Pabna District ( bn, পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central

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 ...

. It is an economically important district in

. Its administrative capital is the eponymous

Pabna Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the histo ...

town.

History

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conjectured that the name "Pabna" might be derived from the

Pundra Pundravardhana or Pundra Kingdom ( sa, Puṇḍravardhana), was an ancient kingdom during the Iron Age period in India with a territory that included parts of present-day Rajshahi and Rangpur Divisions of Bangladesh as well as the West Dina ...

or Poondrobordhon

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, whose capital was

Mahasthangarh Mahasthangarh ( bn, মহাস্থানগড়, ''Môhasthangôṛ'') is one of the earliest urban archaeological sites so far discovered in Bangladesh. The village Mahasthan in Shibganj upazila of Bogra District contains the remain ...

, the oldest city of Bangladesh, in neighbouring

Bogra Bogra ( bn, বগুড়া), officially known as Bogura, is a major city located in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in Rajshahi Divi ...

, but this hypothesis has not received general acceptance among scholars. In 1859–61, the district was one of the major areas involved in the

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. Beginning in ''Yusufshahi'' period in 1873, the serfs resisted excessive demands of increased rents by

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lords (

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), They were led by the ''nouveau riches''

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s and

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, by forming an Agrarian League. This largely peaceful movement found the support of the Lieutenant-governor of

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, George Campbell, who antagonised the absentee feudal lords. These protests are generally referred to as Pabna disturbances. In the following year, the district was one of the worst hit by

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. The peasants' demands were finally partially met with the Rent Law Act of 1885. In 1875, Raaygonj was transferred back to Pabna from Bogra, and in 1879, a separate judgeship for the districts of Pabna and Bogra was created.

Geography

Pabna forms the south-east boundary of

Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 district ...

Sirajganj District Sirajganj District ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ জেলা) is a district in the North Bengal region of Bangladesh, located in the Rajshahi Division. It is an economically important district of Bangladesh. Sirajganj district is the 25th l ...

is on the north-east, while 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 ...

, the main stream of the holy river

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 ...

, in the south separates it from

Rajbari District Rajbari ( bn, রাজবাড়ী) is a district in central Bangladesh, located in the Dhaka Division. It is a part of the Greater Faridpur subregion of Bengal due to the historical, linguistic and cultural identities of its inhabitants. His ...

and

Kushtia District Kushtia District ( bn, কুষ্টিয়া জেলা, pronunciation: ''kuʃʈia'') is a district in the Khulna administrative division of western Bangladesh. Kushtia is the second largest municipality in Bangladesh and the eleventh l ...

. The

Jamuna River The Jamuna River ( bn, যমুনা ''Jomuna'') is one of the three main rivers of Bangladesh. It is the lower stream of the Brahmaputra River, which originates in Tibet as Yarlung Tsangpo, before flowing into India and then southwest into ...

runs along its eastern border separating it from

Manikgonj District Manikganj ( bn, মানিকগঞ্জ ) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, In 1845 AD it was at first declared as a sub-division. It was at first, under Faridpur district (Faridpur Zila) then it was in ...

; and on the north-west, it has a common boundary with the

Natore District Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 ...

. Its average maximum temperature is 36.8 °C, and the minimum is 9.6 °C; annual rainfall is 1872 mm. Characteristically, the soil of the district is divided into four, due to the flood plains of the Ganges, Karatoya, Jamuna, and Barind Tracts. Its main rivers are the Ganges, Ichamati, Gumani, Baral, and

Hurasagar River The Hurasagar River, or Hoorsagar, is a major river of Bangladesh that formerly flowed into the Ganges, but now joins the Jamuna. It receives water from the Baral, the Phuljhar (which is the combination of the Karatoya and the Bangali). It is ...

s. The rivers Padma and Jamuna meet at the south-eastern end of Pabna Aminpur Thana.

