Munshiganj District

Munshiganj (Bengali: মুন্সিগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district[2] in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District.[3]

Munshiganj মুন্সিগঞ্জ
District
Dhaleshwari River bank, Munshiganj Sadar Upazila in Munsiganj District
Nickname(s):  Bikrampur
Location of Munshiganj District in Bangladesh
Expandable map of Munshiganj District
Coordinates: 23.46°N 90.54°E / 23.46; 90.54
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Dhaka Division
Area
• Total	1,004.29 km^2 (387.76 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	1,445,660
• Density	1,400/km^2 (3,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Munshiganji, Munshigonji, Bikrampuri, Dhakai, Dhakaiya
Time zone	UTC+06:00 (BST)
HDI (2018)	0.649[1] medium · 3rd of 21

Geography

Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km²), out of which 138472 acres (560 km²) are cultivable and 5609 acres (23 km²) are fallow land. It has no forest area. 40277 acres (163 km²) of land is irrigated while 26242 acres (106 km²) of land is under river. It has 14 rivers of 155 km passing through.[4]

Administration

The district consists of 6 upazilas:[3]

1. Lohajang Upazila
2. Sreenagar Upazila
3. Munshiganj Sadar Upazila
4. Sirajdikhan Upazila
5. Tongibari Upazila
6. Gazaria Upazila

Notable people

Revolutionary nationalists

• M. Hamidullah Khan, Bangladesh Forces, Sector Commander, Sector 11, Bangladesh War of Independence 1971[5]
• Jagadish Chandra Bose, Great Bengali physicist[6]
• Badal Gupta, revolutionary against British India
• Benoy Basu, revolutionary against British India
• Dinesh Gupta, revolutionary against British India
• Sarojini Naidu, Politician
• Chittaranjan Das

Social and scientific

• Chashi Nazrul Islam - artist
• Humayun Azad, linguistic scientist, poet and novelist [7]
• Durga Mohan Das, Brahmo reformer
• Dwarkanath Ganguly, Brahmo reformer

Art, culture and sports

• Brojen Das, the first Bangladeshi and Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it four times
• Imdadul Haq Milan, writer and media personality
• Buddhadeb Bosu‚ writer, poet, playwright, essayist
• Ananta Jalil, actor, director, producer, businessman, and philanthropist
• Tahsan Rahman Khan, singer-songwriter, composer, actor, teacher, and model.

Public affairs

• A. N. M. Hamidullah, First Governor, Bangladesh Bank [8]
• Fakhruddin Ahmed, former chief adviser, Non-Party Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, 2007–2008.[9]
• Iajuddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh
• A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, former shortest term appointed President of Bangladesh
• M. A. Naser, pioneer in Engineering Education, former Vice Chancellor or BUET, Ekushey Padak recipient

See also

• Districts of Bangladesh
• Dhaka Division
• Munshiganj Vihara
• Idrakpur Fort

References

1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
2. "Bangladesh Government 1995 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System". theodora.com. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
3. Ratantanu Ghosh (2012). "Munshiganj District". In Sirajul Islam; Ahmed A. Jamal (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
4. S.M. Saidur Rahman. "Golden Bangladesh - Login". goldenbangladesh.com. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
5. "M Hamidullah Khan". bengalrenaissance.com. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
6. Frontline Web page Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Bangladeshi Novels Web page". bangladeshinovels.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
8. Taiyab A. Sheikh. ":: Munshigonj District | Famous | A. N. Hamidullah ::". munshigonj.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
9. "Interview with Bangladesh's leader Fakhruddin Ahmed - TIME". time.com. 2007-03-22. Retrieved 2015-06-22.