| Overview » BRAHMANBARIA Travel Guide |
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| Introduction About » BRAHMANBARIA |
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Brahmanbaria District (CHITTAGONG division) with an area of 1927.11 sq km, is bounded by 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.
The district is a lowlying land having small hills and hillocks of red soil. Annual highest average temperature 34.3°C and lowest 12.7°C; Annual total rain fall is 2551 mm. Main rivers are Meghna and TITAS, Buri and Haora; Mehedi and Akashi haors are notable.
Brahmanbaria (Town) consists of 12 wards and 46 mahallas. The area of the town is 30.82 sq km. It has a population of 131334; male 51.34%, female 48.66%. Literacy rate among the town people is 52.3%. Brahmanbaria town began to grow from the nineteenth century. The town was turned into a municipality in 1869. The tomb of Hazrat Syed Kazi Mahmud Shah (R) is located at Kazipara of the town. During the invasion of Munipur by the British in 1824. Brahmanbaria town was their military headquarters.
The main business centres of the town are Ananda Bazar and Tanbazar. Other notable areas of the town are Jagatbazar, Mahabedab Patti, Kalaishreepara, Madhyapara, Kazipara and Kandhipara. |
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| History About » BRAHMANBARIA |
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Historical events 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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