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Meghna Division

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1045: 1025: 111: 841: 511: 63: 1319: 1340: 1311: 1294: 408:, which the British founded on 29 March 1822. It headquarters was in the town of Noakhali until the town vanished in the river-bed in 1951, as a result of the Meghna River erosion. A new headquarters for the Noakhali District was then established at Maijdee. 942: 296:
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:
950: 323:. Greater Cumilla and Nokhali region were within the division of Samatata. Geographically, the proposed Division is made up of two distinct cultural regions – Cumilla and Greater Noakhali. 288:. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of 12,848.53 km (4,960.85 sq mi) and a population at the 2011 census of 16,708,000. 1249: 73: 1402: 579:, while the remaining five districts (zilas) comprise the south-eastern portion (62.4%) being separated by the lower (or Bangladeshi) stretch of the 1382: 1392: 1159: 825: 1242: 558: 1387: 532: 491: 384: 1119: 1217: 536: 1235: 1195: 1104: 985: 521: 620: 540: 525: 1397: 334: 692: 176: 456: 380: 245: 216: 194: 53: 478:
The Peasants Movement against the king of Tripura in 1764, which originally formed under the leadership of
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Survey and settlement of the Roshanbad estate in the districts of Tippera and Noakhali, 1892–99
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by the British in 1790 and later renamed as Comilla in 1960. It included the Sub-divisions of
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The Division will be subdivided into six districts (zilas) and thence into 59 sub-districts (
1349: 639: 575:). The six districts listed below comprise the north-western portion (37.6%) of the present 312: 261: 241: 209: 199: 1274: 1183: 452: 448: 888: 1303: 804: 468: 440: 420: 405: 471:
in the mediaeval period. In 1732, it became the center of the Bengal-backed domain of
1376: 1354: 1227: 1187: 1096: 977: 735: 479: 472: 432: 428: 392: 342: 273: 333:): The ancient name of Noakhali is Bhulua. The Noakhali district was created by the 1136:
Tripura of the 18th Century with Samsher Gazi Against Feudalism: A Historical Study
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The division would have a population of 16,918,446. 16,008,777 (94.62%) are
436: 167: 497:) in 1790. Later, it was reorganized in three phases into six districts. 404:
The Greater Noakhali District was established in 1868 as a renaming of the
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in the early mediaeval period. Later the region was joined with
1231: 451:(during tenth and mid-eleventh century AD). After the reign of 504: 846:[Cumilla Division demanded quick implementation]. 411:
The present Greater Comilla region was once under ancient
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which eventually became separate districts in 1984.
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which eventually became separate districts in 1984.
225: 215: 205: 193: 183: 166: 158: 150: 145: 137: 132: 122: 104: 35: 1000:"Noakhali Division Implementation Unity Committee" 1192:Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh 1101:Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh 982:Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh 869:āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ•, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ; āĻĄāĻŸāĻ•āĻŽ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ‰āĻœ āĻŸā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻĢā§‹āĻ°. 383:). It was a district level administrative unit ( 443:(seventh century to early eighth century AD), 1243: 1027:āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻœ 8: 252:for the north-western parts of the existing 141:12,848.53 km (4,960.85 sq mi) 539:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 319:); was an ancient geopolitical division of 1250: 1236: 1228: 585: 337:in 1787. It included the Sub-divisions of 32: 559:Learn how and when to remove this message 284:. The headquarter of the division is in 1151:Ancient Indian History And Civilization 816: 427:. The region came under the control of 192: 182: 165: 144: 131: 121: 103: 68: 59: 1154:. New Age International. p. 277. 843:āĻ•ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ 1210:"Zila Series: Bangladesh 2011 Census" 1148:Sailendra Nath Sen (1 January 1999). 871:"āĻ•ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ 'āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤āĻŋ'" 224: 214: 204: 157: 149: 136: 7: 1265: 537:adding citations to reliable sources 917:"Mymensingh to become new division" 1258:Places adjacent to Meghna Division 25: 1403:Proposed divisions of Bangladesh 1338: 1317: 1309: 1292: 509: 109: 61: 1218:Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 486:in 1765 and was established as 30:Proposed Division in Bangladesh 27:Proposed division in Bangladesh 1383:History of Chittagong Division 943:"3 new divisions to be formed" 455:the region was ruled by Hindu 292:Terminology and naming dispute 1: 1339: 1293: 1196:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 1105:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 1054:(in Bengali). 