Santosh is a place in

Tangail Tangail (, ) is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh. A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River, northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital. Etymology ''Tangail'' originates from the Beng ...

Dhaka Division Dhaka Division () is an Divisions of Bangladesh, administrative division of Bangladesh. Dhaka serves as the capital city of Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains as a population magnet, and covers an area of 20, ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. Before the British reign, it was named as 'Khoshnodpur'. The place is popular for Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, a great saint and famous scholar. Mawlana Bhashani spent his last years of his life in Santosh. He established "Santosh Islamic University" there in 1974. Bhashani established many educational institutes and earning sources under the Islamic University including a primary school, girls and boys high school, college, soap industry, cotton industry. Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University was established in 1999 on the campus of Islamic University founded by Mawlana Bhashani. The Mazar Sharif of Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (R) resides here.

Santosh Trophy

This is one of important domestic football tournament held in India each year. Tournament is named after this place as by former association President Sir] Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhury.

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Populated places in Dhaka Division Populated places in Tangail District {{Dhaka-geo-stub