Brahmanbaria District Information
Area
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1927.11 square kilometers.
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Bounded by
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Kishoreganj
and Habiganj district
on the north, Comilla
district on the south, Hobiganj district and Tripura State of India on the
east and meghna river, Kishoreganj,
Narsingdi and Narayanganj
districts on the west.
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Profile
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Brahmanbaria district, which was included in Comilla
district (formerly Tipera district) was established in 1984. Before 1830 the
Sarail Pargana was a part of Mymensingh district. The district has 4
municipalities, 39 wards, 97 mahallas, 7 upazilas, one thana, 98 union parishads, 1052 mouzas and
1329 villages. The upazilas are banchharampur, kasba, nabinagar, nasirnagar,
brahmanbaria sadar, sarail and akhaura.
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Upazilla/ Thana
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Akhaura Upazila, Bancharampur Upazila, Brahmanbaria Sadar
Upazila, Kasba Upazila, Nabinagar Upazila, Nasirnagar Upazila, Sarail Upazila
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History
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Brahmanbaria was a part of samatata Janapada of the
ancient Bengal. The first and temporary
capital of isa khan was at Sarail 10 km on the north of Brahmanbaria Town.
When the swadeshi movement began in the wake of the partition of Bengal (1905), revolutionary Ullaskar Datta (Aviram)
was convicted for throwing bomb explosion and was deported to the Andamans.
On 14 December 1931 Suniti Chowdhury, Shanti Ghosh and Gopal Deb killed the
then District magistrate CCB Stevens at his residence by gun shot. During the
peasant movement in 1930 Congress leader Abdul Hakim asked the peasant to
stop payment of taxes. During the no-rent movement four civilians were killed
when the British soldiers indiscriminately fired on civilians. During the War
of Liberation Bir Srestha mohammad mostafa kamal was killed in an encounter
at Daruin of Akhaura.
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Places to see
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Arphail Sagardighi Mosque and Twin Graves (sixteenth
century, Sarail), Arphannesa Mosque (1662, Sarail), Bhadurghar Shahi Mosque
(1084 AH), Ulchapara Mosque (sixteenth century), tomb of Kalla Shahid (R,
Akhaura), Kalbhairab Mandir (Brahmanbaria), Sree Sree Anandamoye Ashram
(seventeenth century) at Kasba, Satidaha Mandir (Biddakut), Shiva Mandir
(Natghar), Sarvadharma Samanya Mandir (Kalikachha), Jagannath Mandir
(Nasirnagar), Bishnu Statue (Baghaura), buddhist viharas (Devgram), Kailaghar
Jangal (Kasba), Hatir Pool (elephant bridge) at Baraiura, Zamindar Bari of
Haripur, Basudeva Statue (Kalikachha), Nabinagar Math, Haraspur Zamindar
Bari, Brahmanbaria Archives and Museum, Anderson Memorial (Kautali).
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Newspapers
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Dailiy Brahmanbaria (1992), Daily Pratibedan (1993), Daily
Ajker Halchal (1997), Daily Titas Kanth (1999), Daily Samatat Barta (2000),
Daily Dindarpan (2000); Weekly Titas, Weekly Penbridg (1999), Fortnightly
Charch (1997); Periodicals- Sahitya Academy Patrika, Nasirnagar Barta, Sarail
Barta, Muktaprabaha; extinct- Bangabandhu (1875, Kalikachha), Usha (1893),
Hira (1894), Sudhakar (nineteenth century), Santan (1913), Palli Pradip
(1920, Kalikachha), Al Bushra (1921), Prajabandhu (1920), Chunta Prakash
(1926), Tripura Prakash (1301 BS), Rayat Bandhu (1929, Kalikachha), Jayanti
(nineteenth century), Sebak (1957), Parichaya (1964), Samaj (1966), Pari
(1966), Vhela (1967), Tridhara (1967), Pratinidhi (1970), Pratibedan (1979),
Renessa (1988), Belaseshe (1992, Sarail).
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Rivers
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Meghna and titas, Buri and Haora; Mehedi and Akashi haors are
notable.
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