Begumganj Upazila
Begumganj
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Begumganj (
Geography
Begumganj is located at 22°57′00″N 91°06′00″E / 22.9500°N 91.1000°E. It has 101,689 households and total area 238.37 km2. It is considered to be a very poorly-drained area of the Old Meghna Estuarine Floodplain along with Laksam Upazila.[2]
History
During the
Begumganj suffered from
In 1982, Begumganj Thana was upgraded to upazila status as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralisation programme. The 1988, 1998 and 2004 floods caused a lot of damage to properties, crops and lives.[1]
Demographics
According to the
Administration
Begumganj Upazila is divided into Chowmuhani Municipality and 16
Chowmuhani Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 23
Education
There are four colleges in the upazila. They include
According to Banglapedia, Begumganj Government Pilot High School, Babupur Jirtoli Union High School, founded in 1928, Ghatla High School (1915), Hazipur Abdul Majid High School (1928), Kadirpur High School (1915), and Kalikapur Babupur Union High School (1929) are notable secondary schools.[1]
The madrasa education system includes eight fazil and one kamil madrasas.[7]
Notable people
- Aftab Ahmed, 5th vice-chancellor of the National University, Bangladesh[8]
- Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army[9]
- Barkat Ullah Bulu, former State Minister for Commerce[10]
- Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury, essayist and linguist
- MA Hashem, founder of Partex Group
- Mamunur Rashid Kiron, director of Globe Pharmaceuticals
- Dhiraj Kumar Nath, diplomat
- Kazi Golam Rasul, judge known for his verdict in the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman case
- Chittaranjan Saha, educationist
- Mahfuz Ullah, environmentalist
See also
- Upazilas of Bangladesh
- Districts of Bangladesh
- Divisions of Bangladesh
References
- ^ OL 30677644M. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- OL 30677644M. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Noakhali" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ^ "Community Tables: Noakhali district" (PDF). bbs.gov.bd. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. 2011.
- ^ a b "District Statistics 2011: Noakhali" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "List of Colleges". Department of Secondary and Higher Education. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "List of Institutions". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Bullet-wounded Prof Aftab dies". The Daily Star. 27 September 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ দেশের পাট চুকাতে দেশে ফিরছেন জেনারেল মঈন!. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 31 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Bulu, wife submit nomination paper for Noakhali-3 - Election 2018". The Daily Observer. 29 November 2018.