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Sherpur District
Sherpur District () is a district in northern Bangladesh. It is a part of Mymensingh Division. Sherpur District was a sub-division of Jamalpur District before 1984. It was upgraded to a district on February 22, 1984 under Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralization programme. Sherpur City is located about north of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Etymology The name "Sherpur" can't be found in ancient history. In ancient times, Sherpur was called ''Garh Jaripa''. During the rule of the Mughal Akbar, emperor Akbar, this area was called ''Dash Kahonia Baju'' (At present Daskahonia named a village under 2 no Charsherpur union). The previous name of Old Brahmaputra River, Old Brahmaputra river in this area was ''Louhitto Sagar'' which was situated in a vast area from the south border of Sherpur municipality to Jamalpur Ghat. The people of this area had to pay 10 kahon coins to the leaseholders as an annual tax for travelling in the river. "Dash" means ten and "Kahon" is a unit of mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhutila Eco Park
Madhutila Eco Park (; Madhutila) is Forest, deep green forest and Park, eco park in Sherpur District. Location Madhutila Eco Park is in Puragaon Union under the Madhutila Forest Range in Nalitabari Upazila of Sherpur District, Sherpur district of Bangladesh in 1999. It is 380 acres. It falls close to the Bangladesh-India border. Areas Madhutila Eco Park include region Mymensingh, Sherpur Sadar Upazila, Sherpur, Jamalpur District, Jamalpur, Tangail District, Tangail, Netrokona and Kishoreganj districts. References Further reading * * * Protected areas of Bangladesh {{Mymensingh-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Bangladesh
The divisions of Bangladesh, divisions of Bangladesh are further divided into districts or (). The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas. History Before independence, Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) had 19 districts. English spelling change In April 2018, the government changed the English spelling of five districts to avoid inconsistencies in the Bengali and English spellings and to make them consistent with the Bengali pronunciation. The spellings have been changed from Bogra to Bogura, Barisal to Barishal, Jessore to Jashore, Chittagong to Chattogram and Comilla to Cumilla. Administration Deputy commissioner A Deputy Commissioner (DC), popularly abbreviated to 'DC,' serves as the executive head of the district. Individuals appointed to the role are selected by the government from the Deputy Secretary BCS Administration Cadre. Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipu Shah
Tipu Shah (; died 1852) was the second leader of the mystic Pagal Panthi Order in Mymensingh (present-day Bangladesh). He commanded the Order and the local peasantry in revolts against the British East India Company and managed to establish an independent state in Sherpur. Early life Tipu Shah was born into a Sufi Muslim fakir family of Pathan ancestry who had settled in Letarkanda, Pargana Sushang (presently under Purbadhala, Netrokona). His father, Karim Shah, founded the mystic Pagal Panthi Order (considered to be the established successor of Majnu Shah's activism) after being inspired by his predecessor Musa Shah. His mother, Chandi Bibi, also played an important role in the Order and was respected by the Pagal Panthis as "'' Pīr- Mātā''". Career It is said that the Pagal Panthis were composed mostly of tribes like Garos, Hajongs and Hudis. Tipu Shah led a rebellion against the zamindars (landlords) who collected the taxes for British East India Company. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 – 5 October 1805) was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined Franco-American force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North America. Cornwallis later served as a civil and military governor in Ireland, where he helped bring about the Act of Union; and in India, where he helped enact the Cornwallis Code and the Permanent Settlement. Born into an aristocratic family and educated at Eton and Cambridge, Cornwallis joined the British army in 1757, seeing action in the Seven Years' War. Upon his father's death in 1762 he succeeded to his peerage and entered the House of Lords. From 1766 until 1805, he was colonel of the 33rd Regiment of Foot. Cornwallis next saw military action in 1776 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was a British colonial administrator, who served as the first governor of the Presidency of Fort William (Bengal), the head of the Supreme Council of Bengal, and so the first governor-general of Bengal in 1772–1785. He and Robert Clive are credited with laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. He was an energetic organizer and reformer. In 1779–1784 he led forces of the East India Company against a coalition of native states and the French. In the end, the well-organized British side held its own, while France lost influence in India. In 1787, he was accused of corruption and impeached, but he was eventually acquitted in 1795 after a long trial. He was made a privy councillor in 1814. Early life and education Warren Hastings was born in Churchill, Oxfordshire, in 1732 to Reverend Penyston Hastings and his wife Hester (née Warren), who died soon after he was born.Gloucestershire, England, Church of Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sannyasi Rebellion
