Matlab Uttar ( bn, মতলব উত্তর, Motlob Uttor, Matlab North) is an

upazila 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 ...

of Chandpur District in the division of Chittagong,

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, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. The former Matlab Upazila was divided into two in 2000, Matlab Dakshin and Matlab Uttar.

History

During the Mughal period, when the Lalar Hat Bazaar, located on the banks of the Dhanagoda River, a tributary of the Gumti, at the northern end of the present villages of Babu Para and Pail Para, was destroyed by river erosion, a market called Bairagir Hat at the northern end of the Kaladi village was founded by the Jamadar of Matlab. Jealous of this, the Zamindar of Faridpur increased his zamindari and established another market in his name in the western part south of the Bairagir Hat. After some time, both the markets became very competitive and Jamadar's

haat bazaar Haat or hat, even haat bazaar, is an open-air market that serves as a trading venue for local people in rural areas and towns of Indian subcontinent, especially in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Haat bazaars are conducted on a regular ba ...

became popularly known as Matlab rather than Bairagir Hat. The name Matlab was

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on 9 August 1918. Gazette No. 236. In 1900, the government divided the Chandpur circle and created the Matlab circle. As a result, the progress of police station with 22 unions started. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the area was under the control of Bengali freedom fighters. Whenever the Pakistan Army tried to enter the area, skirmishes would take place. A hospital was established for the wounded freedom fighters in the village of Nishchintapur. There were also mass graves in the village of Harina. On 30 April 2000, Matlab Uttar Upazila, an archipelago surrounded by the Meghna-Dhanagoda river, started its journey as an independent upazila with 1 municipality and 13 unions (later 1 increase). Later on 5th September of the same year Matlab North started functioning as a newly created upazila. As the adjoining Matlab upazila is on the north side, this upazila was named Matlab Uttar.

Geography

Matlab is located at . It has a total land area of 277.53 km².

Administration

Matlab Uttar Upazila is divided into Chengar Char Municipality and 14

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 ...

s: Baganbari, Durgapur, Eklaspur, Faraji Kandi, Gazra, Islamabad, Jahirabad, Kalakanda, Mohanpur, Paschim Fatehpur, Purba Fatehpur, Sadullapur, Satnal, and Sultanabad. The union parishads are subdivided into 127 mauzas and 251 villages. Chengar Char Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 41

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Research

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, including both Matlab Dakshin and Matlab Uttar Upazilas, is also the primary rural field site for the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, and the world's longest running health project.

Notable people

* Professor Dr. Rafiqul Islam -

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, President of

Bangla Academy The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ...

, Chairman of

Nazrul Institute The Nazrul Institute is Bangladesh's national institute, established in February 1985. Its headquarters are located in Kabi Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It fulfills a number of roles; promoting the literary work of the poet Kazi Naz ...

and 1st Vice-Chancellor of

Jashore University of Science and Technology Jashore University of Science and Technology ( bn, যশোর বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়), commonly known and abbreviated as JUST ( bn, যবিপ্রবি), is a gov ...

* Professor Dr. Shamsul Alam - Economicst and current State Minister of Planning * Aziz Ahmed - 16th Chief of Bangladesh Army Staff *

Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (born 3 February 1948) is a senior Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a Member of parliament from Chandpur-2 constituency and a minister of several ministries. In 19 November 2021 he nominated for ...

- Awami League, Politician and Former Minister * Md. Nurul Huda -

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

, Politician and Former Minister * Nawab Ali - first Bengali principal of

Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (abbreviated DMCH) is a public medical college and hospital located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It houses medical school as well as a tertiary care hospital on one campus. The country's first ev ...

Wahiduddin Ahmed Wahiduddin Ahmed (1 January 1923 – 3 November 2018) was a Bangladeshi academic. He served as the 3rd vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He had been a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences since 1975. He ...

- 3rd Vice Chancellor of

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, was an adviser to the interim government led by the then president Justice

Shahabuddin Ahmed Shahabuddin Ahmed (1 February 1930 – 19 March 2022) served as the President of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001, and the Chief Justice of Bangladesh from 1990 to 1995. He previously served as the acting president during 1990–91 when Hussain Mu ...

in December 1990. * Late-Golam Mostafa Mia Ex.Chairman-9 no-jahirabad union Parisad-Long Time-22 years * Advocate Monowarul Islam Ex.Chairman-9 no-jahirabad union Parisad-1 Time * Late-Freedomfighter Golam Rabbani Bablu Ex.Chairman-9 no-jahirabad union Parisad-2 Time -11 Years.

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