President of Bangladesh
The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ...
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Anil Biswas noted Hindi and Bengali film song composer
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Mohammad Ali Bogra, Bengali politician, statesman, who served as third Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1953 – 1955.
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Abala Bose
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, social reformer and wife of
Jagadish Chandra Bose
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Nachiketa Chakraborty
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, famous
Tollywood singer's family hails from Chechri Rampur village in
Kathalia Upazila
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Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, an author, columnist, lyricist.
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Asad Chowdhury, poet, writer, translator, radio, television personality and journalist, as well as a cultural activist in Bangladesh.
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Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das () (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read poet after Rabindr ...
, poet
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Kusumkumari Das
Kusumkumari Das (1875–1948) was a Bengali poet, writer and social activist. She is known as a poet and mother of Jibanananda Das, the eminent poet of modern Bengali literature and also served as the secretary of Barishal Women Society.
Biog ...
, poet and mother of
Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das () (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was an Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read poet after Rabindr ...
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Mukunda Das, was a Bengali poet, ballad singer, composer and patriot, who contributed to the spread of Swadeshi movement in rural Bengal.
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Gurudas Dasgupta
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, is a Member of the Indian Parliament and a leader of the Communist Party of India.
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Basudeb DasSarma, chemist
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Arundhati Devi, was an Indian actress, director and writer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema.
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Utpal Dutt
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, Indian actor, director and writer-playwright
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Aswini Kumar Dutta, social reformer and philanthropist
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Narayan Gangopadhyay, was a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer, a leading writer of modern Bengali literature.
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Sohag Gazi
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, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Debaprasad Ghosh
Acharya Debaprasad Ghosh ( bn, আচার্য দেবপ্রসাদ ঘোষ) (15 March 1894 – 14 July 1985) was an Indian mathematician, linguist, lawyer, journalist, educationist and statesman. He started his career at the ...
, an Indian mathematician, linguist, lawyer, journalist, educatinist and statesman.
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Nikhil Ghosh, was an Indian musician, teacher and writer, known his proficiency on the percussion instrument of tabla.
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Pannalal Ghosh, musician and flutist
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Parul Ghosh, was an Indian playback singer. Ghosh sang in Hindi and Bengali movies from 1935 to 1951.
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Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, Bengali educator and humanist of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. One of the Bengali intellectuals killed by the Pakistan Army during the 1971 Dhaka University massacre on 25 March 1971.
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Hiranmay Sen Gupta, physicist
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Ahsan Habib, Ahsan Habib was a Bangladeshi poet and literary figure in Bengali culture.
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A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid
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Early life and education
Rashid was born in a villa ...
, is a Bangladeshi physicist and Bose Professor of Physics at the University of Dhaka.
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Abul Hasan, poet, journalist and literary figure in Bengali culture
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Ehsan Hoque, medical doctor, social entrepreneur and child rights activist. He is the founder and honorary Executive Director of Distressed Children & Infants International
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Mainul Hosein
Mainul Hosein is a Bangladeshi lawyer and the publisher of the daily newspaper ''The New Nation''. He is the former chairman of the editorial board of ''The Daily Ittefaq'', whose building was shelled and completely demolished on 25 March 1971 b ...
, lawyer and the printer and publisher of daily newspaper The New Nation. Previously, he was the chairman of the editorial board of The Daily Ittefaq.
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Kamal Hossain
Kamal Hossain (born 20 April 1937) is a founding leader, lawyer and politician of Bangladesh. He is known as the "father of the Bangladeshi constitution" and regarded as an icon of secular democracy in the Indian subcontinent. Hossain currently ...
, Bangladeshi jurist, statesman and freedom fighter. After the independence of Bangladesh, he served as Minister of Law from 1972 to 1973 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1975.
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A.K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali lawyer, legislator and statesman in the 20th century. Huq was a major political figure in British India and later in Pakistan.
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Mohiuddin Jahangir (Bir Shreshto), a freedom fighter
* Major
M. A. Jalil, the commander of the Sector 9 during Bangladesh War of Liberation in 1971.
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Shamsuddin Abul Kalam, was an actor and an author of Bengali literature in Bangladesh.
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Mostafa Kamal (Bir Shreshto), a freedom fighter.
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Sufia Kamal
Begum Sufia Kamal (20 June 1911 – 20 November 1999) was a Bangladeshi poet, feminist leader, and political activist. She took part in the Bengali nationalist movement of the 1950s and civil society leader in independent Bangladesh. She led fe ...
, poet
*
Fazlul Karim Fazlul Karim ( ar, فضل الکریم ) is a male Muslim given name, meaning ''bounty of the Generous One''. Bearers of the name include:
*Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936), Bangladeshi poet and writer
* Fazlul Karim (lawyer) (1905-1986), Banglad ...
