Pabna District ( bn, পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

. It is an economically important district in

. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town.

History

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conjectured that the name "Pabna" might be derived from the

Pundra Pundravardhana or Pundra Kingdom ( sa, Puṇḍravardhana), was an ancient kingdom during the Iron Age period in India with a territory that included parts of present-day Rajshahi and Rangpur Divisions of Bangladesh as well as the West Dinaj ...

or Poondrobordhon

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, whose capital was

Mahasthangarh Mahasthangarh ( bn, মহাস্থানগড়, ''Môhasthangôṛ'') is one of the earliest urban archaeological sites so far discovered in Bangladesh. The village Mahasthan in Shibganj upazila of Bogra District contains the remain ...

, the oldest city of Bangladesh, in neighbouring Bogra, but this hypothesis has not received general acceptance among scholars. In 1859–61, the district was one of the major areas involved in the

Indigo revolt The Indigo revolt (or ''Nil bidroha''; Bengali: নীল বিদ্রোহ) was a peasant movement and subsequent uprising of indigo farmers against the indigo planters, that arose in Bengal in 1859, and continued for over a year. The vill ...

. Beginning in ''Yusufshahi'' period in 1873, the serfs resisted excessive demands of increased rents by

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was the combination of the legal, economic, military, cultural and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of structur ...

lords (

zamindar A zamindar (Hindustani language, Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian language, Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous Raja, ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughal Em ...

), They were led by the ''nouveau riches'' Banerjees and

Dwijendranath Tagore Dwijendranath Tagore (11 March 1840 – 19 January 1926) was an Indian Bengali poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician and painter. He was one of the pioneers of shorthand and notation in Bengali script. He was the eldest son of Debend ...

, by forming an Agrarian League. This largely peaceful movement found the support of the Lieutenant-governor of

Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predom ...

, George Campbell, who antagonised the absentee feudal lords. These protests are generally referred to as Pabna disturbances. In the following year, the district was one of the worst hit by

famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompan ...

. The peasants' demands were finally partially met with the Rent Law Act of 1885. In 1875, Raaygonj was transferred back to Pabna from Bogra, and in 1879, a separate judgeship for the districts of Pabna and Bogra was created.

Geography

Pabna forms the south-east boundary of Rajshahi Division. Sirajganj District is on the north-east, while the Padma River, the main stream of the

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Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

, in the south separates it from Rajbari District and Kushtia District. The Jamuna River runs along its eastern border separating it from

Manikgonj District Manikganj ( bn, মানিকগঞ্জ ) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, In 1845 AD it was at first declared as a sub-division. It was at first, under Faridpur district (Faridpur Zila) then it was in ...

; and on the north-west, it has a common boundary with the Natore District. Its average maximum temperature is 36.8 °C, and the minimum is 9.6 °C; annual rainfall is 1872 mm. Characteristically, the soil of the district is divided into four, due to the flood plains of the Ganges, Karatoya, Jamuna, and Barind Tracts. Its main rivers are the Ganges, Ichamati, Gumani, Baral, and

Hurasagar River The Hurasagar River, or Hoorsagar, is a major river of Bangladesh that formerly flowed into the Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Pa ...

s. The rivers Padma and Jamuna meet at the south-eastern end of Pabna Aminpur Thana.

Rivers

The district is intersected by rivers of varying magnitude. The river system, though, is constituted by the Padma and the Jamuna with their interlacing offshoots and tributaries. Besides these flowing streams, the interior has the abandoned beds of old rivers, most of which are dry except in the rains.
The general trend of the drainage of the Serajganj subdivision is from north-west to south-east, with the rivers entering it from the north-west flow into the Jamuna after a tortuous course. In the Sadar subdivision, however, the general slope of the country is from west to east, and the main rivers fall into Hurasagar, an offshoot of the Jamuna. The following rivers flow through Pabna District: # Padma River #

Ichhamati River Ichamati River ( bn, ইছামতী নদী) (also spelt Ichhamati), is a trans-boundary river which flows through India and Bangladesh and also forms the boundary between the two countries. The river is facing the problem of siltation l ...

# Baral River #

Atrai River Atrai River (also spelt as Atreyee) ( bn, আত্রাই/আত্রেয়ী নদী) flows in West Bengal and northern parts of Bangladesh. In ancient times the river was called Atreyee and finds a mention in the Mahabharata, one ...

