Rajapur Upazila
Rajapur
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Rajapur (Bengali: রাজাপুর) is an upazila (sub-district) of southern Bangladesh's Jhalokati District, part of the Barisal Division.[1]
Geography
Rajapur is located at 22°40′00″N 90°08′30″E / 22.6667°N 90.1417°E. It has 28,131 households and a total area of 164.59 km2.
History
Rajapur Upazila is home to many archeological sites such as forts and mosques. The Indrapasha Qila was thought to have been constructed during the reign of
During the Muslim rule, southern
In 1940, the Rajapur Fazil Madrasa was established. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a brawl took place between the Bengali freedom fighters against the Pakistan Army on 21 October at the Rajapur thana (police station compound). In the aftermath, 8 Pakistan Army soldiers and 3 freedom fighters were killed. The freedom fighters raided the thana on 27 November, gaining control and thus liberating Rajapur. Dilwar Husayn of Gopalpur village was appointed as a sub-sector commander for Dinajpur under Sector 6 and later awarded Bir Protik. Alamtaj Begum Sabi was a notable female freedom fighter of Rajapur.[7] The status of Rajapur Thana was upgraded to upazila (sub-district) in 1983 as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme.[1]
Name | Village | Notes |
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Muhammad Yaqub Ali (1926-1971) | Saturia Mia Bari | Secretary for A. K. Fazlul Huq, killed in Dhaka on 15 December |
Abul Kalam Babul | Galua | MCom student, tortured to death in Rajapur police station for possession of weaponry |
Qazi Abul Husayn | Saturia | East Pakistan Rifles member, killed in Jessore
|
Muhammad Harun ar-Rashid | Manoharpur | Sipahi killed on 1 November in Banaripara |
Ashrab Ali Hawladar | Adakhola | |
Mufazzal Husayn | Sangar | |
Abdur Rahman Ghazi | Great Kaibarttakhali | |
Ismail Khan | Tarabunia | |
Rahman Khan | Tarabunia | |
Abdur Razzaq | Sangar | Murdered in Rajapur police station |
Abdur Rashid Sardar | Chankati | |
Nesaruddin Hawladar | Sangar | |
Abdul Mannan Hawladar | Naikathi | |
Firoz Kabir | Saikrail | Murdered under the Dargah Bari bridge on 13 November |
Abul Husayn Taluqdar | Manoharpur |
Demographics
According to the
According to the
Administration
Rajapur Upazila is divided into six
Chairmen
Name | Notes |
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Taluqdar Shamim Jahangir | |
Muhammad Abdus Shukkur Mridha | |
Milan Mahmud Bacchu | |
Muhammad Maniruzzaman | Present |
Notable people
- A. K. Fazlul Huq, first and longest-serving Prime Minister of Bengal
- Abdul Auwal Khan, educationist
- Sultan Hossain Khan, former chairperson of the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Press Council
- Shahjahan Omar, retired army major and former minister
- Harun ar-Rashid, agricultural researcher
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
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- ^ "ঝালকাঠির প্রত্নঐতিহ্য: রাজাপুরের খাঁনবাড়ি মসজিদ কম্প্লেক্স". Study Research (in Bengali).
- ^ a b c Bulbul, Sayful Ahsan (2012). "খানবাড়ি মসজিদ, আংগারিয়া, ইন্দ্রপাশার কেল্লা". বৃহত্তর বরিশালের ঐতিহাসিক নিদর্শন [Historical signs of greater Barisal]. Dhaka: Gatidhara.
- ^ "গালুয়া পাকা মসজিদের ইতিহাস". Dhaka Times (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Rai, Khosalchandra (2000). "পরিশিষ্ট". বৃহত্তর বাকরগঞ্জের ইতিহাস [History of Greater Bakarganj] (in Bengali). Radical Kolkata. p. 363.
- ^ "উপজেলার পটভূমি". Rajapur Upazila (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). "রাজাপুর উপজেলার শহীদ মুক্তিযোদ্ধাগণ". বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of Barisal Division] (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.
- ^ 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 10 November 2006.
- ^ "District Statistics 2011: Jhalokati" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.