The Sannyasi rebellion () was a revolt by ''sannyasis'', ''sadhus'' (Hindu ascetics) in Bengal.In the Eighteenth Century Pandit Bhavanicharan Pathak, a Bhumihar from Jaso village of Buxar, was the main hero of the 'Sannyasi Rebellion' against the exploitative British rule in the land of Bengal. A large body of Hindu sannyasis travelled annually from North India to different parts of Bengal to visit shrines. Enroute to the shrines, it was customary for many of these ascetics to be bestowed with religious grants from the headmen and Zamindars or regional landlords. In times of prosperity, the headmen and zamindars generally obliged. However, since the East India Company had received the diwani or right to collect tax, tax demands on zamindars increased and the local landlords and headmen were unable to pay both the ascetics and the English. British viewed these Hindu ascetics with suspicion and treated them like bandits. In 1771, 150 saints were put to death by the British, for no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Southwestern China, Northeastern India, and Bangladesh. It is known as Brahmaputra or Luit in Assamese language, Assamese, Yarlung Tsangpo in Lhasa Tibetan, Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachal languages, Arunachali, and Jamuna River (Bangladesh), Jamuna River in Bengali language, Bengali. By itself, it is the 9th List of rivers by discharge, largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th List of rivers by length, longest. It originates in the Manasarovar Lake region, near Mount Kailash, on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet where it is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The Brahmaputra flows along southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (including the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) and into Arunachal Pradesh. It enters India near the village of Gelling, Arunachal Pradesh, Gelling in Arunachal Pradesh and flows southwest through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majlis Khan Humayun
Majlis Khan Humayun, also known as Majlis Shah Humayun, was a military commander in service of the Sultanate of Bengal who led the conquest of Garh-Dalipa (renamed to Garh-Jaripa) in present-day Sherpur District, Bangladesh. His military exploits led to the strategic northern expansion of the Sultanate's authority, and the takeover of the region from the Kamarupan Koch dynasty and its ruler, Raja Dalip Samanta, who was subsequently executed. According to Sarat Chandra Ghoshal, the magnitude of the Bengali victory in Garh-Jaripa can be compared to the scale of the rise of Biswa Singha in Kamata. Career Majlis Khan Humayun was appointed by Sultan of Bengal Saifuddin Firuz Shah to lead a military expedition into the territory of Kamarupa. Crossing the vast Brahmaputra River in 1491, Humayun's forces marched into what is now Jamalpur, Sherpur and northern Mymensingh, successfully seizing Garh-Dalipa, a regional Koch stronghold of strategic importance and the site of Chand Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saifuddin Firuz Shah
Malik Andil Habshi (), better known by his regnal title Saifuddin Firoze Shah (, ) was the second "Habshi" ruler of the Bengal Sultanate's Habshi dynasty. He was a former army commander of the Sultanate's Ilyas Shahi dynasty. Biography Andil was an army commander of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty who seized power after killing the rebel Sultan, Barbak Shah II, in 1487. After claiming the throne, he styled himself as ''Saifuddin Firuz Shah''. It is said that Andil was an eunuch. He is often considered as the real founder of the Habshi rule in Bengal as his predecessor Shahzada Barbak only ruled for a few months. This is reinforced in an inscription found in Garh Jaripa in Sreebardi, Sherpur, where he ordered the construction of someone's tomb and referred to himself as Sultan al-Ahad (the first Sultan). The four corners of the specific tomb each bore the names of the Rashidun caliphs and the inscription sent blessings upon the Islamic prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatimah and her two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Of Bengal
The Bengal Sultanate (Middle Bengali: , Classical Persian: ) was a Post-classical history, late medieval sultanate based in the Bengal region in the eastern South Asia between the 14th and 16th century. It was the dominant power of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, with a network of mint towns spread across the region. The Bengal Sultanate had a circle of vassal states in the Indian subcontinent, including parts of Odisha in the southwest, parts of Bihar in the northwest, parts of Assam in the northeast, Arakan in the southeast, and Tripura in the east. The Bengal Sultanate controlled large parts of the eastern South Asia during its five dynastic periods, reaching its peak under Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah. Its raids and conquests reached Kingdom of Nepal, Nepal in the north, Brahmaputra valley (modern-day Assam) in the east, and Jaunpur Sultanate, Jaunpur and Varanasi in the west. It was reputed as a thriving trading nation. Its decline began with an interregnum by the Sur Empire, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamarupa
Kamarupa (; also called Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa), an early state during the Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, was (along with Davaka) the first historical kingdom of Assam. The Kamrupa word first appeared in the Samudragupta Allahabad Edict before that there is no mention of existence of this word. Though Kamarupa prevailed from 350 to 1140 CE, Davaka was absorbed by Kamarupa in the 5th century CE."As regards the eastern limits of the kingdom, Davaka was absorbed within Kamarupa under Kalyanavarman and the outlying regions were brought under subjugation by Mahendravarman." Ruled by three dynasties from their capitals in present-day Guwahati, North Guwahati and Tezpur, Kamarupa at its height covered the entire Brahmaputra Valley, parts of North Bengal, Bhutan and northern part of Bangladesh, and at times portions of what is now West Bengal, Bihar and Sylhet. Though the historical kingdom disappeared by the 12th century to be replaced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh National Portal
Bangladesh National Portal is a national portal of the People's Republic of Bangladesh under Access to Information programme run by the Prime Minister's Office of Bangladesh. The information portal aims to provide information about all national unions, upazilas, districts and divisions Division may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication * Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting of 10,000 t ... of the country. History Over 25,000 websites were included when it started on 7 March 2015. References External links * {{Government of Bangladesh Bangladeshi websites Government of Bangladesh 2015 establishments in Bangladesh Internet properties established in 2015 Government databases Bengali-language websites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
