Nabiganj (, is an

Upazila An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas ...

of Habiganj District in the Division of

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History

After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal migrated and settled in present-day Nabiganj where they preached Islam to the local people. Shah Sikandar migrated to Paschimgaon (Sikandarpur), Hafiz Muhammad Zakariyyah Arabi to Pithua, Shah Sadruddin Qurayshi to Parbatpur (Sadrabad) and Qazi Tajuddin Qurayshi to Chouki. In the late 17th century, Inathganj Bazar was founded. Inathganj became a centre for the Asian

Jute trade The jute trade is centered mainly around India, India's West Bengal and Assam, and Bangladesh. The major producing country of jute is India and biggest exporter is Bangladesh, due to their natural fertile soil. Production of jute by India and Ba ...

. The current Inathganj High School was originally a jute warehouse. Many ships would crowd in the banks of Inathganj Bazar, and go to many corners of the world, and evidence of this remains at the present-day high school.

Geography

Nabiganj is located at . It has 61,770 households and total area .

Demographics

According to the

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, Nabiganj Upazila had 61,770 households and a population of 345,179. 95,265 (27.60%) were under 10 years of age. Nabiganj had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 41.01%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1034 females per 1000 males. 29,513 (8.55%) lived in urban areas. As of the

1991 Bangladesh census In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and a ...

, Nabiganj has a population of 246933. Males constitute 50.27% of the population, and females 49.73%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 126527. Nabiganj has an average literacy rate of 26.4% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.

Administration

Nabiganj Upazila is divided into 13 union parishads: Aushkandi, Bausha, Debparra, Digholbak, Gaznaipur, Inatganj, Kaliarbhanga, Kargoan, Kurshi, Nabiganj Sadar, Paniumda, Paschim Bara Bhakoir, and Purba Bara Bhakoir. The union parishads are subdivided into 219 mauzas and 355 villages.

People

* Shah A M S Kibria, Late

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* Shah Abdul Musawwir, Late Addn. Chief Engineer, PWD, Bangladesh * Abdul Moshabbir, lawyer * Hazrat Shah Tajuddin Qurashi, Companion of Hazrat Shahjalal * Abdul Munim Chowdhury, former MP * Abdul Momin Imambari, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician * Abdur Rouf Choudhury, writer * Dewan Farid Gazi, politician * Dewan Mahbubur Rob Sadi Chaudhuri (

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), Sub-Sector Commander (1971), Former MP * Foysol Choudhury, businessman and

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* Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz, politician * Ismat Ahmed Chowdhury, politician * Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury, politician * Nazra Chowdhury, Doctor & Politician * Protap Uddin Ahmed ( Politician) *

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, fourth Governor of

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* Zahin Ahmed Chowdhury, founder of FIVDB. * Anudvaipayan Bhattacharya, physicist * Emamul Haque, deputy secretary, Bangladesh Parliament secretariat * Md Nizam Chowdhury community leader, social & educational activist * Shah Sirajul Islam, Late Director of CMH, Bangladesh * Shah Shamsuddin Ahmed, Late Lawyer, Bangladesh * Tabassum Islam, Former Judge, Bangladesh

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