Brahmanbaria is a district in east-central Bangladesh.
It literally means the place where Brahmins reside. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. It was part of
greater Comilla District until 1984.
History of Brahmanbaria
During the Mughal era, Brahmanbaria was famous for producing quality cloth Muslin. Brahmanbaria was made one of the 3 Sub-divisions of Comilla District by the British rulers in 1860. Brahmanbaria Municipality was established in 1868. It became part of East Pakistan in 1947 which eventually became independent Bangladesh in 1971. During the 19th century, Brahmanbaria produced great nationalist leaders like Nawab Syed Shamsul Huda, who became president of All India Muslim League in 1921, and Barrister Abdur Rasul a front ranking leader of Indian National Congress.Upon encouragement of Oli Ahad, a pioneer Language Movement leader who hailed from Brahmanbaria, the movement obtained momentum in this district in 1952.Mostafa Kamal (Bir Sreshtho) obtained martyrdom in an encounter at Daruin of Akhaura during the War of Independence in 1971.
Geography of Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria district is located at the east-central region
of Bangladesh.
It has a total area of 1927.11 km². Brahmanbaria is bounded by Kishoreganj District and Habiganj
District on the north, Comilla
District on the south,Habiganj
District and Tripura State, India on the
east and Meghna River, Kishoreganj District, Narsingdi Districtand Narayanganj District on the west.
The geography of the district is characterized by low-lying
land with small hills and hillocks of red soil. The annual highest average
temperature is 34.3 °C and lowest 12.7 °C. Total annual rainfall is 2551 mm . The main
rivers of the district are the Meghna
River, the Titas River,Buri and Haora.
Administrative units in Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria district is divided into nine Upazillas
(previously known as Thanas or only
one Towns) as below:
- Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila
- Ashuganj Upazila
- Nasirnagar Upazila
- Nabinagar Upazila
- Sarail Upazila
- Shahbazpur Town
- Kasba Upazila
- Akhaura Upazila
- Bancharampur Upazila
- Bijoynagar Upazila
Parliament constituencies
There are six Jatiyo
Shangshad constituencies in Brahmanbaria district. These
constituencies and the current Members of Parliament are:
· National
seat no 243 Brahmanbaria 1 (Current MP Mohammad Sayedul Haq)
· National
seat no 244 Brahmanbaria 2 (Current MP Ziaul Haque Mridha)
· National
seat no 245 Brahmanbaria 3 (Current MP R.A.M. Obaydul Muktadir Chowdhury)
· National
seat no 246 Brahmanbaria 4 (Current MP Mohammed Shah Alam)
· National
seat no 247 Brahmanbaria 5 (Current MP Shah Zikrul Ahmad)
· National
seat no 248 Brahmanbaria 6 (Current MP A B Tajul Islam)
Culture
Brahmanbaria has a rich tradition of nurturing art,
education and culture. Ustad Allauddin
Khan, the great musical talent of the subcontinent and the father of
'Maihar Gharana' of classical Indian music, was born in this district in 1862.
Ustad Ayet Ali Khan established the Alauddin Music College in
1957 Brahmanbaria and Shilpacharya Zainul
Abedin established the Alauddin Sangitayan in 1975. Mohorshee
Monomohan Dutta is also a remarkable name for his "Molaya"
music. Sachin Dev Burman (better known as SD
Burman), the renowned musician of the subcontinent, spent some time in
Brahmanbaria. Umesh Chandra Roy was one of the greatest musicians of Alauddin
Music institute.
One of the most respected and well known military official in
the Bangladesh army,
Major General Shakil Ahmed who was killed in the BDR mutiny in 2009 was also
from Brahmanbaria
Transport Facility In Brahmanbaria District
Rail
The railway communication of the district is quite extensive
in Bangladesh standard.
There are four important stations of Bangladesh Railway in this district:
- Brahmanbaria Junction,
- Akhuara Junction,
- Kashba Junction,
- Ashuganj Junction,
- Talshohor Junction.
Most of the important trains between Dhaka-Chittagong and Dhaka-Sylhet stop at
Brahmanbaria rail station.
Highway
The district holds important portions of national
highways. Dhaka-Sylhet and Chittagong-Sylhet national
highways of the country pass through this district.
Places of interest in Brahmanbaria District
The principal places of interest in the district are :
Deity of Shiva at Kal Bhairab Temple at Medda(Early 19th century), Jame Mosque
of Sarail(1662), Shrine of Kella Shahid at Kharampur (early 18th century),
Tofael-Azam Memorial Tower at the City Centre (1958) etc.
All Newspaper list of Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria has a long history of publishing local
newspapers in Bengali. The list of locally published newspapers and journals
include: Daily Brahmanbaria (1992) which has been published by Md. Nurul
Hossain. Daily Pratibedan (1993), Daily Ajker Halchal (1997), Daily Titas
Kantha (1999), Daily Samatat Barta (2000), Daily Dindarpan (2000); Md. Nurul
Hossain also published Weekly Titas, The Weekly Deshdarpan (1981), 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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