Patgram Upazila
Patgram
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Website | patgram |
Patgram (
History
In the late
A
During
On 18 March 1984, Patgram thana was upgraded to an upazila (sub-district) as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme.[1]
Geography
Patgram is located at 26°21′N 89°01′E / 26.350°N 89.017°E. It has 47,893 households and total area 246.85 km2.
Demographics
According to the
As of the
Administration
Patgram Upazila is divided into Patgram Municipality and eight
Patgram Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 23
Chairmen
Name | Term |
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Abdul Hakim Ahmad Rauf | 5 June 1985 – 30 May 1990 |
Shahidullah Pradhan | 1 June 1990 – 23 November 1991 |
Ruhul Amin Babul | 15 May 2009 – 23 April 2014 |
Ruhul Amin Babul | 24 April 2014 – present |
Facilities and transportation
Patgram is well connected with capital city Dhaka by road, river and train via the
Notable people
- Kazi Nuruzzaman (1927–2017), former MP
- Abid Ali (1935–2001), politician
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Sudhindra Nath (1994). A History of Mughal North-east Frontier Policy: Being a Study of the Political Relation of the Mughal Empire with Koch Bihar, Kamrup and Assam. M/s. R.N. Bhattacharya. p. 315.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Qureshi, Maj. Gen. Hakeem A, The 1971 Indo Pak War, p. 38
- ^ Major Nasir Uddin, Judhay Judjay Shadhinota, p. 119
- ^ "পাটগ্রাম উপজেলার পটভূমি". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali).
- ^ a b c "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Lalmonirhat" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Community Tables: Lalmonirhat district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved 2006-11-10.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Lalmonirhat" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ পাটগ্রাম উপজেলা [Unions]. Patgram Upazila (in Bengali).
- ^ "পূর্বতন পরিষদ চেয়ারম্যানগণ". Bangladesh National Portal (in Bengali).