Nabiganj ( bn, নবীগঞ্জ, Nobīgonj) is an Upazila of Habiganj District in the Division of

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, Bangladesh.

History

After the Conquest of Gour in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal migrated and settled in present-day Nabiganj where they preached Islam to the local people. Shah Sikandar migrated to Paschimgaon (Sikandarpur), Hafiz Muhammad Zakariyyah Arabi to Pithua, Shah Sadruddin Qurayshi to Parbatpur (Sadrabad) and Qazi Tajuddin Qurayshi to Chouki. In the late 17th century, Inathganj Bazar was founded. Inathganj became a centre for the Asian Jute trade. The current Inathganj High School was originally a jute warehouse. Many ships would crowd in the banks of Inathganj Bazar, and go to many corners of the world, and evidence of this remains at the present-day high school.

Geography

Nabiganj is located at . It has 41358 households and total area .

Demographics

As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age ...

, Nabiganj has a population of 246933. Males constitute 50.27% of the population, and females 49.73%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 126527. Nabiganj has an average literacy rate of 26.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Nabiganj Upazila is divided into 13 union parishads: Aushkandi, Bausha, Debparra, Digholbak, Gaznaipur, Inatganj, Kaliarbhanga, Kargoan, Kurshi, Nabiganj Sadar, Paniumda, Paschim Bara Bhakoir, and Purba Bara Bhakoir. The union parishads are subdivided into 219 mauzas and 355 villages.

People

* Abdul Moshabbir, lawyer * Abdul Munim Chowdhury, former MP * Abdul Momin Imambari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician * Abdur Rouf Choudhury, writer * Dewan Farid Gazi, politician *

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, businessman *

Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz, also known as ''Milad Gazi'', is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament of Habiganj-1. Early life Shahnawaz was born on 17 July 1958. He has a BCom A Bachelor of Commerce (abbrev ...

, politician * Ismat Ahmed Chowdhury, politician *

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, politician * Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri, fourth Governor of Bangladesh Bank * Shah A M S Kibria, former Finance Minister of Bangladesh *

Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya ( bn, অনুদ্বৈপায়ন ভট্টাচার্য; 31 January 1941 – 25 March 1971) was a lecturer of the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Dhaka who was killed by the Pakistan A ...

, physician *

Enamul Haque Inam-ul-Haq ( ar, إنعام الحـــق ), meaning ''Gift of the Truth'', is a masculine Islamic given name.). Notable bearers of the name include; Cricketers *Inam-ul-Haq (Lahore cricketer) (born 1943), Pakistani cricketer * Enamul Haque ( ...

, deputy secretary, Bangladesh Parliament secretariat

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