Pabna
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Pabna (Bengali: পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District.[1] It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about 300,109.[2]
Etymology
- According to the historian Radharaman Saha, Pabna is named after Paboni, a branch of the Ganges (Originated from Himalayan).
- Archeologist Cunningham wrote that the name came from "Poth", a totem folk who lived long ago in this region (Poundrabardhan). A survey map from 10 depicts a Mouza (medium-size village) named Padeh Pabna in the Nazirpur Pargana (pargana can be considered as a cluster of villages).[3]
- Haraprasad Shastri, the author and historian, regarded the name Pabna as originating from Podubomba, a small feudal kingdom, which was established by a king named Shom, during the Pal Dynasty period.
- Historian Durgadas Lahiri, in his book Prithibir Itihash, used a map from the ancient period where a village named Pabna can be seen.
- A legend: There was a robber (like Robin Hood) named Pobana who lived here long ago. He became a legendary hero for his good deeds. People honoured him by giving his name to the river Pabna.
- The name comes from the Persian word "Panmbah", which means cotton. At one time, a number of inhabitants here were weavers.
Administration
Pabna Municipality comprises a mayor and 15 councillors and 5 female councillors. Each councillor represents a ward of the town. All of them are elected by people's vote.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Pabna city had a population of 175,982.[5]: 388–394
According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Pabna city had 33,217 households and a population of 144,442. 24,391 (16.89%) were under 10 years of age. Pabna had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 76.22%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 951 females per 1000 males.[4]
Transport
River crossing (ferry ghaat) at
Pabna is well connected to all the districts and towns of Bangladesh by road.
Pabna city has connected with a new railway network. Pabna Railway Station is in Shalgaria near Pabna Central Bus Terminal, opened on 14 July 2018. A nearby railway station was in Tebunia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from city center.
The nearby airport is at Ishwardi Upazila. Biman Bangladesh Airlines used to operate twice-weekly services to Ishwardi from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka. However, no airlines are operating to and from Ishwardi at the moment.
Several Dhaka-bound private bus services are available such as Pabna Express, Shyamoli, Sarkar Travels, Raja Badsha, Badol, Mohanagar, C-line, Arif, Ishurdi Express, Night Star, Kings, Esha, Capital Service, Al-Hamra, Silver Line, etc. Government-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) provides bus services to Rajshahi and Bogra city.
Water transport is important, as the Padma and other rivers, and
Industry
Pabna has fledgeling
Notable industries
- Square Pharmaceuticals, Square Road, Shalgaria, Pabna
- Square Toiletries, Meril Road, Shalgaria
- Square Food and Beverages, Meril Road, Shalgaria
- Akij Jute Mills Ltd., Ataikula
- Edruc Limited, Arifpur
- Shyamoli Foods Ltd, Shalgaria
- Bengal Meat
- Shamim Flower Mills, Radhanagor
- Ms. Gani & Brothers, Kalachandpara
- Intra Foods, Balarampur
- Ms. Shapla Plastics Ltd., BSCIC I/A
- Seven Star Fish Processing Company Ltd., near Central bus terminal, Laskarpur
- Universal Foods Ltd., Dilalpur[6]
- Apan Store, Hazir hat, Pabna Sadar.
- Nuclear Power Plant, Ruppur, Ishwardi, Pabna.
Education
- Govt. Edward College, Pabna
- Radhanagar Majumder Academy, Pabna
- Govt. Shaheed Bulbul College
- Government Women's College, Pabna
- Govt. Technical School and College, Pabna
- Imam Ghazzali Girls' School and College
- Pabna College
- Pabna Cadet College
- Pabna Islamia College
- Pabna Medical College
- Pabna Polytechnic Institute
- Pabna University of Science and Technology
- Pabna Zilla School
- Pabna Government Girls' School
- Pabna Central Girls' School. In 2008
- Pabna Islamia Madrasha
- Shaheed M. Munsur Ali College
- Textile engineering college in Pabna.[7]
- Al-Hera Academy school & College, Bera.
- Debuttor Kabi Bande Ali Mia High School
- Galaxy School & College, Bera-Pabna
- Masundia Bhawanipur Degree college
- Masundia Bhawanipur high school
- Chatmohar Pilot Girls' High School, Chatmohar
- Govt. RCN & BSN Model High School & College, Chatmohar
- Chatmohar Govt. College, Chatmohar
- Chatmohar Women's College, Chatmohar
- Saint Rita's High School, Chatmohar
Health
Pabna has the largest
In healthcare, Pabna Community Clinic, a division of Dhaka Community Clinic, established and led by Professor Dr. Quazi Qumruzzaman, has made a great contribution in development and mitigation of
A 250-bed government-owned general hospital is at Shaalgaariya and a 450-bed mental hospital is at Hemayetpur. Recently the government-owned
Culture
There is a mosque at Chatmohar Upzilla named Shahi Mosque which built by Masum Khan kabuli at 15th century.[10] A Mughal-era mosque 'Varara Moshjid' (Bengali: ভাঁড়াড়া মসজিদ) is some 10 km southeast of the town.There is a rumour that the mosque built in one night.
The remains of
Rassundari Devi, a Bengali writer who is identified as the author of first full-fledged autobiography in modern Bengali literature, was born in Pabna in 1809 or 1810.[12]
Notable residents
- Sarder Jayenuddin Bangladeshi Novelist
- Chief of Staff of Bangladesh Air Force(1971–1975), Former Minister, Ministry Planning of People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Mirza Abdul Halim, State Minister, Ministry of Shipping
- Mirza Abdul Awal Founded Chairman Pabna District BNP
- Zia Haider, Writer
- Amiya Bhushan Majumdar, Indian novelist
- Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu, jurist and politician, President of Bangladesh
- Liberation War of Bangladeshin 1971.
- Bonde Ali Miah, poet
- 1967 Arab-Israeli War (Six-Day War)
- General Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army.
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, writer
- Samson H. Chowdhury, businessman, former chairman of Square Group
- cardiologist, intellectual, murdered in the intellectual killing during the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh by Pakistani army and its local collaborators, the Jamaat-affiliate
- A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam
- Pramatha Chaudhuri, Writer
- Daud Haider, Poet
- Rashid Haider, Writer
- Kamal Ahmed, Singer, Administrator
References
- ^ "Pabna in Encyclopædia Britannica". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ^ এক নজরে পাবনা [Pabna at a Glance]. Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ জেলার ইতিহাস [History of the District]. Bangladesh National Portal.
- ^ a b "Population & Housing Census 2011 (Zila Series & Community Series)". bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Population and Housing Census 2022 National Report (PDF). Vol. 1. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. November 2023.
- ^ Rahman, Md. Motiur; Al Mamun, Mohammad Abdullah (December 2012). "Socio-economic Profile of Executives: A Study on Small Industries in Pabna and Bogra Districts" (PDF). Daffodil International University Journal of Business and Economics. 6 (1 & 2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ "Educational Institutes of Pabna". Bangladesh National Portal.
- ^ "Organization Registry – Pabna Mental Hospital". Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- ^ "Organization working on Arsenic Calamity in Bangladesh". UNDP.
- ^ জেলার ঐতিহ্য. pabna.gov.bd (in Bengali).
- ^ "Temple awaits repair for 400 years – Jagannath Temple chatmohar". The Daily Star.
- ^ Deepa Bandopadhyay. নারীর লেখা নারীর কথা. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015.
