Jhalokati Sadar Upazila
Jhalokathi Sadar
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Jhalakathi Sadar (or Jhalokathi Sadar, Bengali: ঝালকাঠি সদর) is an upazila of Jhalokati District in the Division of Barisal, Bangladesh.[1]
Geography
Jhalakathi Sadar is located at 22°38′35″N 90°12′00″E / 22.6431°N 90.2000°E. It has 36,504 households and a total area of 159.46 km2.
History
At the start of Mughal rule in the late 16th century, a
During the 17th century, a Muslim missionary descended from Abu Bakr named Sheikh Shah Khudgir settled in the village of Rajpasha after spending some time in Faridpur where he built the Patbail and Paitledi mosques. He died in Rajpasha and his mazar (mausoleum) and the adjacent pond became an important site in the local area. The nearby Sheikherhat area was named after him and his descendants who are known as the Sheikh family of Rajpasha.[4]
In the same century,
Demographics
According to the
According to the
Economy
Between 1940 and 1975, Jhalakati was famous for the only automatic rice huller in the region owned by Shudhangshu Bhushan Das (Son of Aswini Kumar Das) and his two friends (Sons of former National Assembly Member Hazi Ghani Khan). It was a thriving complex built on an area approximately 2 square kilometer. The smoke from the chimney served as a navigation landmark by passing steamers while the factory siren could be heard from as far as Barisal. After the company declared bankruptcy shortly after the war. Shudhangshu descendants eventually migrated to India and other parts of Bangladesh while his partners had stayed back to establish their own ventures. The massive ruins of the factory can still be seen in the west Chandkati. The Das family lost its honour, assets and property due to the partition of India and Pakistan leading to a dangerous military rule in east Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) which initiated riots killing and displacing millions of Hindu Bengalis from their homes to seek refuge in India. Shudhangshu who inspired the name Shugandha River and industrial venture Shugandha that was founded by his two close friends shortly after the liberation war. Ghani Khan's descendants now control the economy of the entire district till date. The District that once popular due to the existence of six aristocrat families (Das, Khan, Roy, Sardar, Mira, Chakrabortty) and their businesses, have now forgotten most of their contributions.
Administration
Jhalakati Sadar Upazila is divided into Jhalakati Municipality and 10
Jhalakati Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 47
Education
There are six colleges in the upazila.[9] They include Aklima Moazzem Hossain College, Hemayet Uddin Degree College, Jhalakathi Government College, founded in 1964,[1] Jhalakathi Government Women's College, Shah Mahmudia College, and Sher-E-Bangla Fazlul Haque College.
According to Banglapedia, Bowkathi Bindu Bashini High School, founded in 1918, Jhalokati Government Girls' School (1919), Jhalakathi Government High School (1872), Kirtipasa Prosanna Kumar Secondary School (1903), Nathullabad High School (1923), Udbodhan Secondary School (1940) and Taruli Secondary School (1957) are notable secondary schools.[1]
The madrasa (religious seminary) education system includes three fazil and one kamil madrasas.[10] According to Banglapedia, Sarengal Nesaria Honainia Fazil Madrasa, founded in 1974, is a notable Fazil madrasa.[1]
Notable residents
- Amir Hossain Amu, Minister of Industries, has been the Member of Parliament for constituency Jhalokati-2 since 2009.[11][12]
- A. K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal (1937–1943) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956–1958), was born at Saturia in 1873.[13]
- Golam Mustafa, actor[citation needed]
- Kamini Roy, poet and social worker, was born at Basanda village in 1864.[14]
- Kirtinarayan Basu, Raja of Chandradwip who resettled in Jhalakathi after converting to Islam
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Rashid, Abdur (2001). এই সেই ঝালকাঠি (in Bengali). Jhalkathi: Al-Islam Publications.
- ^ Bulbul, Saiful Ahsan (2012). বৃহত্তর বরিশালের ঐতিহাসিক নিদর্শন [Historic signs of Greater Barisal] (in Bengali). Dhaka: Gotidhara.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of the Barisal Division]. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.
- ^ Islami Bishwakosh (in Bengali). Vol. 21. Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. p. 337.
- ^ a b "Community Report: Jhalokati" (PDF). Population & Housing Census 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Population & Housing Census-2011, Zila Report: Jhalokati" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. p. 18.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ a b c "District Statistics 2011: Jhalakathi" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "List of Institutions". Ministry of Education. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
- ^ "Constituency 126_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament.
- ISBN 0-88706-196-6.
- ^ Kahaly, Anirudha (2012). "Roy, Kamini". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.