21 October 2021 986:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 244:: āĻŽā§‡āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—) is a proposed 1393:Proposed political divisions 1318: 1310: 1118:Prasad, Bindeshwari (1977). 1034:(in Bengali). 11 March 2017. 482:. It came under the rule of 435:rule in 6th century. Lalmai 1121:Dynastic History of Magadha 775: 772: 769: 766: 753: 750: 747: 744: 729: 726: 723: 720: 705: 702: 699: 696: 681: 678: 675: 672: 657: 654: 651: 648: 633: 630: 627: 624: 375:(or Rowshanabad) (Bengali: 162:1,300/km (3,400/sq mi) 1419: 1190:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). 1099:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). 980:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). 1263: 447:(eighth century AD) and 376: 352: 335:British Indian Government 330: 316: 69: 60: 51: 1046: 1026: 889: 842: 501:Administrative districts 123:Capital and largest city 39: 1388:Divisions of Bangladesh 1134:Bidhas Kanti Kilikhar. 1091:Siddiqi, Mamun (2012). 949:. Dhaka. Archived from 824:Gumming, J. G. (1899). 381:Rangamati Hill District 246:administrative division 972:Miah, Sajahan (2012). 974:"Chittagong Division" 616:Brahmanbaria District 1078:southasiaarchive.com 533:improve this section 159: â€ĸ Density 1360:Chittagong Division 1270:Mymensingh Division 1194:(Second ed.). 1182:Nawaz, Ali (2012). 1103:(Second ed.). 984:(Second ed.). 953:on 15 February 2015 875:bangla.bdnews24.com 688:Lakshmipur District 577:Chittagong Division 301:Geographical terms: 282:Chittagong Division 254:Chittagong Division 85: /  1093:"Comilla District" 791:, 899,286 (5.32%) 484:East India Company 431:after the fall of 151: â€ĸ Total 138: â€ĸ Total 1370: 1369: 1365: 1364: 1161:978-81-224-1198-0 1006:. 30 October 2015 923:. 26 January 2015 780: 779: 712:Noakhali District 664:Chandpur District 569: 568: 561: 235: 234: 89:23.450°N 91.200°E 54:Proposed Division 16:(Redirected from 1410: 1398:Comilla District 1350:Barisal Division 1342: 1341: 1321: 1320: 1315:Comilla Division 1313: 1312: 1296: 1295: 1266: 1252: 1245: 1238: 1229: 1222: 1221: 1206: 1200: 1199: 1179: 1173: 1172: 1170: 1168: 1145: 1139: 1132: 1126: 1125: 1115: 1109: 1108: 1088: 1082: 1081: 1070: 1064: 1063: 1061: 1059: 1042: 1036: 1035: 1022: 1016: 1015: 1013: 1011: 996: 990: 989: 969: 963: 962: 960: 958: 939: 933: 932: 930: 928: 913: 907: 906: 904: 902: 885: 879: 878: 866: 860: 859: 857: 855: 838: 832: 831: 821: 640:Cumilla District 586: 564: 557: 553: 550: 544: 513: 505: 488:Tippera district 378: 354: 332: 327:Greater Noakhali 318: 195:Main Language(s) 115: 113: 112: 100: 99: 97: 96: 95: 90: 86: 83: 82: 81: 78: 65: 33: 21: 1418: 1417: 1413: 1412: 1411: 1409: 1408: 1407: 1373: 1372: 1371: 1366: 1322: 1275:Sylhet Division 1259: 1256: 1226: 1225: 1208: 1207: 1203: 1184:"Shamsher Gazi" 1181: 1180: 1176: 1166: 1164: 1162: 1147: 1146: 1142: 1133: 1129: 1117: 1116: 1112: 1090: 1089: 1085: 1072: 1071: 1067: 1057: 1055: 1048: 1044: 1043: 1039: 1028: 1024: 1023: 1019: 1009: 1007: 998: 997: 993: 971: 970: 966: 956: 954: 947:The Independent 941: 940: 936: 926: 924: 915: 914: 910: 900: 898: 891: 887: 886: 882: 868: 867: 863: 853: 851: 844: 840: 839: 835: 823: 822: 818: 813: 801: 785: 609: 604: 599: 565: 554: 548: 545: 530: 514: 503: 490:(also known as 449:Chandra dynasty 402: 349:Greater Comilla 294: 238:Meghna Division 206:Other languages 110: 108: 93: 91: 87: 84: 79: 76: 74: 72: 71: 56: 47: 41: 38: 37:Meghna Division 31: 28: 23: 22: 18:Greater Comilla 15: 12: 11: 5: 1416: 1414: 1406: 1405: 1400: 1395: 1390: 1385: 1375: 1374: 1368: 1367: 1363: 1362: 1357: 1352: 1346: 1345: 1343: 1336: 1333: 1332: 1323: 1308: 1306: 1304:Dhaka Division 1300: 1299: 1297: 1290: 1287: 1286: 1277: 1272: 1264: 1261: 1260: 1257: 1255: 1254: 1247: 1240: 1232: 1224: 1223: 1201: 1188:Islam, Sirajul 1174: 1160: 1140: 1127: 1124:. p. 136. 1110: 1097:Islam, Sirajul 1083: 1065: 1037: 1017: 1004:Daily Observer 991: 978:Islam, Sirajul 964: 934: 921:The Daily Star 908: 880: 861: 833: 815: 814: 812: 809: 808: 807: 805:Padma Division 800: 797: 784: 781: 778: 777: 774: 771: 768: 765: 762: 760:Total Division 756: 755: 752: 749: 746: 743: 738: 732: 731: 728: 725: 722: 719: 714: 708: 707: 704: 701: 698: 695: 690: 684: 683: 680: 677: 674: 671: 666: 660: 659: 656: 653: 650: 647: 642: 636: 635: 632: 629: 626: 623: 618: 612: 611: 606: 601: 596: 593: 590: 567: 566: 517: 515: 508: 502: 499: 469:Twipra Kingdom 441:Khadga dynasty 406:Bhola District 401: 398: 397: 396: 370: 369: 368: 346: 302: 293: 290: 233: 232: 229: 223: 222: 219: 213: 212: 207: 203: 202: 197: 191: 190: 187: 181: 180: 170: 164: 163: 160: 156: 155: 152: 148: 147: 143: 142: 139: 135: 134: 130: 129: 124: 120: 119: 106: 102: 101: 94:23.450; 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Index

Greater Comilla
Samatata
Proposed Division

23°27′N 91°12′E / 23.450°N 91.200°E / 23.450; 91.200
Bangladesh
Comilla
Time zone
UTC+6
BST
ISO 3166 code
Main Language(s)
Bengali
English
Districts
upazilas
Bengali
administrative division
Bangladesh
Chittagong Division
Brahmanbaria
Comilla
Chandpur
Noakhali
Feni
Laxmipur
Chittagong Division
Comilla
Samatata
Bengali

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