# Chiknai River # Jamuna River # Kazipur River #

Karatoya River Karatoya River (also spelt Korotoa River) is a small stream in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. Etymology The name of the river is formed of two Sanskrit words ''kar'' (hand) and ''toa'' (water). Course The Karatoya, known as Phuljhur rises i ...

# Hurasgar River # Gumany River # Rotnai River # Badai River # Kageshari River # Sutikhali River # Komla River # Chondraboti River #

Climate

Demographics

According to the

2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ...

, Pabna district had a population was 2,523,179, of which 1,262,934 were males and 1,260,245 females. Rural population was 2,135,504 (84.64%) while the urban population was 387,675 (15.36%). Pabna district had a literacy rate of 46.72% for the population 7 years and above: 47.83% for males and 45.61% for females. Muslims are the overwhelming majority. The Hindu population has continuously decreased from 1981, when it was a high of 100,000.

Economy

Pabna's economy is quite prosperous. Lots of small and big industries and industries have developed here. Besides, there is a BSIC industrial city in Pabna where there are a large number of industrial factories. * Main occupations: Agriculture 34%, agricultural farm-hands 22.77%, wage labourer 4.46%, transport 2.18%, weavers 2.85%, commerce 13.27%, service 7.26%, and others 13.21% * Land control: Among the peasants, 29% are landless peasants, with 49% small, 18% intermediate, and 4% rich * Value of land: The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 15500 per 0.01 acre * Crops: Paddy rice, jute, wheat,

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, perennial grass (in the genus '' Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalk ...

, oil seeds, onion, garlic, betel leaf (''paan''),

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* Extinct or nearly extinct crops:

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sesame Sesame ( or ; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a flowering plant in the genus ''Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cul ...

, linseed,

cereals A cereal is any grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grain crops are grown in greater quantities and provide more food ...

such as and ''cheena'', and pulses * Fruits:

Mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree '' Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in Sout ...

jackfruit The jackfruit (''Artocarpus heterophyllus''), also known as jack tree, is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family ( Moraceae). Its origin is in the region between the Western Ghats of southern India, all of Bangladesh, ...

, banana,

lychee Lychee (US: ; UK: ; ''Litchi chinensis''; ) is a Monotypic taxon, monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus ''Litchi'' in the Sapindus, soapberry family, ''Sapindaceae''. It is a tropical tree native to Southeast and Southwest China (t ...

(''lichu''),

coconut The coconut tree (''Cocos nucifera'') is a member of the palm tree family (Arecaceae) and the only living species of the genus ''Cocos''. The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the f ...

guava Guava () is a common tropical fruit cultivated in many tropical and subtropical regions. The common guava ''Psidium guajava'' (lemon guava, apple guava) is a small tree in the myrtle family ( Myrtaceae), native to Mexico, Central America, t ...

, pomelo, and

papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus '' Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

* Fisheries, dairies, and poultries: 1069 dairies, 88

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, ...

, 714 poultry, and 37 hatcheries * Industries: Ishwardi EPZ; Pakshey

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...

, sugar mill, cotton mill, jute press, edible oil mill,

Square Pharmaceuticals Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a Bangladeshi multinational pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1958 by Samson H. Chowdhury along with three of his friends PK Saha, Kazi Harunur Roshid and Radhabinod Rai as a private firm. It went public i ...

, biscuit factory. The most prominent rice industry is Purbasha Automatic Rice Mills Ltd. in Ishwardi and flour mill (Rouf and Sons Flour Mill), ice factory, welding, saw mill, and cold storage. The SQUARE group established several factories in the district, namely

pharmaceuticals A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and re ...

, spices, food, toiletries, and textiles, and converted the

agricultural economy Agricultural economics is an applied field of economics concerned with the application of economic theory in optimizing the production and distribution of food and fiber products. Agricultural economics began as a branch of economics that speci ...

of Pabna to an

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* Cottage industries: Hand loom,

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and caneworks,

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, goldsmith, potteries, woodworks, and tailoring * Main exports: Rice, jute, betel leaf, hosiery goods, cotton, cotton fabrics * Active NGOs: BRAC,

CARE Care may refer to: Organizations and projects * CARE (New Zealand), Citizens Association for Racial Equality, a former New Zealand organisation * CARE (relief agency), "Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere", an international aid and ...

