Comilla District Information
Area
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3085.17 square kilometers.
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Bounded by
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Brahmanbaria
and Narayanganj
districts on the north, Noakhali
and Feni districts on
the south, Tripura (state of India)
on the east, Munshiganj
and Chandpur
districts on the west.
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Profile
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The Comilla region was once under ancient Samatat and was
joined with Tripura
State. This district
came under the reign of the kings of the Harikela in the ninth century AD.
Lalmai Mainamati was ruled by Deva dynasty (eighth century AD), and Chandra
dynasty (during tenth and mid eleventh century AD). It came under the rule of
East India Company in 1765. This district was established as Tripura district
in 1790. It was renamed Comilla in 1960. Chandpur and Brahmanbaria
subdivisions of this district were transformed into districts in 1984.
Comilla district has 5 municipalities, 54 wards, 148 mahallas, 12 upazilas, 1
thana, 180
union parishads, 2704 mouzas and 3624 villages.
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Upazilla/ Thana
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Barura Upazila, Brahmanpara Upazila, Burichang Upazila,
Chandina Upazila, Chauddagram Upazila, Comilla Sadar Upazila, Daudkandi
Upazila, Debidwar Upazila, Homna Upazila, Laksham Upazila, Muradnagar
Upazila, Nangalkot Upazila
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History
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Peasants Movement against the king of Tripura in 1764
under the leadership of Samsher Gazi is a notable historical event. Communal
tension spread over Comilla when a Muslim was shot at Comilla town during the
partiition of bengal in 1905. During the preparation of a countrywide hartal
on 21 November 1921, protesting the visit of India by Prince of Wales, Kazi
Nazrul Islam composed patriotic songs and tried to awaken the town people.
During this time Avay Ashram, as a revolutionary institution, played
significant role. Poet Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi visited Comilla
at that time. In 1931, the British Gurkha soldiers fired indiscriminately and
killed four persons of village Mohini of Chauddagram upazila when about four
thousand peasants of this village revolted against paying land revenue. In a
huge peasant gathering the police fired at Hasnabad of Laksham Upazila in
1932. Two persons were killed and many wounded in this firing.
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Places to see
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Marks of rich ancient civilization have been found in
Lalmai Mainamati hills. In these hills there are plenty of archaeological
sites including Shalvan Vihara, Kutila Mura, Charandra Mura, Rupban Mura,
Itakhola Mura, Satera Ratna Mura, Ranir Banglar Pahar, Ananda Bazar
Palaces, palaces of
Bhoj King, Chandi Mura, etc. Various archaeological relics including images
and metalled utensils discovered from these viharas, muras and palaces are
now preserved in the Mainamati
Museum. Other
archaeological heritage and relics include Saptaratna Mandir (Jagannath
Mandir), Shah Suja Mosque, Dharmasagar, Chandimata Mandir (on the top of
Lalmai Hill of Barura), Chandala Shiva Mandir (Brahmanpara, eighteenth century),
Saitshala Jami Mosque (Brahmanpara, 1719), Mazars of Panch Pir (five saints)
at Shashidal (Brahmanpara, 1815), Harimangal Math (Brahmanpara, 1822),
Ramnagar elongated Math (Brahmanpara, 1705), Saitshala Rammahan Mandir
(Brahmanpara, 1805), Hasnabad Math and Hatiabhanga Fort (Daudkandi).
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Newspapers
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Daily Rupasi Bangla (1972), Weekly Amod (1955), Abibhadan
(1994), Natunpatra, Samayatra (1967), Daily Comilla Batra, Daily Bangladesh
Sangbad, Monthly Manan, Pathakbatra, Shiranam, Weekly Laksham Batra, Weelky
Nirakkhar. Extinct: Tripura Patrika (1876), Tripura (1932), Weekly Hindu
(1941), Tripura Guide (1934), Natun Alo, Pratinidhi, Tripura Hitoshi (1883),
Rayatbandhu (1921), Niamat (1940), Sabuj Bangla, Tripura Gyan Prakashani
(1860), Tripura Bandhav (1942), Kathak (1983), Rangdhanu, Najat, Abahaman,
Daradi (1938), Yogisammalani (1912), Comilla Sahitya Parishad Patrika (1985),
Mainamati (1965), Purbasha, Shikhak Sruida, Alo, Chirkut (1974), Robi (1924),
Tarun (1938), Samskriti (1940), Jagriti (1951), Apan and Parichaya.
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Rivers
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meghna, gumti and dakatia.
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