Friday, April 8, 2016

History Of INSTITUTIONS Panchagarh District

History Of INSTITUTIONS Panchagarh District


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Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University is a government-financed public university of Bangladesh situated 10 km from Dinajpur main town. It serves as an institution of science and technology in northern part of the country.
There are two government colleges in the Dinajpur town. Dinajpur Government College, which was previously known as Surendranath college, is for both male and female students. The other government college is for female students only. Both colleges are operated under Bangladesh National University.

This district gives the opportunity to read in two Govt. schools, Dinajpur Zilla School (for boys only) and Dinajpur Govt. Girls' High School. Dinajpur Zilla School was established in 1854 during the British reign. It is located at the center of the Dinajpur town. It owns a hostel too for residential facilities. This school is one of 20 schools in Bangladesh, which has a govt. funded "E-Learning" facility and E-Laboratory. There is Stone made Map of South Asia subcontinent in this school, which was made at 1934. It has a very talented Score in S.S.C participation. There is also an auditorium, a sculpture of celebrating the 150 years of the school, a mosque, an enhanced library and laboratory in this school. There is also a textile institute.Now RIDGE School is the most modern and British standard popular school of Dinajpur.

There is a government medical college here, which is one of the 22 government funded medical colleges in Bangladesh. It is located in the town of Dinajpur. It admits 150 students into the f-year MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) degree program. There is a four story building. There are two hostels for boys and three hostels for girls. There are four hostels for intern doctors. Sixteen batches of students have passed from this medical college.[when?] Dinajour Medical College Journal is recognized by the BMDC and is published twice a year (ISSN 2070-2019). The 500-bed hospital has high technology and has started to provide more services. There is also a well-developed nursing college behind the hospital building. The hospital has an ultrasound center for nuclear medicine near Sadar Hospital, Dinajpur. Dinajpur Medical College Hospital now provides health services not only in the Dinajpur District but also to people from other districts near Dinajpur.

Panchagarh District (rangpur division) area 1404.63 sq km, located in between 26°00' and 26°38' north latitudes and in between 88°19' and 88°49' east longitudes. It is bounded by west bengal state of India on the north, dinajpur and thakurgaon districts on the south, nilphamari district on the east, West Bengal state of India on the west. Elenen Indian enclaves are located in this district. These enclaves are Puthimari, Daikhat, Shalbari, Kajladighi, Natak Toka, Nazirganj under Boda upazila;' Behula Danga, Balapara Kotbhajani, Dahala Khagrabari under Debiganj upazila; and' Gabati and Singimari under Panchagarh Sadar upazila. Panchagarh district is located on the northern extremity of Bangladesh.
Population Total 836196; male 429490, female 406706; Muslim 690893, Hindu 142350, Buddhist 2194, Christian 42 and others 717.
Water bodies Main rivers: karatoyaatraimahanandatangon, Dahuk, Patharaj, Talma, Nagar, Chawai.
Administration During the British rule in India Panchagarh was a Thana under Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. It was included in Dinajpur district at the time of the partition of India in 1947. Panchagarh Sub Division was formed in 1980 comprising Panchagarh, Boda, Debiganj, Atwari and Tentulia upazilas. The Sub Division was turned into a district in 1984.
District
Area (sq km)
Upazila
Municipality
Union
Mouza
Village
Population
Density (per sq km)
Literacy rate (%)
Urban
Rural
1404.63
5
1
43
463
843
72015
764181
595
43.9

Others Information of District
Name of Upazila
Area
(sq km)
Municipality
Union
Mouza
Village
Population
Density
(per sq km)
Literacy rate (%)
Atwari
209.92
-
6
62
64
114938
548
50.7
Tentulia
189.12
-
7
36
244
105368
557
39.0
Debiganj
309.04
-
10
108
100
185960
602
41.1
Panchagarh Sadar
347.08
1
10
83
196
229237
660
45.7
Boda
349.47
-
10
174
239
200693
574
43.1
Source Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

History of the War of Liberation The Pak army shot two members of the EPR dead in Panchagarh at the beginning of the war of liberation. Besides, 18 Pak soldiers were killed in an encounter with the freedom fighters. The freedom fighters of Panchagarh also destroyed a bridge near the Amarkhana camp on the Chawai River to obstruct the entry of the Pak army on the north. During the period from 19 April to 30 April 1971 the Pak army killed about fifty persons at Panchagarh town and at Mirgarh. In the last week of April 1971 the Pak army killed 11 persons at Fakirganj Hat of Atwari upazila. On 27 May, they killed 7 innocent persons including 5 ofthe same family at village Radhanagar. On 3 June the Pak army killed 5 innocent persons at village Sukhati of Atwari upazila. In July they killed 16 persons at Amarkhana of Panchagarh sadar. The Pak army also killed 11 persons at a place near Nayadighi at village Dhamor under Atwari upazila. In the last part of October the Pak army killed 27 persons of village Duhapara of this upazila. In November, the Pak army killed 18 innocent persons at Diagari under Debiganj upazila.
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 2 (on the bank of the Karatoya river and Atwari thana at Mirzapur Punna-dighi); Mass killing site 1 (Char area on the eastern bank of the Karatoya adjacent to the Panchagarh town); Memorial monument 1 (Dhakka-mara in Panchagarh town).
Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 43.9%; male 50.1%, female 37.3%. Educational institutions: college 25, secondary school 240, primary school 59, madrasa 60. Noted educational institutions: Makbular Rahman Government College (1965), Boda English High School (1888), Mirzapur High School at Atwari (1904), Nrepen Narayan Pilot High School (1906), Bishnu Prasad High School at Panchagarh (1944), Tentulia Pilot High Nayadighi School (1959), Panchagarh Government Primary School (1956), Primary School at Boda (1828), Goalpara Primary School at Boda (1830), Boda Model Primary School (1873), Mirgarh Primary School at Panchagarh (1918), Maynaguri Primary School at Panchagarh (1928).
Main sources of income Agriculture 70.96%, non-agricultural labourer 5.42%, industry 0.47%, commerce 9.6%, transport and communication 3.72%, service 4.83%, construction 0.73%, religious service 0.15%, rent and remittance 0.13% and others 3.99%.
Newspapers and periodicals Ei Somoi, Karatoya, Pancharupa, Uttar Asa, Aloran, Barta, Unmesh, Durjay, Pilsuj (Panchagarh), Ekhane Surja Uthe, Ganapatro, Chetana (Boda), Chayapath, Purnabha (Debiganj), Panchagarh Barta (defunct).
Folk culture The most notable folk culture of the district include Bhawaiya song, Satya Pirer song, Jonger song, Vaisnava song, Baul song, Morsia, Natua, Guri Sangeet, Kirtan, Kavigan, folk tales, folk drama, proverbs, rhymes, riddle, etc.
Tourist spots Tentulia Dakbangalow and Banglabanha Zero Point, Tentulia Picnic Corner, Dahuk Picnic Spot, Rawshanpur Anandadhara and Tea Garden, Bhadreshwar Mandir at Tentulia, Mirzapur Shahi Mosque, Imambara and Bara Aulia Tomb at Atwari, Bodeshwar Mandir, Golakdham Mandir at Boda, Bangladesh China Friendship Bridge, Chandrima Uddan at Debiganj. [Md Sherozzaman]
See also The upazilas under this district.


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