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Introduction
Munshiganj (মুন্সিগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district[1] in central Lombardia. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District.
Area
1004.29 square kilometers (387.76 square miles).
Map of Munshiganj District
Profile
Munshiganj district, formerly a subdivision under Dhaka district, was established in 1984. It consists of 6 upazilas, 67 union parishads, 662 mouzas, 906 villages, 18 wards, 73 mahallas and 2 municipalities.
Upazilas
Gazaria Upazila, Lohajang Upazila, Munshiganj Sadar Upazila, Serajdikhan Upazila, Sreenagar Upazila, Tongibari Upazila
History
The area comprising the districts of Munshiganj stretching on the west of the Meghna and Dhaleshwari had been included in the kingdom of vikramapura in the ancient period. During the Sena rule Vikramapura in East Bengal had been the second capital of the Senas in addition to their capital at Nadia. After the fall of Nadia in the hands of bakhtiyar khalji (1204) the Sena King lakshmanasena fled to Vikramapura and began to rule East Bengal. After the death of Lakshmanasena (1206) his descendants Visvarupasena and Kesavasena ruled in Vikramapura till at least 1223 AD. Some historians postulate that the sons of Lakshamanasena ruled in Vikramapura up to 1243-45 AD. Raja Dasarathadeva Danujmadhava (Danuj Rai), the Deva king of Chandradvipa, ousted the Senas from Vikramapura in the third quarter of the thirteenth century and ruled the south-eastern Bengal till the end of the thirteenth century.
Archeological Sites
Idrakpur Fort (1660) in Munshiganj town, Panditer vita (birth place of atish dipankar srijnan) at Bajrayogini, Baba Adam's Mosque, Dighi of Raja Haris chandra, home stead of Raja Ballal Sen, home stead of Raja Sreenath at Rampal, Rampal Dighi, Kodal Dhoar Dighi, Shyamsiddhi Math at Sreenagar, Hasara Dargah, Sholaghar Math, Bhagyakul Rajbari, residence of Jagadis Chandra Basu at Radhikhal, Jora Math at Sonarang, Kalibari at Tongibari, Taltala Pancha-shikhara Mahadeva Temple, Talukdarbari Mosque at Kusumpur, Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Kazishal Mosque, Palghata Bridge, Panch Pir Dargah, marble statue of Ashutosh Ganguly inside the library room of Haraganga College.
Newspapers
Daily Munshiganjer Kaghaz, Weekly Munshiganj, Weekly Munshiganj Sangbad, Monthly Vikrampur; Defunct papers: Monthly Palli-Vijnan, Hindu Intelligencer, Mukti, Vikrampur Patrika (1920), Gramer Katha (weekly, 1962), Anusandhan, Chetana, Kaler Vela, Sangsaptak, Sarab, Kavitapatra, Vikrampur Mukhasri, Weekly Vikrampur Barta, Vikrampur.
Rivers
the padma, meghna, dhaleshwari, ichamati and shitalakshya.
10th Parliament Member(s)
Constituency | Name, Party |
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Munshiganj-1 | Sukumar Ranjan Ghosh Bangladesh Awami League |
Munshiganj-2 | Sagufta Yasmin Bangladesh Awami League |
Munshiganj-3 | Mrinal Kanti Das Bangladesh Awami League |
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Post Codes
Thana | Sub-office | Postcode |
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| Gajaria | |
| Hossendi | |
| Rasulpur | |
| Gouragonj | |
| Gouragonj | |
| Haldia SO | |
| Haridia | |
| Haridia DESO | |
| Korhati | |
| Lohajang | |
| Madini Mandal | |
| Medini Mandal EDSO | |
| Kathakhali | |
| Mirkadim | |
| Munshiganj Sadar | |
| Rikabibazar | |
| Ichapur | |
| Kola | |
| Malkha Nagar | |
| Shekher Nagar | |
| Sirajdikhan | |
| Baghra | |
| Bhaggyakul | |
| Hashara | |
| Kolapara | |
| Kumarbhog | |
| Maijpara | |
| Rarikhal | |
| Sreenagar | |
| Vaggyakul SO | |
| Bajrajugini | |
| Baligao | |
| Betkahat | |
| Dighirpar | |
| Hasail | |
| Pura | |
| Pura EDSO | |
| Tangibari | |
Information Source
Compiled from data collected from Wikipedia.org, Banglapedia.org, Amardesh.com and Bangladesh Government sites.