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Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui
''Khan Bahadur'' ''Nawab'' ''Sir'' Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Faroqui (; 1891 – 4 April 1984) was a Bengali Muslim Z''amindar'', politician and minister. Early life and family Kazi Golam Mohiuddin Farooqi was born in 1891 in Comilla Town during the Bengal Presidency. His father, Kazi Riyazuddin Ahmad Farooqi, was a sub-registrar. His family was an aristocratic Bengali Muslim ''Farooqi'' ''Zamindar'' family that had traditionally served as ''Qadi'' in the region, hence were also known as ''Kazi'', their ancestral home was in the village of Ratanpur in Nabinagar, Brahmanbaria. The family were descended from Kazi Omar Shah Farooqi, a high-ranking army officer of the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar who was awarded two ''parganas'' in the Tipperah district. The family is said to be descended from the second Rashidun caliph Umar al-Faruq. Education Faroqui was initially homeschooled by Hajee Ahmed Bell, Mr. Cally and Mr. Eden. He then went on to complete his FA from the Dacca College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Bahadur
Khan Bahadur – a compound of ''Khan'' "Leader" and ''Bahadur'' "Brave" – was an honorary title in British India conferred on Indian subjects who were adherents of Islam or Zoroastrianism. The equivalent title for Hindus, Buddhists and Indian Christians was Rao Bahadur/Rai Bahadur and Sardar Bahadur for Sikhs. The title of Khan Bahadur was one degree higher than the title of Khan Sahib. The title was conferred on individuals for faithful service or acts of public welfare to the British Empire. Recipients were entitled to prefix the title to their name and were presented with a special Title Badge and a citation (''Sanad''). It was conferred on behalf of the Government of British India by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India. Awarding of the Khan Bahadur title was discontinued in 1947 upon the independence of India. The title "Khan Bahadur" was originally conferred in Mughal India on Muslim subjects in recognition of public services rendered and was adopted by British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabinagar Upazila
Nabinagar () is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District in the Division of Chattogram, Bangladesh. Nabinagar Thana was turned into an upazila in 1983. Geography Nabinagar is located at . It has 94,871 households and a total area of 86,568 acres (353.66 km2). Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nabinagar Upazila had 94,871 households and a population of 493,518. 148,870 (30.17%) were under 10 years of age. Nabinagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 43.64%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1144 females per 1000 males. 53,157 (10.77%) lived in urban areas. Points of interest * Mosque made by Alauddin Khan *Satmora Aanada Ashram * Shrighar Church * Bholachnag Palpara Doyamoy mandir * Ahammadpur Soldiers memorials * Goni Shah Mazar Sharif Thollakandi * Maharshi Mon Mohon Datta Monastery * Barikhola Abdul Gofur Chisti & Shiraj Chisti Mazar * Titusha Mazar Sharif Lohory * MP Tila * SantiPur Kath Bagan * Rasulpur Natghar * Ibr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debidwar Upazila
Debidwar () is an upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Geography Debidwar is located at . It has a total area of 238.36 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Debidwar Upazila had 82,695 households and a population of 431,352. 118,968 (27.58%) were under 10 years of age. Debidwar has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 52.83%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1112 females per 1000 males. 61,418 (14.24%) lived in urban areas. Administration Debidwar Upazila is divided into Debidwar Municipality and 15 union parishads: Barkamta, Boroshalghor, Dakshin Gunaighor, Dhamti, Elahabad, Fatehabad, Jafargonj, Mohanpur, Rajameher, Rasulpur, Subil, Sultanpur, Uttar Gunaighor, Vani, and Yousufpur. The union parishads are subdivided into 129 mauzas and 192 villages. Debidwar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 22 mahallas. Education * Government Sujat Ali College * মহেশপুর প ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Indian General Election
General elections were held in British India in 1934. The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party in the Central Legislative Assembly."Elections in India The New Delhi Assembly, Congress Party's Position", ''The Times'', 10 December 1934, p15, Issue 46933 The total electorate for the 1934 elections was 1,415,892, of which 1,135,899 were in contested constituencies. The total number of votes polled was 608,198. The election marked the first year in which Indian women were eligible to vote in any but a local election. Of the 81,602 enrolled women voters, 62,757 of whom were in contested constituencies, only 14,505 actually used the ballot. Results Out of the 51 general seats of the general constituencies, the Congress won 37 seats. The party also won 5 seats in the non-General constituencies. A Congress splinter group, the Congress Nationalist Party, was the only other one to gain a significant number of seats. Most of the 30 Muslim constituencies elected independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surendranath Banerjee
Sir Surendranath Banerjee (; 10 November 18486 August 1925), often known as Rashtraguru () was an Indian nationalist leader during the British Rule. He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian National Association to bring Hindus and Muslims together for political action. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. Surendranath supported Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms, unlike Congress, and with many liberal leaders he left Congress and founded a new organisation named ''Indian National Liberation Federation'' in 1919. Early life Surendranath Banerjee was born in Calcutta, in the province of Bengal to a Rarhi Kulin Brahmin family, suggesting that the ancestral seat of the family was at Rarh region of present-day West Bengal. His ancestors had migrated to East Bengal at some point of time and settled in a village called Lonesingh in Faridpur district. It was his great-grandfather Babu Gour Kishire Banerjee who emigrated and settled in a vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party founded in 1906 in Dhaka, British India with the goal of securing Muslims, Muslim interests in South Asia. Although initially espousing a united India with interfaith unity, the Muslim League later led the Pakistan Movement, calling for a Two-nation theory, separate Muslim homeland after the British exit from India. The party arose out of the need for the political representation of Muslims in British Raj, British India, especially during the Indian National Congress-sponsored Swadeshi movement, massive Hindu opposition to the 1905 partition of Bengal. During the 1906 annual meeting of the All India Muslim Education Conference held in Ahsan Manzil, Israt Manzil Palace, Dhaka, the Nawab of Dhaka, Khwaja Salimullah, forwarded a proposal to create a political party which would protect the interests of Muslims in British India. He suggested the political party be named the 'All-India Muslim League'. The motion was unanimously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dacca College