Rivers

The district is intersected by rivers of varying magnitude. The river system, though, is constituted by the Padma and the Jamuna with their interlacing offshoots and tributaries. Besides these flowing streams, the interior has the abandoned beds of old rivers, most of which are dry except in the rains.
The general trend of the drainage of the Serajganj subdivision is from north-west to south-east, with the rivers entering it from the north-west flow into the Jamuna after a tortuous course. In the Sadar subdivision, however, the general slope of the country is from west to east, and the main rivers fall into Hurasagar, an offshoot of the Jamuna. The following rivers flow through Pabna District: #

Ichhamati River Ichamati River ( bn, ইছামতী নদী) (also spelt Ichhamati), is a trans-boundary river which flows through India and Bangladesh and also forms the boundary between the two countries. The river is facing the problem of siltation lea ...

# Baral River #

Atrai River Atrai River (also spelt as Atreyee) ( bn, আত্রাই/আত্রেয়ী নদী) flows in West Bengal and northern parts of Bangladesh. In ancient times the river was called Atreyee and finds a mention in the Mahabharata, one o ...

Chiknai River The Chiknai River ( bn, চিকনাই), also known as the Dangha, is located in Bangladesh. It is located in the beels west of Chatmohar Upazila, Chatmohor in Pabna District. Early history The Chiknai receives an excess of flood water from t ...

# Kazipur River #

Karatoya River Karatoya River (also spelt Korotoa River) is a small stream in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. Etymology The name of the river is formed of two Sanskrit words ''kar'' (hand) and ''toa'' (water). Course The Karatoya, known as Phuljhur rises i ...

# Hurasgar River # Gumany River # Rotnai River # Badai River # Kageshari River # Sutikhali River # Komla River # Chondraboti River #

Climate

Demographics

According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Pabna district had a population was 2,523,179, of which 1,262,934 were males and 1,260,245 females. Rural population was 2,135,504 (84.64%) while the urban population was 387,675 (15.36%). Pabna district had a literacy rate of 46.72% for the population 7 years and above: 47.83% for males and 45.61% for females. Muslims are the overwhelming majority. The Hindu population has continuously decreased from 1981, when it was a high of 100,000.

Economy

Pabna's economy is quite prosperous. Lots of small and big industries and industries have developed here. Besides, there is a BSIC industrial city in Pabna where there are a large number of industrial factories. * Main occupations: Agriculture 34%, agricultural farm-hands 22.77%, wage

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4.46%, transport 2.18%, weavers 2.85%, commerce 13.27%, service 7.26%, and others 13.21% * Land control: Among the peasants, 29% are landless peasants, with 49% small, 18% intermediate, and 4% rich * Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 15500 per 0.01 acre * Crops:

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, jute, wheat,

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, onion, garlic,

betel leaf The betel (''Piper betle'') is a vine of the family Piperaceae, which includes pepper and kava. The betel plant is native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen, dioecious perennial, with glossy heart-shaped leaves and white catkins. Betel plant ...

(''paan''),

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* Extinct or nearly extinct crops:

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such as and ''cheena'', and pulses * Fruits:

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jackfruit The jackfruit (''Artocarpus heterophyllus''), also known as jack tree, is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae). Its origin is in the region between the Western Ghats of southern India, all of Bangladesh, ...

, banana,

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(''lichu''),

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, and

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* Fisheries, dairies, and poultries: 1069

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, 88

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, 714 poultry, and 37

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* Industries: Ishwardi EPZ; Pakshey

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, sugar mill,

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, jute press,

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mill,

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, biscuit factory. The most prominent rice industry is Purbasha Automatic Rice Mills Ltd. in

Ishwardi Ishwardi ( bn, ঈশ্বরদী, Urdu: ایشوردی, ''Ish-shordi)'' is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division. It is the westernmost upazila of Pabna district. Containing railway divisional headquarters, this city is a very i ...

and flour mill (Rouf and Sons Flour Mill), ice factory, welding, saw mill, and cold storage. The

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group established several factories in the district, namely

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, food, toiletries, and textiles, and converted the

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of Pabna to an

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* Cottage industries:

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and

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works,

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, potteries, woodworks, and tailoring * Main exports: Rice, jute, betel leaf,

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goods, cotton, cotton

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* Active NGOs: BRAC, CARE,

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, Grameen Bank, Caritas, Proshika, Shomota, Thengamaara Mohila Shobuj Shongho (TMSS), Polli Progoti, ASEAB, BOSS

Irrigation

Water from the river Jamuna is pumped from

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pump house to the east through the Baral river.

