Map of Chuadanga

Chuādāngā (Bangla: চুয়াডাঙা; transliteration: Chuāđaņā), Chuādāngā district or Chuādāngā Zillā (চুয়াডাঙা জেলা) is the name of a Western district (zilla) of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulnā administrative division that covers most districts in the south-west of the country. This article is about the Bengali language. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... Zilla (ジラ) is the American Godzilla that appeared in the 1998 film. ... Khulna division is a region in south-east Bangladesh. ...

History

Records of the Greek historians and geographical formations show that this region was a part of the Kingdom of Gangaridhi and there was a city called Gangey here.

From the beginning of the British empire, the people of Chuādāngā participated in many uprisings and democratic movements, including the Wahabi Movement (1831), Faraizi Movement (1838-1847), Sepoy Revolt (1857), Indigo Rebellion (1859-1860), Khilafat Movement (1920), Swadeshi Movement (1906), Non-cooperation, Violation of Law and Satyagraha Movement (1920-1940) and Quit India Movement or August Revolt (1942) are notable. The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1857–1858 was a period of armed uprising and rebellions in mostly northern and central India against British colonial rule on the subcontinent. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... The Khilafat Movement (1919-1924) was a movement amongst the Muslims of British India (the largest single Muslim community in one geo-political entity at the time) to ensure that the British, victors of World War I, kept a promise made at the Versailles. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Quit India Movement was a call for immediate independence for India issued by MK Gandhi on August 8, 1942. ... This article is about the year. ...

Under British rule, Chuādāngā was a sub-division within Nadia district. During partition, in 1947, excepting Krishnanagar thana (still under Nadia in West Bengal), the whole territory of Chuadanga sub-division was included in Kushtia district. The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... The Partition of India was the process by which British dependencies and treaty states in the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in the 1940s. ...

During the War of Liberation in 1971 early resistance was put up in Chuadanga. During the Bangladesh Liberation War more than one hundred documented direct encounters took place between the Pakistan army and the freedom fighters (Mukti Bahini) in Chuadanga district. According to records Chuadanga was liberated from the hands of occupying Pakistan army on 13 December 1971, three days before the invading army officially surrendered to the Mitro Bahini (allied forces of Mukti Bahini and Indian Army). The Bangladesh Liberation War (two other names are also used occasionally) refers to a roughly nine-month armed conflict between West Pakistan (now Pakistan) and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh. ... Pakistan Army Coat of Arms Pakistan Army is the branch of the Pakistan Military responsible for land based military operations. ... Liberation War commemoration poster Mukti Bahini (Liberation Army), was a guerilla force organized by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahmans Awami League to resist the Pakistan Army in East Pakistan. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Mitro Bahini was a military force composed of Bangladesh Army (as part of Mukti Bahini) and the Indian Army in December 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. ... The Indian Army (भारतीय सेना Hindi: Bhartiya Thal Sena) is the army of the Republic of India and is the 3rd largest army in the world. ...

Marks of the Liberation War genocide in the district include a spot behind the Chuadanga Central Hospital, three mass graves at places on the back of the Natudaha High School, at village Dhopakhali near the Jibannagar border and on the bank of GK Canal near Alamdanga Railway Station. Two memorial monuments stand today in memory of the war.

Chuadanga was separated from Kushtia and given the status of a district in 1984. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Geography

The district has an area of 1157.42 sq km. It shares domestic borders with the districts of Kushtia on the northeast, Meherpur on the northwest and Jhenaidaha on the south and southeast. On its southwest lies the Nadia district (in the state of West Bengal in India). Kushtia is a district in south-western Bangladesh. ... West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pôścim Bôngô) is a state in the northeast of India. ...

The main township of Chuādāngā lies on the bank of River Mathabhanga (মাথাভাঙা). The annual average maximum temperature is 37.1°C and the average for the minimum is 11.2°C, while 1467 mm is received on average each year.

The entire Chuādāngā region lies within the Ganges delta, with rivers Mathābhāņā, Bhairab (ভইরব), Kumar (কুমার), Chitra (চিত্রা), and Nabaganga (নবগঙ্গা) flowing through the district. Categories: Stub | River deltas ...

Administration

The district consists of 4 municipalities, 36 wards, 93 mahallas, 4 upazilas, 31 union parishads, 421 mouzas and 514 villages. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. A ward in England is an electoral district represented by... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

The upazilas, which are also the municipalities, are:

• Chuadāngā Centre or Sôdor (চুয়াডাঙা সদর);
• Ālomđāngā (আলমডাঙা);
• Dāmuŗhudā (দামুড়হুদা); and
• Jibonnôgor (জীবননগর).

The entire district has two representatives (Member of Parliament) to the (National Assembly) of Bangladesh. The Government appoints one Deputy Commissioner, DC, for the entire district. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Jatiyo Sangshad (Bangla: জাতীয় সংসদ) or National Assembly is the national parliament of Bangladesh. ... A Commissioner is one of various classes of persons who holds an office by virtue of a commission in the normally from the head of state, particularly of a state in the Commonwealth of Nations. ...

Demographics

The population of the district was 987,382 during the 2001 national survey with 50.82% male and female 49.18% compositions. There are several uses of the word survey. ...

By religion, muslims form the majority with 96.73% of the population while hindus form 2.96% and the remaining are mainly christians, buddhists and other minor sects. A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... The term Christian means belonging to Christ and is derived from the Greek noun Χριστός Khristós which means anointed one, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח, also written Messiah), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh مسيح). Christian is primarily an adjective, describing an object associated... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ...

Education

Average literacy rate is 25.2%, with a sizeable gap between male and female literacy rates at 30.5% and 19.6% respectively. Literacy is the ability to read and write. ...

The different kinds of educational institutions are as follows:

• Colleges - 12
• High schools - 48
• Junior schools - 7
• Government Primary schools - 257
• Non-government Primary schools - 120
• Primary Training institute - 1
• Vocational Training institute 1
• Nursing institute 1
• Madrasas - 63
• Kindergarten schools - 3

Noted old educational institutions include the Victoria Jubilee Government High School (est. 1880), Alamdāngā High School (est. 1914), Natudaha High School (est. 1906), Jibannagar Pilot High School (est. 1957) and Hāzār Duāri School. A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellows and still are in some places. ... Japanese high school students in uniform High school, or Secondary school, is the last segment of compulsory education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (Republic of China) (only junior high school) and the United States. ... Mainly a school for pupils aged 7-11 in the United Kingdom. ... Primary or elementary education is the first years of formal, structured education that occurs during childhood. ... A nurse comforting a patient A nurse is a health care professional, who is engaged in the practice of nursing. ... Madrassa in the Gambia The word madrassa in the Arabic language (and other languages of the Islamic nations such as Persian, Turkish, Indonesian etc. ... Kindergarten (German for garden for children) is a name used in many parts of the world for the first stages of a childs classroom education. ...

Economy

Most of this small district is dedicated to agriculture. Occupational distributions clearly show this with agriculture employing 68% of the labour force, while only 12% are involved in commerce. Total cultivable land amount to 89,420 hectares of which 57% is under some sort of irrigation. This article is about the business concept; Commerce is also the name of several places in the United States. ...

37% of the peasants are landless, 43% are small, 18%, intermediate and 2% are well-off; cultivable land per head 0.11 hectare.

Transportation

The district is connected to the rest of the country by three highways and railway. There are 203 kms of finished road, 211 kms herring-bone and 1322 kms mud road. Total length of railway tracks is just over 50 kms that connect the three railway stations inside the district with the country's railway network. Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ...

Besides these, traditional transportation modes such as bullock cart and boat are also in use.