Dhanbari ( bn, ধনবাড়ী) is an upazila under Tangail District in the division of Dhaka. It was formed in 2006 by the efforts of Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan,Central BNP leader who contest in the constituency Tangail-1 (Madhupur -Dhanbari) .Former Madhupur Upazila was split into two Upazilas - (Madhupur and Dhanbari) to form this Upazila.
Notable people :
Nawab Syed Ali Hasan Ali Choudhury,
Dr. Sheikh Nizamul
Islam, MP,
Syeda Ashika Akbar, MP,
Dr.Abdur Razzaq, MP.
Administration
Dhanbari Upazila is divided into Dhanbari Municipality and seven
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 ...
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Baniajan,
Birtara,
Bolibhadra,
Dhopakhali,
Jodunathpur,
Musuddi, and
Paiska. The union parishads are subdivided into 103 mauzas and 132 villages.
Dhanbari Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 25
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 i ...
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Education
There are seven colleges in the upazila: Asya Hasan Ali Mohila Degree College, Bhai Ghat Ideal College,
Dhanbari College, Mushuddi Razia College, Norilla College, Panchpotol Degree College, and Ukhariabari College.
According to Banglapedia,
Govt. Dhanbari Nawab Institution, founded in 1910,
Paiska High School (1960), and Pankata Islamia Secondary School (1943) are notable secondary schools.
See also
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Dhanbari
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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 ...
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
References
Upazilas of Tangail District
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