Points of interest

Pakshey is a popular green area and a small town. The railway colony of

Paksey Paksey ( bn, পাকশী, Pakshee) is a town situated on the banks of the Padma River in Ishwardi Upazila–the westernmost Upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. Paksey is home to the Hardinge Bridge–a steel railway ...

, divisional headquarters of

Bangladesh Railway Bangladesh Railway ( bn, বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে) is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains all railways in the country, and is overseen by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Ra ...

, has many old trees and is beside the river

Padma 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 ...

and the

Hardinge Bridge Hardinge Bridge is a steel railway truss bridge over the Padma River located at Ishwardi, Pabna and Bheramara, and Kushtia in Bangladesh. It is named after Lord Hardinge, who was the Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916. The bridge is long. Con ...

. An export processing zone ( EPZ) and the newly built

Lalon Shah Bridge Lalon Shah Bridge ( bn, লালন শাহ সেতু), locally known as Pakshey Bridge is a road bridge in Bangladesh over the river Padma, situated between Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna on the east, and Bheramara Upazila of Kushtia on the we ...

are situated here. Idyllic ''Poddar Par'' (the bank of the Padma) at Shilaaidoho Ghaat is 5 km south of town's old

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, where people can enjoy a river cruise. A river crossing (''ghaat'') here connects to Shilaaidoho of

Kumarkhali Upazila Kumarkhali ( bn, কুমারখালি) is an upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is famous for the Shelaidaha area, where the poet Rabindranath Tagore spent a considerable time of his youth. Geography Ku ...

. Nobel laureate poet

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

had a ''Koothibari'' (

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) at Shilaaidoho, where his birth anniversary is celebrated regularly. Bangladesh Mental Hospital, Pabna is a hospital beside Pabna's main town, and the only mental hospital in Bangladesh. Mental patients from anywhere in Bangladesh go there to get treatment. There is a marshy area,

Chalan Beel Chalan Beel ( bn, চলনবিল) is a wetland in the Sirajganj, Natore and Pabna districts of Bangladesh. It is a large inland depression, marshy in character, with rich flora and fauna. Forty-seven rivers and other waterways flow into the ...

, in the north. Dhalarchar (Aminpur) was famous for crime, but it is now popular and valuable for its geographical position after established Aminpur Thana.

Administration

The district comprises nine

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 ...

s: #

Atgharia Upazila Atghoria( bn, আটঘোরিয়া or আটঘরিয়া) is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. History A fierce battle was fought in 1971 between the Pak army and the freedom fighters at the Kalamnagor Gha ...

Bera Upazila Bera ( bn, বেড়া) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Bera is located at . It has 35,351 households and a total area of . It is known as 2nd Adamjee because there is big market for jute and ...

# Bhangura Upazila #

Chatmohar Upazila Chatmohar ( bn, চাটমোহর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Chatmohar is located at . It has 39489 households and a total area of 314.32 km2. Demographics As of the 2011 Banglad ...

Faridpur Upazila Faridpur ( bn, ফরিদপুর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Faridpur is located at . Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Faridpur has a population of 111,464. Males constitute 51.44% ...

(formerly Banwari Nagar) #

Ishwardi Upazila Ishwardi ( bn, ঈশ্বরদী, Urdu: ایشوردی, ''Ish-shordi)'' is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division. It is the westernmost upazila of Pabna district. Containing railway divisional headquarters, this city is a very i ...

Pabna Sadar Upazila Pabna Sadar ( bn, পাবনা সদর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Pabna Sadar is located at . It has 74517 households and total area 443.9 km2. Demographics According to the 2016 ...

Santhia Upazila Santhia ( bn, সাঁথিয়া) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Santhia is located at . It has 46,745 households and a total area of 331.56 km2. Santhia has some forest-like areas wit ...

