Brahmanbaria (Bengali- ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া ) is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. Chittagong Division is one of the six administrative divisions of Bangladesh. ...

Geography

Brahmanbaria district is located at the east-central region of Bangladesh. It has a total area of 1927.11 km². Brahmanbaria is bounded by Kishoreganj District and Habiganj District on the north, Comilla District on the south, Habiganj District and Tripura State, India on the east and Meghna River, Kishoreganj District, Narsingdi District and Narayanganj District on the west. Kishoreganj is a district in central Bangladesh. ... Habiganj (হবিগঞ্জ Hobigônj) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. ... Comilla (3085. ... Habiganj (হবিগঞ্জ Hobigônj) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. ... Tripura   (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kishoreganj is a district in central Bangladesh. ... Narsingdi is a district in central Bangladesh. ... Narayanganj is a district in central Bangladesh. ...

The geography of the district is characterized by low-lying land with small hills and hillocks of red soil. Annual highest average temperature 34.3 °C and lowest 12.7 °C. Total annual rainfall is 2551 mm. The main rivers of the district are the Meghna River, and the Titas River. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Titas River is a river in south-eastern Bangladesh. ...

Administrative units

Brahmanbaria district is divided into eight Upazillas (previously known as Thanas). These are:

• Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila
• Nasirnagar Upazila
• Nabinagar Upazila
• Sarail Upazila
• Kasba Upazila
• Akhaura Upazila
• Bancharampur Upazila

Brahmanbaria Sadar (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ... Nasirnagar (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ... Nabinagar (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ... Sarail (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ... Kasba (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ... Akhaura (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ... Bancharampur (Bengali: ) is an Upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. ...

Culture

Brahmanbaria has a rich tradition of the cultivation of art, education and culture. It is often figuralily called the cultural capital of Bangladesh. To the field of literature the contributions of Adyta Mallavarman, Jotirindra Nandi, Abdul Kadir, Fazal Shahabuddin are remarkable. The town also represents a rich tradition of musical endeavor. Ustad Allauddin Khan,the graet musical talent of the sub continent and the father of 'Maihar Gharana' of Classical Indian music, was born in this district in 1862. Others who contributed to the arena of music from Brahmanbaria significantly are: Ustad Fakir (Tapas) Aftab Uddin Khan, Ustad Ayet Ali Khan, Ustad Ali Akbor Khan, Ustad Bahadur Hussain Khan, Ustad Abed Hussain Khan, Ustad Khadem Hussain Khan, Ustad Raja Hussain Khan, Amar Paul, Ustad Khurshid Khan, Subal Das, Syed Abdul Hadi and Ustad Afjalur Rahman. Ustad Ayet Ali Khan established the Alauddin Music College in Brahmanbaria in 1957 and Shilpacharya Joinul Abedin established the Alauddin Sangitayan in 1975. Mohirshe Monomohan Datta is also a remarkable name for his special "Molaya" music. Allauddin Khan (Bangla: ওস্তাদ আলাউদ্দীন খান, also known as Baba Allauddin Khan) (1862–1972), was a Bengali Indian classical sarodiya and multi-instrumentalist and one of the greatest Indian music teachers of the 20th Century, father of Ali Akbar Khan and Annapurna Devi and guru to Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Vasant Rai, Pannalal...

Al Mahmud, one of the leading poets of modern Bengali, was born in Brahmanbaria in 1936. Al Mahmud (Bangla আল মাহমুদ) is one of the best poet and writer of Bangladesh. ...

History

Brahmanbaria was a part of Samatata Janapada of the ancient Bengal. The first and temporary capital of Isa Khan was at Sarail, located at 10 km north of Brahmanbaria Town. Brahmanbaria was made one of the 3 Sub-divisions of Comilla District by the British rulers in 1860.Brahmanbaria Municipality was established in 1868.It became part of East Pakistan in 1947 which eventually became independent Bangladesh in 1971. During the Mughal era, Brahmanbaria was famous for producing quality cloth Muslin. Bengal (Bengali: বঙ্গ Bôngo, বাংলা Bangla, বঙ্গদেশ Bôngodesh or বাংলাদেশ Bangladesh), is a historical and geographical region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Comilla (3085. ... East Pakistan was a former province of Pakistan which existed between 1955 and 1971. ... Muslin is a type of finely-woven cotton fabric, introduced to Europe from the Middle East in the 17th century. ...

During 19th century, Brahmanbaria produced great nationalist leaders like Nawab Syed Shamsul Huda, who became president of All India Muslim League in 1921, and Barrister Abdur Rasul, a front ranking leader of Indian National Congress. When the swadeshi movement began in the wake of the partition of Bengal (1905), Brahmanbaria born revolutionary Ullaskar Datta (Aviram) was convicted for throwing bomb explosion and was deported to the Andamans. On 14 December 1931 Suniti Chowdhury, Shanti Ghosh and Gopal Deb killed the then District magistrate CCB Stevens at his residence by gun shot. During the peasant movement in 1930, Congress leader Abdul Hakim asked the peasant to stop payment of taxes. During the no-rent movement four civilians were killed when the British soldiers indiscriminately fired on civilians. Muhammed Ali Jinnah, the Great Leader of the Muslim League The All India Muslim League was a political party in British India was the driving force behind the creation of a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party or Congress (I), abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Upon encouragement of Oli Ahad, a pioneer Language Movement leader who hailed from Brahmanbaria, the movement obtained momentum in this district in 1952.During the War of Liberation in 1971, Bir Srestha Mohammad Mostafa Kamal was killed in an encounter at Daruin of Akhaura. Oli Ahad is a Bangladeshi politician and language activist of the Language Movement. ... Shaheed Minar, or the Martyrs monument, located near Dhaka Medical College, commemorates the struggle for Bangla language The Language Movement was a cultural and political movement in the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1952. ...

