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Manikganj is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka Division is an administrative division within Bangladesh. ...
Geography It has an area of about 1379 sq. km, and is bounded by Tangail District on the north, Dhaka District on the east and Faridpur District on the south. Tangail is a district (zila) in central region of Bangladesh. ...
Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. ...
Subdivisions It has 1 municipality, 7 upazillas, and 65 union parishads. The upazillas are Manikganj Sadar, Singair, Shivalaya, Saturia, Harirampur, Ghior and Daulatpur.
History Manikganj was formerly a subdivision of Dhaka District. It was turned into a district in 1984. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
On the 26th of April 1989 Manikganj was the site of, what was at the time, the world's worst tornado interms of loss-of-life. 1,300 people were initially reported as having been killed with 12,000 injured. The towns of Saturia and Manikgank Sadar were leveled and about 80,000 people were made homeless. Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Economy Places of interest Tomb of Shah Rustam, forts at Fordnagar and DhakiJora, Imampara Jami Masjid, Teota Rajbari, Navaratna temple (Teota), Baliati Zamindar Bari, Ekdala fort, Machain Mosque, Dhankora Zamindar-bari, Katasgarh fort, Ibrahim Shah tomb See also Bangladesh is divided into 64 administrative districts. ...
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