Sujanagar Upazila Sujanagar ( bn, সুজানগর) is an upazila of the Pabna District of northern Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division. It is the home of agriculture across the district, and the Onion Capital of the country. History Sujanagar (lit. ''City of Shuj ...

* Zila Parishad chairman: Rezaur Rahim Laal * Deputy Commissioner (DC): MD Jasim Uddin * City Mayor : Sharif Uddin Prodhan

Health

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and a

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are in Pabna. The 11 ''thanas'' of the district hold a

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 ...

health complex each. Each Upazila health complex has qualified doctors who got appointment through Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) commission. For better treatment, people need to go to medical college and other tertiary hospitals in

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

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 ...

. The 250-bed government general hospital is here, with a 450-bed mental hospital, second oldest in

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, only after

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

Mental Hospital,

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

, India. Recently, government-owned Pabna Medical College and Hospital has been set up. Around 15 health clinics are available in Pabna. Mental Hospital, Pabna and Pabna Medical College and Hospital are built on land donated by Lord

Thakur Anukulchandra Anukulchandra Chakravarty (14 September 1888 – 27 January 1969), popularly known as Sree Sree Thakur, was a physician, a philosopher, a spiritual leader and the founder of Satsang (Deoghar), Satsang, in Deoghar. He was born in a Brahmin famil ...

at Hemayetpur. Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed has started its 10th subcenter at Pabna in the name of “CRP- Pabna Diabetic Shamity” from January 2017 with the collaboration of Pabna Diabetic Shamity to provide rehabilitation services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, awareness raising program regarding disability and rehabilitation, and scarf-injury prevention, and also provide assistive devices to the persons with disabilities.

Transport

Roads, waterways, railways, and one airport are present. The traditional (

sedans A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. The first recorded use of the word "sedan" in reference to an automobile body occurred in 19 ...

), ''tomtom'' (horse carriages), and ''gorur gaari'' (bullock carts) are now going out of the fashion. The and , locally made mechanical haulers using

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...

pumps as their main engines, are mainly used for transporting agricultural goods and rural folks. Inexpensive Chinese electric and petrol autobikes (tricycles) are gaining popularity as urban transport. Dhaka is about five hours by road.

and

over the Padma linked Pabna with

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 ...

and the southern

. Before the Partition of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, it was a major stoppage for trains from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

and

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

. Pabna is also connected to

by the age old roadway through the

crossing at Nogorbari, opposite to the river crossing of Aricha at

. It is also very well connected with

by modern roads through

Jamuna Bridge Bangabandhu Bridge, also known as the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge ( bn, যমুনা বহুমুখী সেতু ''Jomuna Bohumukhi Setu'') is a bridge opened in Bangladesh in June 1998. It connects Bhuapur on the Jamuna River's east b ...

. There is a new rail link established in Pabna town.

Pabna Railway Station Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the histo ...

is situated in near Pabna Central Bus Terminal. Nearby rail stations are situated in Tebunia,

and

is one of the important railway junctions of the North Bengal as well as in

. There are nine rail stations in this district:

, Pakshi, Muladuli,

Chatmohar Chatmohar ( bn, চাটমোহর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Chatmohar is located at . It has 39489 households and a total area of 314.32 km2. Demographics As of the 2011 Banglade ...

Bhangura Bhangura ( bn, ভাঙ্গুড়া) or Bhangoora is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. History Bhangura thana was established in 1980 and was turned into an upazila in 1981. Once Bhangura upazila was a n ...

, Baral Bridge, Sharat Nagar, Dilpashar and Guakhara. Pabna is well connected by road, rail, river or air to the rest of the country.

has an airport.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines Biman Bangladesh Airlines ( bn, বিমান বাংলাদেশ এয়ারলাইন্স) commonly known as Biman ( bn, বিমান), pronounced (), is the national flag carrier of Bangladesh. With its main hub at Hazr ...

used to operate twice-weekly services to Ishwardi from

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is th ...