Dhaka College (), informally known as DC, is a public educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the subcontinent. It offers honours and master's programs. It also has higher secondary certificate ( HSC). It was affiliated with the University of Dhaka from February 2017 to January 2025. History The East India Company and British rule were closely related to the spread of modern education in the subcontinent. In 1780, during the Company rule, the rulers established the Calcutta Madrasah (now Aliah University), and 1791, they established the Sanskrit College in Varanasi for Indians, and the Fort William College in 1800 for the employees of the East India Company. Following the passage of the 'Charter Act 1813', the East India Company was instructed by the British government to focus on the education of Indians. The act was the foundation of modern Indian education. Hindu College (now Presidency Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intermediate Of Arts
Intermediate Arts (IA) is an academic diploma awarded by a high school or junior college after the completion of 12th grade or equivalent in some countries like India and Nepal. However, as for Nepal, the usage of IA, ISc, and the like has become obsolete. The University of London has functioned as a world-wide examining body on many levels for more than a century. It used to be the degree-awarding body for many colleges throughout the Commonwealth, which have since become independent universities in their own right, and served as a model for others. At the beginning, in 1837, London degrees such as Bachelor of Arts, were awarded after a single degree examination at least two years after passing the Matriculation (entry) examination, but in 1859 the Intermediate Examination in Arts was introduced making it a three-stage process. When the Bachelor of Science degree was introduced in 1867 it came with a similar Intermediate Examination in Science, and an Intermediate Examination in La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (; ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () and is regarded as a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Initially, Umar opposed Muhammad, who was his distant Qurayshite kinsman. However, after converting to Islam in 616, he became the first Muslim to openly pray at the Kaaba. He participated in nearly all of Muhammad’s battles and expeditions, and Muhammad conferred upon him the title ''al-Fārūq'' ("the Distinguisher") for his sound judgement. After Muhammad’s death in June 632, Umar pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr as the first caliph and served as his chief adviser. In 634, shortly before his death, Abu Bakr nominated Umar as his successor. During Umar’s reign, the caliphate expanded at an unprecedented rate, conquering the Sasanian Empire and more than two-thirds of the Byzantine Empire. His campaigns against the Sasanian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rashidun Caliph
The Rashidun Caliphate () is a title given for the reigns of first caliphs (lit. "successors") — Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali collectively — believed to represent the perfect Islam and governance who led the Muslim community and polity from the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (in 632 AD), to the establishment of the Umayyad Caliphate (in 661 AD). The reign of these four caliphs is considered in Sunni Islam to have been "rightly-guided", meaning that it constitutes a model to be followed and emulated from a religious point of view. This term is not used by Shia Muslims, who reject the rule of the first three caliphs as illegitimate. Following Muhammad's death in June 632, Muslim leaders debated who should succeed him. Unlike later caliphs, Rashidun were often chosen by some form of a small group of high-ranking companions of the Prophet in () or appointed by their predecessor. Muhammad's close companion Abu Bakr (), of the Banu Taym clan, was elected the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipperah District
Meghna Division (), also known as Comilla district, is a proposed administrative division within Bangladesh. The division gets its name from the Meghna River, which forms its western border. It encompasses the north-western parts of the existing Chittagong Division, and comprises Brahmanbaria, Comilla, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, and Laxmipur Districts of Chittagong Division. The headquarters of the division would be in Comilla. It's located in the south-east region of the country, with a total area of and a population of 16,708,000 as of 2011. Terminology and naming dispute Various terms are used to describe the different (and sometimes overlapping) geographical and political areas of the proposed Meghna division. In brief, the main terms and their simple explanations are as follows: * Geographical terms: * Samatata (or Samatat) () was an ancient geopolitical division of Bengal. Greater Cumilla and Noakhali region were within the division of Samatata. Geographically, the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pargana
Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empires. Mughal Empire was divided into Subah (Suba) or province headed by a ''Subahdar'', which were further subdivided into '' sarkars'' or tarafs, which in turn were further subdivided into groups of villages known as ''parganas'' or Mahallas (Mahal). Depending on the size, the ''parganas'' may or may not be further subdivided into ''pirs'' or '' mouzas'' which were the smallest revenue units, consisting of one or more villages and the surrounding countryside. In Bengal, the Sarkar system was replaced in the early 18th century by the Chakla system. In the Punjab region, the British established new Punjab Canal Colonies in which the smallest unit quivalent to village or Mauza or pirwere termed Chak. Above-mentioned revenue units were used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
