| Overview » SIRAJGANJ Travel Guide |
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| Introduction About » SIRAJGANJ |
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Sirajganj District (RAJSHAHI division) with an area of 2497.92 sq km, is bounded by BOGRA district on the north, PABNA district on the south, TANGAIL and JAMALPUR districts on the east, Pabna, NATORE and Bogra districts on the west.
Main rivers are Jamuna, Baral, Ichamati, Karatoa and Phuljuri. About 10% area of the CHALAN BEEL is located in the TARASH upazila of this district. Annual average temperature: maximum 34.6°C, minimum 11.9°C; annual rainfall 1610 mm.
Sirajganj (Town) consists of 15 wards and 52 mahallas. The area of the town is 19.56 sq km. The town has a population of 127147; male 50.93%, female 49.07%. Literacy rate among the town people is 48%.
As a jute-trading centre once it was considered next to CALCUTTA and NARAYANGANJ. The town has two dakbungalows. |
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| History About » SIRAJGANJ |
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Historical events In 1922, many people were killed and wounded when police opened fire on an assemblage of people gathered at Salanga Hat (as a part of the Khelafat and non cooperation movement) under the leadership of Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish. This is known as Salanga Movement or 'Salanga Genocide'.
In 1942 Mohammad Ali Jinnah came to Sirajganj to attend the All India Muslim League Conference; Mahatma Gandhi and Subas Basu came to Sirajganj to attend the convention of the Brahmo Samaj in 1928.
The Hindu-Muslim Pact of the Swaraj Party, headed by Deshbandhu CHITTA RANJAN DAS, was adopted in the Conference of the All India Congress Party held in 1924 at Sirajganj. National Poet KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM came to Sirajganj in 1932 to presided over the Conference of the Tarun Muslim.
AK FAZLUL HUQ laid the foundation stone of Sirajganj Degree College in 1940. During the War of Liberation a battle was fought between the freedom fighters and the Pak army at Naogaon of Tarash upazila in which the Pak army was defeated and about 150 members of the Pak army were killed.
During 11 to 14 December a battle was fought between the Pak army and the freedom fighters at Shailabari in which Pak army was defeated. Sirajganj was liberated on 14 December 1971.
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass graves at village Baroitala (Kazipur) and village Asbaria (Tarash); martyr memorials at Chandidasgati, Sirajganj Sadar (Durjay Bangla), Ghatina (Ullahpara) and at village Baroitala (Kazipur). |
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