, Dhaka, but no airline is operating to and from Ishwardi now. Several Dhaka-bound private bus services are available: Pabna Express, Shyamoli Parbahan, Sarkar Travels, Raja Badshah, Ishurdi Express, Shahzadpur Travels, Baadol, Night Star, Kings, Esha, Mahanagar, Capital Service, Sakal Shandha, Uttara, B Nagar, Al Hamra, etc. The government-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) provides bus services to Rajshahi and Bogra cities. Water transport is important, as the Padma and other rivers and

are situated in Pabna. In the Pabna district, ride by , rickshawvan, and are pleasant.

Education

Overall,

literacy Literacy in its broadest sense describes "particular ways of thinking about and doing reading and writing" with the purpose of understanding or expressing thoughts or ideas in written form in some specific context of use. In other words, huma ...

for males is 71.8% and for females 65.7%. A renowned science and technology university, Pabna University of Science and Technology, is located there, as are 34 colleges, a cadet college, a law college, a government

polytechnic institute An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...

, a government vocational training institute, a textiles college, a government commerce college, a teachers' training college, a primary teacher's training institute, a

nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

training institute, a

homoeopathic Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a dis ...

college, 202 high schools, 29 junior high schools, a Madrassa Aliya, 261

madrassa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

(seminary), 667 government primary schools, 445 nongovernment primary schools, eight community schools, 29

kindergartens Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

, 32 satellite schools, 299 NGO-operated schools, and a music college. Pabna Zilla School, Pabna Edward College, and Banwarinagar C.B. Pilot High School of this district are very old in the region–over a hundred years. Noted educational institutions are: Field of Pabna Zilla School

School *

Pabna Cadet College Pabna Cadet College ( bn, পাবনা ক্যাডেট কলেজ), is a military high school, modeled after public schools in the UK (according to the Public Schools Act 1868), financed partially by the Bangladesh Army, located at ...

(1981) *

Pabna Zilla School Pabna Zilla School ( bn, পাবনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Pabna District of Bangladesh. It provides education from class Three to Ten. It has two shifts - morning and day. The morning shift starts at 7: ...

(1853) * Pabna Govt. Girls High School (1883) * Govt. Edward College, Pabna (founded 1898) *

Pabna University of Science and Technology Pabna University of Science and Technology (PUST) ( bn, পাবনা বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়) is a government financed public university in Bangladesh. PUST was establ ...

(2008) * Pabna Medical College (2008) *

Pabna Textile Engineering College Pabna Textile Engineering College is a textile institute in Pabna, Dhaka, Bangladesh and is affiliated by the Bangladesh University of Textiles. It is located in the Pabna Sadar area of Meril Bypass, Shalgaria. It's a government and the most ...

(2008) * Pabna Polytechnic Institute (1962)
Adarsha High School, Kaitola
(1972) * Govt Technical School and College, Pabna (1889) * Selim Nazir High School (1924) * Pabna Collectorate Public School and College (2008) * North Bengal Paper Mills High School, Paksey (1972) * R.M Academy School & College, Pabna * Jagir Hossain Academy, Pabna (1983) * Al-hera Academy School and College (1987) * Gopal Chandra Institution (GCI) (1894) * Galaxy School & College Bera-Pabna (2001) * Atghoreia Government College (1972) * Atghoria Government High School (1954) * Government Shahid Bulbul College * Pabna City College * Banwarinagar Cornation Bonomali Pilot High School (1912), Faridpur * Basanta Raha Institute of engineering and health science (1899) * Shahid Fazlul Haque Municipal High School (1967) * Banglamotion Institute of Engineering & Technology (2012) * Pabna Town Girls High School (1903) * Madrassa Aliya (1925) * MC Jubilee High School (1936) * Pabna Cadet Collegiate School (1993) * Online.net (IT School) (2000) * Amina Monsoor Girls High School (2002) * Ataikula High School (1938) * Bhangura Union High School * Bhangura Jarina Rahim Girls High School * Haji Jamal Uddin Degree College * Bhangura Alia