, ASA,

Grameen Bank Grameen Bank ( bn, গ্রামীণ ব্যাংক) is a microfinance organisation and community development bank founded in Bangladesh. It makes small loans (known as microcredit or "grameencredit") to the impoverished without requi ...

, Caritas, Proshika, Shomota, Thengamaara Mohila Shobuj Shongho (TMSS), Polli Progoti, ASEAB, BOSS

Irrigation

Water from the river Jamuna is pumped from Bera pump house to the east through the Baral river.

Points of interest

Pakshey is a popular green area and a small town. The railway colony of Paksey, divisional headquarters of Bangladesh Railway, has many old trees and is beside the river Padma and the Hardinge Bridge. An export processing zone ( EPZ) and the newly built Lalon Shah Bridge are situated here. Idyllic ''Poddar Par'' (the bank of the Padma) at Shilaaidoho Ghaat is 5 km south of town's old Technical Institute, where people can enjoy a river cruise. A river crossing (''ghaat'') here connects to Shilaaidoho of Kumarkhali Upazila of Kushtia District.

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poet

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

had a ''Koothibari'' (

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became ...

) at Shilaaidoho, where his birth anniversary is celebrated regularly. Bangladesh Mental Hospital, Pabna is a hospital beside Pabna's main town, and the only mental hospital in Bangladesh. Mental patients from anywhere in Bangladesh go there to get treatment. There is a marshy area, Chalan Beel, in the north. Dhalarchar (Aminpur) was famous for crime, but it is now popular and valuable for its geographical position after established Aminpur Thana.

Administration

The district comprises nine

upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

s: # Atgharia Upazila #

Bera Upazila Bera ( bn, বেড়া) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Bera is located at . It has 35,351 households and a total area of . It is known as 2nd Adamjee because there is big market for jute and ...

# Bhangura Upazila #

Chatmohar Upazila Chatmohar ( bn, চাটমোহর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Chatmohar is located at . It has 39489 households and a total area of 314.32 km2. Demographics As of the 2011 Bangla ...

Faridpur Upazila Faridpur ( bn, ফরিদপুর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi Division, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Faridpur is located at . Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Faridpur has a population of 111,464. Male ...

(formerly Banwari Nagar) # Ishwardi Upazila #

Pabna Sadar Upazila Pabna Sadar ( bn, পাবনা সদর) is an upazila of Pabna District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Geography Pabna Sadar is located at . It has 74517 households and total area 443.9 km2. Demographics According to the 20 ...

# Santhia Upazila # Sujanagar Upazila * Zila Parishad chairman: Rezaur Rahim Laal * Deputy Commissioner (DC): MD Jasim Uddin * City Mayor : Sharif Uddin Prodhan

Health

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and a mental hospital are in Pabna. The 11 ''thanas'' of the district hold a

Upazila An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a ...

health complex each. Each Upazila health complex has qualified doctors who got appointment through

Bangladesh Civil Service Bangladesh Civil Service ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সিভিল সার্ভিস ), more popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial ...

(BCS) commission. For better treatment, people need to go to medical college and other tertiary hospitals in Rajshahi or

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest ...

. The 250-bed government general hospital is here, with a 450-bed mental hospital, second oldest in

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, only after

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Mental Hospital,

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, India. Recently, government-owned Pabna Medical College and Hospital has been set up. Around 15 health clinics are available in Pabna. Mental Hospital, Pabna and Pabna Medical College and Hospital are built on land donated by Lord Thakur Anukulchandra at Hemayetpur. Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed has started its 10th subcenter at Pabna in the name of “CRP- Pabna Diabetic Shamity” from January 2017 with the collaboration of Pabna Diabetic Shamity to provide rehabilitation services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, awareness raising program regarding disability and rehabilitation, and scarf-injury prevention, and also provide assistive devices to the persons with disabilities.

Transport

Roads, waterways, railways, and one airport are present. The traditional (

sedans A sedan or saloon (British English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with separate compartments for an engine, passengers, and cargo. The first recorded use of the word "sedan" in reference to an automobile body occurred in 19 ...

), ''tomtom'' (horse carriages), and ''gorur gaari'' (bullock carts) are now going out of the fashion. The and , locally made mechanical haulers using

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been devel ...

pumps as their main engines, are mainly used for transporting agricultural goods and rural folks. Inexpensive Chinese electric and petrol autobikes (tricycles) are gaining popularity as urban transport. Dhaka is about five hours by road. Hardinge Bridge and Lalon Shah Bridge over the Padma linked Pabna with Kushtia District and Khulna Division and the southern

. Before the Partition of

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, it was a major stoppage for trains from

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Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

and

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nep ...