, scholar, academic, philosopher and essayist in Bangladesh.
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Mosharraf Karim, actor
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A.Z.M. Enayetullah Khan, veteran journalist, former minister of Bangladesh. He founded the weekly newspaper Holiday and the daily newspaper New Age. He served as the minister from 1977 to 1978.
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Abdul Jabbar Khan, the 6th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.
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Abdul Karim Khan folk-singer
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Sadek Khan, Bangladeshi journalist, columnist and filmmaker
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Salman Khan
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, founder of
Khan Academy
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*
Nazia Khanum, , academic and management consultant
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Abdul Latif Singer, musician, and lyricist. He was the initial composer of the Bengali language movement song, "Amaar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February".
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Altaf Mahmud noted Bengali film song composer. He was the final composer of the Bengali language movement song, "Amaar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February".
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Anwar Hossain Manju
Anwar Hossain Manju (born 9 February 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing Pirojpur-2 constituency which consists of Kawkhali, Bhandaria and Zianagar upazilas. He was elected a member of Jat ...
, Bangladeshi politician who is a member of Jatiyo Sangshad representing Pirojpur-2 parliamentary constituency and the current Minister of Water Resources.
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Naziur Rahman Manzur, Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician, founding chairman of the party, former government minister in the Cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad and former Mayor of Dhaka.
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Hasan Masood, a Bangladeshi actor. He is also a former journalist and military officer.
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Aroj Ali Matubbar, astronomer and philosopher
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Rashed Khan Menon
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Tofazzal Hossain Manik Miah
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, founder editor of ''
The Daily Ittefaq
''The Daily Ittefaq'' ( bn, দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক, translit. ''Doinik Ittefak'') is a Bengali-language daily newspaper. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest newspaper, and one of the most circulated newspapers in Bangladesh. Thi ...
''
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Khalid Hassan Milu, was a Bangladeshi singer.
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Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Ghulam Murshid, author, scholar and journalist, based on London
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Golam Mustafa
Golam Mustafa (2 March 1935 – 20 February 2003) was a Bangladeshi actor.
Early life and career
Mustafa first acted in a play named ''Pallimangal'' in Barisal in 1945.
Filmography
* ''Chanda'' - 1962
* ''Binimoy'' - 1970
* '' Dhire Bohe ...
, film actor
*
Suborna Mustafa, actress
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Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
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Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former state Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.
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Abu Zafar Obaidullah, poet
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Shahjahan Omar, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former State Minister for law. He is retired Major of the Bangladesh Army and was awarded Bir Uttam.
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Andaleeve Rahman, president of Bangladesh Jatiya Party, a member of Parliament, and the principal of British School of Law in Dhaka.
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Bazlur Rahman, Sangbad editor Bazlur Rahman, was a beacon of Bangladesh journalism.
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Selima Rahman
Selima Rahman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician. She served as a State Minister at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh during 2001–2006.
Background
Rahman is the daughter of justice Abdul Jabbar ...
, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. She served as a state minister at the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh 2001–2006.
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Sohel Rana, a Bangladeshi film actor, director and producer.
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Nasreen Jahan Ratna
Nasreen Jahan Ratna (born 8 August 1963) is a Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jaitya Party politician and former Member of Bangladesh Parliament from Barisal-6.
Biography
Ratna was educated at home and did not receive formal education. She is ...
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Sudhir Ray, Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri (14 September 1923 – 18 June 2005) was an Indian physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology. His most significant contribution is the eponymous Raychaudhuri equation, which demonstrates that ...
, physicist
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Tapan Raychaudhuri
Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was a British-Indian historian specialising in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the History of Bengal.
Early life and education
He was the son of Prativa and Amiya Kuma ...
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Kamini Roy
Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 – 27 September 1933) was a Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India. She was the first woman honours graduate in British India.Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansa ...
, poet and first woman graduate with honours in the subcontinent.
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Mir Sabbir, actor
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Hanif Sanket, TV presenter, entertainer, writer and producer
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Golam Sarwar, journalist, writer and the founding editor of Samakal and Jugantor. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2014.
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Papia Sarwar, is a Bangladeshi singer. She is an exponent of Rabindra Sangeet. She earned Rabindra Award from Bangla Academy in 2013.
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Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, speaker and politician and convicted war criminal of the Bangladesh liberation war.
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Manikuntala Sen
Manikuntala Sen ( bn, মণিকুন্তলা সেন; c. 1911–1987) was one of the first women to be active in the Communist Party of India. She is best known for her Bengali language, Bengali-language memoir ''Shediner Kotha'' (publ ...
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Nikhil Sen, dramatist
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Mihir Sengupta, writer
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Abdur Rab Serniabat, cabinet minister, brother-in-law of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
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Kaliprasanna Vidyaratna, scholar of Sanskrit
References
Sources
Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.
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