Madrassa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

* Hadol Madrassa, Debottor, Atgharia, Pabna * Government Primary School (1880) * Varenga (Bera) Academy (1835) * Bera B B High School (1899) * Adarsha High School, Kaitola (1972) * Bera High School (1906) * Monjur Kadir Mohila College, Bera, Pabna (1990) * Dhobakhola Coronation High School (1906) * Banwarinagar Pilot Girls High School (1972), Faridpur * Shara (Ishwardi) Marwari School (1917) * Khalilpur (Shujanogor) High School (1901) * Bhadurpur Government Primary School (1909) * JotGoury Jalalpur Government Primary School (1943) * Dulai High School (1967) * Pabna Collectorate Public School and College (2009) * Khan Pura High School (1918) * Malifa Habibor Rahman Multilateral High School (1957) * Masundia Bhabanipur K.J.B College * Masundia Bhabanipur High School * Pabna College, Pabna (1983) * Nariagodai High School, Nariagodai, Santhia, Pabna (1963) * Kashinathpur Abdul Latif High School, Pabna * Sujanager Pilot Model High School And College (1956) * Karanja Pre Cadet School & College (2005) * Pakuria School and College (1907) * Imam Hossain Academy, Santhia, Pabna (2001) * Santhia Pilot High School, Santhia (1943) * Chatmohar RCN & BSN High School & College (1861) * Saint Rts. High School, Mothurapur, Chatmohar, Pabna (1970) * Chiknai High School, Mulgram, Chatmahor * Chatmohar Pilot Girls High School (1970) * Chatmohar Government Degree (hons) College (1970) * Tebunia Wasim Pathshala, Tebunia, Pabna * Samsul Huda Degree College, Tebunia, Pabna * Shaheed Abdul Khaleque High School, Khidirpur, Atgharia, Pabna * Par Khidirpur High School, Atgharia, Pabna * Ramchandrapur High School, Atgharia, Pabna * Khidirpur College, Atgharia, Pabna * Par Khidirpur College, Atgharia, Pabna

Newspapers

Locally published newspapers and periodicals include: * ''Newspabna.com'' * ''Doinik Ichhamoti'' * ''Doinik Shatakantha'' * ''Doinik Pabna Protidin'' * ''Doinik Uttor Jonota'' (Ishwardi) * ''Gan Bikashini'' * ''Pabna Barta'' * ''Bibriti'' * Banshpatra * Pabnar alo * ''Arshi'' * ''Jamuna'' * ''Charmohar Barta'' * ''Faridpur Barta'' * ''Junction'' * ''Jonodabi'' (Ishwardi) * ''Gan Prova'' * ''Polli Dorpon'' * ''Manoshi'' * ''Amar Desh and Pabna'' * ''Tawhid'' (Bhangura) * ''Chetona'' * ''Shocheton'' *''Dainik abc Barta(Aminpur)'' National dailies like

Prothom Alo ''The Daily Prothom Alo'' ( bn, প্রথম আলো) is a daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to National Media Survey 2018, conducte ...

, The Daily Star,

Jugantor ''Daily Jugantor'' ( bn, দৈনিক যুগান্তর) is a Bengali daily newspaper in Bangladesh. The newspaper is printed and published by Jamuna Printing and Publishing Ltd. established in 1999, and administrative operations are o ...

, Ittefaq, Kaaler Kontho,

Janakantha Daily Janakantha ( bn, দৈনিক জনকণ্ঠ ''Dainik Janakanṭha'' "Daily People's Voice") is a Bengali daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is owned by Janakantha Shilpa Paribar (GJSP). This newspaper was first pub ...

Amader Shomoy ''Amader Shomoy'' ( bn, দৈনিক আমাদের সময়, ) is a Bengali language daily newspaper from Bangladesh. ''Amader Shomoy'' started publishing in 2003 under Nayeemul Islam Khan but was removed as publisher by a court ord ...

The New Age ''The New Age'' was a British weekly magazine (1894–1938), inspired by Fabian socialism, and credited as a major influence on literature and the arts during its heyday from 1907 to 1922, when it was edited by Alfred Richard Orage. It publishe ...

are also available.