. Pabna is also connected to

by the age old roadway through the Jamuna River crossing at Nogorbari, opposite to the river crossing of Aricha at

. It is also very well connected with

by modern roads through

Jamuna Bridge Bangabandhu Bridge, also known as the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge ( bn, যমুনা বহুমুখী সেতু ''Jomuna Bohumukhi Setu'') is a bridge opened in Bangladesh in June 1998. It connects Bhuapur Upazila, Bhuapur on the Jamun ...

. There is a new rail link established in Pabna town.

Pabna Railway Station Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the his ...

is situated in near

Pabna Central Bus Terminal Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about . Etymology * According to the his ...

. Nearby rail stations are situated in Tebunia,

and Ishwardi Upazila. Ishwardi Upazila is one of the important railway junctions of the

North Bengal North Bengal ( bn, উত্তরবঙ্গ/উত্তর বাংলা) is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh and northern part of West Bengal. The Bangladesh part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. G ...

as well as in

. There are nine rail stations in this district: Ishwardi, Pakshi, Muladuli, Chatmohar, Bhangura, Baral Bridge, Sharat Nagar, Dilpashar and Guakhara. Pabna is well connected by road, rail, river or air to the rest of the country. Ishwardi Upazila has an airport. Biman Bangladesh Airlines used to operate twice-weekly services to Ishwardi from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka, but no airline is operating to and from Ishwardi now. Several Dhaka-bound private bus services are available: Pabna Express, Shyamoli Parbahan, Sarkar Travels, Raja Badshah, Ishurdi Express, Shahzadpur Travels, Baadol, Night Star, Kings, Esha, Mahanagar, Capital Service, Sakal Shandha, Uttara, B Nagar, Al Hamra, etc. The government-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) provides bus services to Rajshahi and Bogra cities. Water transport is important, as the Padma and other rivers and Chalan Beel are situated in Pabna. In the Pabna district, ride by , rickshawvan, and are pleasant.

Education

Overall,

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for males is 71.8% and for females 65.7%. A renowned science and technology university, Pabna University of Science and Technology, is located there, as are 34 colleges, a cadet college, a law college, a government polytechnic institute, a government vocational training institute, a textiles college, a government commerce college, a teachers' training college, a primary teacher's training institute, a

nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

training institute, a homoeopathic college, 202 high schools, 29 junior high schools, a Madrassa Aliya, 261 madrassa (seminary), 667 government primary schools, 445 nongovernment primary schools, eight community schools, 29 kindergartens, 32 satellite schools, 299 NGO-operated schools, and a music college. Pabna Zilla School, Pabna Edward College, and Banwarinagar C.B. Pilot High School of this district are very old in the region–over a hundred years. Noted educational institutions are: Field of Pabna Zilla School

School * Pabna Cadet College (1981) *

Pabna Zilla School Pabna Zilla School ( bn, পাবনা জিলা স্কুল) is the oldest high school in the Pabna District of Bangladesh. It provides education from class Three to Ten. It has two shifts - morning and day. The morning shift starts at 7: ...

(1853) * Pabna Govt. Girls High School (1883) *

Govt. Edward College, Pabna Govt. Edward College, Pabna is one of the oldest colleges in Bangladesh. History It was established in July 1898 in Pabna. The college was first named as "Pabna Institution" and founded by Shree Gopal Chandra Lahiri, the famous educationist at ...