Economy

• Main occupations: Agriculture 44.79%, agricultural labourer 15.82%, wage labourer 3.13%, commerce 12.26%, service 6.8%, fishing 2.02% and transport 1.85%, weaving 2.39% and others 10.94%.

• Land Use: Total cultivable land 1,522.80 km²; fallow land 7 km²; single crop 28.38%, double crop 53.95% and triple crop land 17.67%; land under irrigation 55.31%.

• Land Control: Among the peasants 11% are landless, 61% small, 24% intermediate and 4% rich; cultivable land 700 m² per head.

• Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is 8000 Taka per 100 m².

• Main crops: Paddy, jute, wheat, mustard seed, potato, onion, garlic, chilli, pulses, brinjal, kakrol and patal. Kakrol produced in Mukundopur of this district deserves special mention.

Extinct or nearly extinct crops Linseed, sesame, tobacco, Chaplaish and Kataktara varieties of paddy, arahar and kaun. The word Jute is also used in reference to the Germanic people, the Jutes. ...

• Main Fruits: Mango, jackfruit, black berry, papaya, coconut, guava, olive, lemon, bilimbi and banana.

• Fisheries/Dairies/Poultries: Poultry 83, fishery 64, dairy 61, hatchery 43, nursery 17 and artificial breeding centre 1.

• Communication Facilities:Roads- pucca 266 km, semi pucca 86 km and mud road 1629 km; waterways 131- nautical miles; railways- 71 km.Brahmanbaria Station,renovated in 2004, is one of the busiest Railway Station in Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet line. Akhaura Junction is the biggest railway junction in eastern part of Bangladesh.

• Manufacture: Fertiliser factory, flour mill, rice mill, ice factory, oil mill, saw mill, welding, etc.Zia Fertilizer, the biggest fertilizer factory of Bangladesh is located by the bank of Meghna at Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria.

• Minerals: Titas Gas, the most prominent gas field of Bangladesh which supplies natural gas to capital Dhaka,is located in Brahmanbaria.

• Cottage Industries: Brahmanbaria district is famous for the production of cotton fabrics. In the nineteenth century Tanjeb, fine quality muslin, used to be produced in Sarail. Hats, made of cane, are being produced at Radhika from the British period. Since Brahmanbaria has a rich tradition of boat race, boats are being made at Champanagar. Other cottage industries include weaving, such bamboo work, cane work, handicraft, goldsmith, blacksmith, wood work, potteries and tailoring.

Prominent educational institutions

• Brahmanbaria College
• Brahmanbaria Women College
• Annada Government High School
• Sabera Sobhan Girls High School
• Niaz Mohammad High School
• Brahmanbaria High School
• Sarail Annada High School
• Crescent Kinder Garten

Places of Interest

Places of interest in Brahmanbaria District are as below:

• Deity of Shiva at Kal Bhairab Temple at Medda(Early 19th century)
• Jame Mosque of Sarail(1662)
• Shrine of Kella Shahid at Kharampur(Early 18th century)
• Tofael-Azam Memorial Tower at the City Centre(1958)
• Korolia Khal

Reference

• Muhammad Musa, Brahmanbariar Itibrittya, Shetu Prokashoni, Brahmanbaria 1998

External links

• Samatata
• Zia Fertilizer at Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria
• Titas Gas & BGFCL

See also

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Chittagong Division

v • d • e Divisions and districts of Bangladesh
Barisāl Division	Barguna · Barisal · Bhola · Jhalkathi · Patuakhali · Pirojpur
Chittagong Division	Bandarban · Brahmanbaria · Chandpur · Chittagong · Comilla · Cox's Bazar · Feni · Khagrachari · Lakshmipur · Noakhali · Rangamati
Dhaka Division	Dhaka · Faridpur · Gazipur · Gopalganj · Jamalpur · Kishoreganj · Madaripur · Manikganj · Munshiganj · Mymensingh · Narayanganj · Narsingdi · Netrakona · Rajbari · Shariatpur · Sherpur · Tangail
Khulna Division	Bagerhat · Chuadanga · Jessore · Jhenaidah · Khulna · Kushtia · Magura · Meherpur · Narail · Satkhira
Rajshahi Division	Bogra · Dinajpur · Gaibandha · Jaipurhat · Kurigram · Lalmonirhat · Naogaon · Natore · Nawabganj · Nilphamari · Pabna · Panchagarh · Rajshahi · Rangpur · Sirajganj · Thakurgaon
Sylhet Division	Habiganj · Moulvibazar · Sunamganj · Sylhet

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