Members of ninth Jatiyo Sangshad (2009–)

* Pabna-1 (

and part of

) Seat 68: Mohammad Shamsul Haque (Tuku) rom_Awami_League.html" ;"title="Awami_League.html" ;"title="rom Awami League">rom Awami League">Awami_League.html" ;"title="rom Awami League">rom Awami League * Pabna-2 (

and part of

) Seat 69: Ahmed Firoz Kabir rom Awami League* Pabna-3 (

, Bhangura Upazila and

) Seat 70: Mohammad Mokbul Hossain rom Awami League*

Pabna-4 Pabna-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2020 by Nuruzzaman Biswas of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Atgharia and Ishwardi Ishwardi ( bn, ঈশ্� ...

(

and

) Seat 71: Nuruzzaman Biswas rom Awami League* Pabna-5 (

) Seat 72: Khondokar Golam Faruk (Prince) rom Awami League

Notable residents

guru Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverentia ...

, physician and founder of

Satsang A satsanga (), also rendered satsang, refers to the practice of gathering in the company of good people for the performance of devotional activities. It also refers to an audience with a Satguru for yogic instruction. Satsangas are group events, ...

Ashram An ashram ( sa, आश्रम, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or a ...

Group Captain Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, where it originated, as well as the air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank i ...

(Rtd.)

Saiful Azam Saiful Azam (11 September 1941 – 14 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi pilot and politician who first served as a fighter pilot for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (1960–1971) and later the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) (1971–1979). During his care ...

, former pilot of

Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী, Bangladesh Biman Bahini) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Air Force is primarily responsible for air defence of B ...

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

Jordanian Air Force The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; ar, سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. History Early days Jordan gained independence in 1 ...

and

Iraqi Air Force The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية العراقية, Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah}) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It is responsible for the defense of Iraqi airspace as well ...

. He was a war hero of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War and 1967 Arab-Israeli War (

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

). * Selina Banu, politician * General

Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri General (India), General Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri (Bengali Language, Bengali: জয়ন্তনাথ চৌধুরী; 10 June 1908 – 6 April 1983) was a General Officer in the Indian Army. He served as the 6th Chief of the Army Staff ( ...

OBE, former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army * Pramatha Chaudhuri, writer * Samson H. Chawdhury, former chairman of

Square Group Square Group () is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. Samuel S Chowdhury is the chairman and Tapan Chowdhury is managing director of Square Group. Square Group has 60 thousand employees. History Square Group was founded in ...

Priyamvada Devi Priyamvada Devi (1871-1935) was a Bengali writer and philanthropist. Early life Devi was born in 1871 in Gunaigacha, Pabna District, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. Her mother, Prasannamoyi, was a famous writer. Her father's name was Krishnakumar B ...

, writer * Amzad Hossain, MNA (Member of

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

), organizer of Liberation War * A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam, advisor of Bangladesh Caretaker Government 2007-2008 * Air Vice Marshal (Rtd.)

A. K. Khandker Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Abdul Karim Khandker, Bir Uttom (born 1930) is a former planning minister of the Government of Bangladesh. He is a retired diplomat and was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Banglad ...

, first Chief of Staff of

(1971–1975), and former Planning Minister * Mozid Mahmud, poet and essayist, recognized as a major poet of the 1980s, with more than thirty books to his credit *

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (Bengali: অমিয় ভূষণ মজুমদার) (22 March 1918 – 8 July 2001) was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, essayist and playwright. In a writing career spanning over four decades, Majumdar ...

, Indian novelist * Bonde Ali Miah, poet *

Motiur Rahman Nizami Motiur Rahman Nizami ( bn, মতিউর রহমান নিজামী, links=no; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016) was a politician, former Minister of Bangladesh, Islamic scholar, writer, and the former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-I ...

, Ameer (chairman) of

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

, former Member of

Jatiyo Sangshad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of B ...

(2001–2006), former Minister of Agriculture (2001–2003), and executed under trial for war crimes during the

Liberation War of Bangladesh The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali n ...

in 1971 * Shreemati Rasasundari, 19th century writer * Dilip Bagchi, Bengali mass singer and political activist

Notes

References

External links

*
pabna24.com

newspabna.com

Onabil Songbad
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