(founded 1898) * Pabna University of Science and Technology (2008) * Pabna Medical College (2008) * Pabna Textile Engineering College (2008) * Pabna Polytechnic Institute (1962)
Adarsha High School, Kaitola
(1972) * Govt Technical School and College, Pabna (1889) * Selim Nazir High School (1924) * Pabna Collectorate Public School and College (2008) * North Bengal Paper Mills High School, Paksey (1972) * R.M Academy School & College, Pabna * Jagir Hossain Academy, Pabna (1983) * Al-hera Academy School and College (1987) * Gopal Chandra Institution (GCI) (1894) * Galaxy School & College Bera-Pabna (2001) * Atghoreia Government College (1972) * Atghoria Government High School (1954) * Government Shahid Bulbul College * Pabna City College * Banwarinagar Cornation Bonomali Pilot High School (1912), Faridpur * Basanta Raha Institute of engineering and health science (1899) * Shahid Fazlul Haque Municipal High School (1967) * Banglamotion Institute of Engineering & Technology (2012) * Pabna Town Girls High School (1903) * Madrassa Aliya (1925) * MC Jubilee High School (1936) * Pabna Cadet Collegiate School (1993) * Online.net (IT School) (2000) * Amina Monsoor Girls High School (2002) * Ataikula High School (1938) * Bhangura Union High School * Bhangura Jarina Rahim Girls High School * Haji Jamal Uddin Degree College * Bhangura Alia Madrassa * Hadol Madrassa, Debottor, Atgharia, Pabna * Government Primary School (1880) * Varenga (Bera) Academy (1835) * Bera B B High School (1899) * Adarsha High School, Kaitola (1972) * Bera High School (1906) * Monjur Kadir Mohila College, Bera, Pabna (1990) * Dhobakhola Coronation High School (1906) * Banwarinagar Pilot Girls High School (1972), Faridpur * Shara (Ishwardi) Marwari School (1917) * Khalilpur (Shujanogor) High School (1901) * Bhadurpur Government Primary School (1909) * JotGoury Jalalpur Government Primary School (1943) * Dulai High School (1967) * Pabna Collectorate Public School and College (2009) * Khan Pura High School (1918) * Malifa Habibor Rahman Multilateral High School (1957) * Masundia Bhabanipur K.J.B College * Masundia Bhabanipur High School * Pabna College, Pabna (1983) * Nariagodai High School, Nariagodai, Santhia, Pabna (1963) * Kashinathpur Abdul Latif High School, Pabna * Sujanager Pilot Model High School And College (1956) * Karanja Pre Cadet School & College (2005) * Pakuria School and College (1907) * Imam Hossain Academy, Santhia, Pabna (2001) * Santhia Pilot High School, Santhia (1943) * Chatmohar RCN & BSN High School & College (1861) * Saint Rts. High School, Mothurapur, Chatmohar, Pabna (1970) * Chiknai High School, Mulgram, Chatmahor * Chatmohar Pilot Girls High School (1970) * Chatmohar Government Degree (hons) College (1970) * Tebunia Wasim Pathshala, Tebunia, Pabna * Samsul Huda Degree College, Tebunia, Pabna * Shaheed Abdul Khaleque High School, Khidirpur, Atgharia, Pabna * Par Khidirpur High School, Atgharia, Pabna * Ramchandrapur High School, Atgharia, Pabna * Khidirpur College, Atgharia, Pabna * Par Khidirpur College, Atgharia, Pabna

Newspapers

Locally published newspapers and periodicals include: * ''Newspabna.com'' * ''Doinik Ichhamoti'' * ''Doinik Shatakantha'' * ''Doinik Pabna Protidin'' * ''Doinik Uttor Jonota'' (Ishwardi) * ''Gan Bikashini'' * ''Pabna Barta'' * ''Bibriti'' * Banshpatra * Pabnar alo * ''Arshi'' * ''Jamuna'' * ''Charmohar Barta'' * ''Faridpur Barta'' * ''Junction'' * ''Jonodabi'' (Ishwardi) * ''Gan Prova'' * ''Polli Dorpon'' * ''Manoshi'' * ''Amar Desh and Pabna'' * ''Tawhid'' (Bhangura) * ''Chetona'' * ''Shocheton'' *''Dainik abc Barta(Aminpur)'' National dailies like

Prothom Alo ''The Daily Prothom Alo'' ( bn, প্রথম আলো) is a daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to National Media Survey 2018, conduct ...

, The Daily Star,

Jugantor ''Daily Jugantor'' ( bn, দৈনিক যুগান্তর) is a Bengali daily newspaper in Bangladesh. The newspaper is printed and published by Jamuna Printing and Publishing Ltd. established in 1999, and administrative operations are ...

, Ittefaq, Kaaler Kontho, Janakantha,

Amader Shomoy ''Amader Shomoy'' ( bn, দৈনিক আমাদের সময়, ) is a Bengali language daily newspaper from Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the ...

The New Age ''The New Age'' was a British weekly magazine (1894–1938), inspired by Fabian socialism, and credited as a major influence on literature and the arts during its heyday from 1907 to 1922, when it was edited by Alfred Richard Orage. It publishe ...

are also available.

