Netrokona Sadar Upazila
Netrokona Sadar
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Netrokona Sadar (Bengali: নেত্রকোণা সদর) is an upazila (sub-district) of Netrokona District under Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh.[1]
Geography
Netrakona Sadar is located at 24°52′30″N 90°44′00″E / 24.8750°N 90.7333°E. It has 87575 households and total area 340.35 km2. The upazila is bounded by Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas on the north, Kendua and Gauripur upazilas on the south, Barhatta and Atpara upazilas on the east, Purbadhala upazila on the west.[1]
History
Present-day Netrokona Sadar was ruled by a Koch king named Ganesh. The area was introduced to Islam by an 11th-century preacher by the name of Shah Sultan Rumi who arrived in 1053 CE. After gaining the king's respect, Rumi was given a few villages, in particular Madanpur, as a rent-free area. Rumi was buried in Madanpur in 1075.[2]
In opposition to
In 1829, the
Amidst the Indian independence movement, influential nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose gave a speech at the Methar Patti grounds on 15 March 1939. The All India Peasant Conference was held from 8 to 10 April 1945 at the Parar grounds. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Pakistan Army captured 4 people and shot them dead at the Trimohani Bridge on29 April 1971. A battle took place on 9 December leading to the death of three freedom fighters. The Pakistani army was finally defeated in Netrokona Sadar in a last encounter at the Agricultural Farm where two freedom fighters were also killed. In 1983, the Netrokona thana was upgraded to an upazila and it was made the capital of the Netrokona District in 1984.
Demographics
According to the
As of the
Administration
Netrokona Thana was formed in 1874 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983.[1]
Netrakona Sadar Upazila is divided into Netrakona Municipality and 12
Netrakona Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 51
Notable people
- Abu Abbas (d. 2009), politician
- Mujibur Rahman Khan (1910-1984), journalist and litterateur
- Rashid Uddin (1889-1964), Baul mystic
- Shah Sultan Rumi (d. 1075), Muslim missionary
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b N. Hanif (2000). Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia. Sarup & Sons. p. 325.
- ^ "উপজেলার ঐতিহ্য" [Sub District's Tradition]. Netrokona Shodor Upozela (in Bengali).
- ^ a b "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Netrokona" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Netrokona district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. 2011.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
- ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Netrokona" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.