Members of ninth Jatiyo Sangshad (2009–)

Pabna-1 Pabna-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Shamsul Hoque Tuku of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Santhia Upazila, Bera Municipality, and four union ...

( Santhia Upazila and part of

) Seat 68: Mohammad Shamsul Haque (Tuku) rom_Awami_League.html" ;"title="Awami_League.html" ;"title="rom Awami League">rom Awami League">Awami_League.html" ;"title="rom Awami League">rom Awami League * Pabna-2 ( Sujanagar Upazila and part of

) Seat 69: Ahmed Firoz Kabir rom Awami League*

Pabna-3 Pabna-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Mokbul Hossain of the Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common peopl ...

(

, Bhangura Upazila and

) Seat 70: Mohammad Mokbul Hossain rom Awami League* Pabna-4 ( Ishwardi Upazila and Atgharia Upazila) Seat 71: Nuruzzaman Biswas rom Awami League* Pabna-5 (

) Seat 72: Khondokar Golam Faruk (Prince) rom Awami League

Notable residents

* Thakur Anukulchandra,

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, physician and founder of Satsang

Ashram An ashram ( sa, आश्रम, ) is a spiritual hermitage or a monastery in Indian religions. Etymology The Sanskrit noun is a thematic nominal derivative from the root 'toil' (<

Group Captain Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force, where it originated, as well as the air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank i ...

(Rtd.)

Saiful Azam Saiful Azam (11 September 1941 – 14 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi pilot and politician who first served as a fighter pilot for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) (1960–1971) and later the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) (1971–1979). During his car ...

, former pilot of

Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী, Bangladesh Biman Bahini) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Air Force is primarily responsible for air defence of ...

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

, Jordanian Air Force and Iraqi Air Force. He was a war hero of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War and

1967 Arab-Israeli War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Jun ...

(

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 ...

). * Selina Banu, politician * General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri OBE, former

Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) (unofficially known as the Army Chief) is a statutory position in the Indian Army held usually by a four star general. As the highest ranking officer to serve solely in the Indian Army, the chief is the profess ...

Pramatha Chaudhuri Pramathanath Chaudhuri ( bn, প্রমথনাথ চৌধুরী; 7 August 1868 – 2 September 1946), known as Pramatha Chaudhuri, ''alias'' Birbal, was a Bengali writer and an influential figure in Bengali literature. He was the nephe ...

, writer * Samson H. Chawdhury, former chairman of

Square Group Square Group () is a Bangladeshi diversified conglomerate based in Dhaka. Samuel S Chowdhury is the chairman and Tapan Chowdhury is managing director of Square Group. Square Group has 60 thousand employees. History Square Group was founded in ...

* Priyamvada Devi, writer * Amzad Hossain, MNA (Member of

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upp ...

), organizer of Liberation War *

A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam A. B. Mirza Azizul Islam is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and the former Advisor of the Caretaker Government led by Fakhruddin Ahmed. He was in charge of the finance ministry. Career Islam is the former chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange C ...

, advisor of Bangladesh Caretaker Government 2007-2008 * Air Vice Marshal (Rtd.)

A. K. Khandker Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Abdul Karim Khandker, Bir Uttom (born 1930) is a former planning minister of the Government of Bangladesh. He is a retired diplomat and was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Banglade ...

, first

Chief of Staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...

(1971–1975), and former Planning Minister * Mozid Mahmud, poet and essayist, recognized as a major poet of the 1980s, with more than thirty books to his credit *

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar Amiya Bhushan Majumdar ( Bengali: অমিয় ভূষণ মজুমদার) (22 March 1918 – 8 July 2001) was an Indian novelist, short-story writer, essayist and playwright. In a writing career spanning over four decades, Majumdar ...

, Indian novelist * Bonde Ali Miah, poet * Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ameer (chairman) of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, former Member of Jatiyo Sangshad (2001–2006), former Minister of Agriculture (2001–2003), and executed under trial for war crimes during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 * Shreemati Rasasundari, 19th century writer *

Dilip Bagchi Dilip Bagchi (1935 — 11 January 2007) was a Bengali mass singer, educationist and political activist. He was an active member of Indian People's Theatre Association of West Bengal. Early life Bagchi was born in Tantihand village, Pabna Dis ...

, Bengali mass singer and political activist

Notes

References

External links

*
pabna24.com

newspabna.com

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