Information Of Rajbari Sadar Upazila

Historical events During the last part of the eighteenth century many people of the upazila were involved in the fakir-sannyasi resistance. The ruins of a dilapidated house at a place called Rath bear the memories of this Fakir-Sannyasi resistance. In November 1971 an encounter between the freedom fighters and the Pak army was held at village Alhadipur in which 9 Pak soldiers were killed.

Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 1 (Khankhanapur); mass killing site 1 (Alipur); memorial monument 1 '(the sculpture Atandra Prohari).

Religious institutions Mosque 257, temple 132, church 1, tomb 15, sacred place 1. Noted religious institutions: Gayebi Mosque, Ram Mandir.

Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy 41.4%; male 45.1%, female 37.5%. Educational institutions: homeopath college 1, college 5, vocational training institute 1, secondary school 27, primary school 104, community school 3, madrasa 15. Noted educational institutions: Rajbari Government High School (1892), Yasin High School (1950), Raja Surjakumar Institute (1888), Government Girls' School (1961), Bazar Pathshala Government Primary School (1908).

Newspapers and periodicals Daily: Gatakal (1984); weekly: Anushandhan (1984), Rajbari Kantha (1990); defunct: Khathak (1893), Shikha (1930), Chandana (1972), Samgsar (19th century), Rajbari Patrika (19th century), Matrikantha, Anushandhan (1984), Rajbari Sangbad (1986), Saptahik Bani (1906), Sahaj Katha (1922), Saptahik Barta, Shahashi Samaya.

Cultural organisations Library 21, club 15, stadium 1, children's park 1, press club 1, theatre group 10, theatre stage 4, women organisation 4, literature and social welfare organisation 17, children's organisation 2, community centre 3, cinema hall 5, playground 14.

Main sources of income Agriculture 50.78%, non-agricultural labourer 3.66%, industry 1.15%, commerce 16.58%, transport and communication 5.79%, service 9.41%, construction 3.18%, religious service 0.16%, rent and remittance 0.99% and others 8.3%.

Ownership of agricultural land Landowner 33.49%, landless 66.51%.

Main crops Paddy, jute, sugarcane, sesame, ground nut, catechu.

Extinct or nearly extinct crops Watermelon, karpas cotton.

Main fruits Mango, blackberry, jackfruit, litchi.

Fisheries, dairies and poultries Fishery 2, dairy 68, poultry 244, hatchery 2, nursery 253.

Communication facilities Pucca road 70 km, semi-pucca road 44 km, mud road 883 km; railway 31 km; waterway 113 nautical miles.

Extinct or nearly extinct traditional transport Palanquin, duli, horse carriage, bullock cart.

Noted manufactories Goalanda Textile Mills, Bio-Gas Production Centre, Bangladesh Oxygen Plant.

Cottage industries Weaving, silk industry.

Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 19, fairs 6, most noted of which are Khankhanapur Hat, Belgachhi Hat, Rajbari Hat, Banibaha Hat, Kholar Hat and annual fairs are organised on occasions of Durgapuja, Baishakhi and Dolmancha festivals.

Main exports Jute, sesame, catechu.

Access to electricity All the wards and unions of the upazila are under rural electrification net-work. However 19.89% of the dwelling households have access to electricity.

Sources of drinking water Tube-well 96.82%, tap 0.69%, pond 0.24% and others 2.25%.

Sanitation 35.13% (rural 29.33% and urban 65.67%) of dwelling households of the upazila use sanitary latrines and 57.06% (rural 62.03% and urban 30.68%) of dwelling households use non-sanitary latrines; 7.81% of households do not have latrine facilities.

Health centres Upazila health complex 1, health and family planning centre 9, hospital 1, child welfare centre 1, homeopathic hospital 1, clinic 12, maternity welfare centre 1.

NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, BRDB. [Badrul Alam Tipu]

Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance Information

Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance an armed resistance of the combined body of Muslim fakirs (sufis) and Hindu sannyasis (yogis) against the dominance of the English East India Company in Bengal. This resistance began in 1760 and continued for more than four decades. The most striking point in this prolonged resistance of the mendicants is the cause behind the movement. The reason is still left obscure. It seems that the regulations of the East India Company seriously disturbed the ways of life of the Muslim fakirs and Hindu sannyasis thereby pushing them to make common cause and to take resort to armed resistance. Both the groups of mendicants lived on alms provided by their followers mostly in the villages. The Company rulers, who little understood the religious institutions of the country, took their alms collection drive for unauthorised impositions on the village people. The government thus issued decrees banning collection of alms by the organised groups like the fakirs and sannyasis. In response, they started a resistance movement against the Company rulers. The resistance movement got ready support from the peasantry for their religious attachment to the mendicants and also having been hard pressed under the new land revenue policy of the Company government.

The resisting fakirs belonged to the Madaria tarika, a sufi sect which flourished in Bengal under the leadership of Shah Sultan Hasan Suriya Burhana in the second half of the seventeenth century. The sannyasis were the Vedantic Hindu yogis belonging to the Giri and Puri groups of ek-dandi sannyasism. Both the fakirs and sannyasis were armed bands living in khankas and akhdas respectively. In rituals and practices there was good deal of affinity between the sufi fakirs and yogi sannyasis and that contributed to their common alliance against the alien rule.

The Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance movement was organised and led by majnu shah, a sufi saint of Madaria sect. He succeeded Shah Sultan Hasan Suriya Burhana to the leadership of the Bihar based Madaria sufi order in the mid-eighteenth century. He had his lieutenants in the persons of the sufis like Musa Shah, Cherag Ali Shah, Paragal Shah, Sobhan Shah, Karim Shah etc. Bhabani Pathak, a Bhojpuri Brahmin, who had discourse with Majnu Shah and also had communication with a petty zamindar Devi Chaudhurani, led the sannyasi rebels.

The Fakir resistance began in nebulous form in 1760 and gathered momentum in 1763. Their main target was the Company kuthi, revenue kacharis of zamindars loyal to the Company rulers, and the houses of their officials. The rebels used swords, spear and lances, gun, fire throwing device, hawai and even revolving cannons.

Among the fakirs only Majnu Shah and some of his lieutenants used horse while moving from one strategic place to another. Camels were used for carrying provisions and ammunitions. Their operations were mainly of guerilla nature. In most cases they attacked the Company personnel and their establishments in surprise. In regular operations and in specific battle there was often assemblage of five to six thousand fakir-sannyasis. The number of fakirs and sannyasis rose to around fifty thousand or more in 1770s. The rebels had their intelligence agents in the persons of the villagers who earlier transpired to them the movement of the Company troops.

Fakir Majnu Shah

 

The rebels attacked the commercial kuthi of the Company at Bakerganj (1763) and kept the factory chief Calley confined for some days, and plundered the kuthi. In the same year they surprised Dhaka kuthi while its English supervisor Ralph Lester evacuated. However, Captain Grant subsequently recovered the factory. The same year, the rebels attacked Company kuthi at Rampur Boalia in Rajshahi, captured the factory chief Bennette who was sent to Patna as captive, where he was killed.

By 1767 the attack of the rebels intensified in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Kuch Bihar, Jalpaiguri and Comilla. To check the activities of the rebels in North Bengal an English army was sent to Rangpur in 1767 under Captain De Mackenzee. Meanwhile the rebels defeated an English contingent sent by Barwel, the Resident of Maldah, under the command of Myrtle who was killed by the rebels. At the approach of Captain De Mackenze with his army the rebels retracted towards Nepal. During 1768-70 fakir-sannyasi raids mainly continued in Saran (Bihar), Benares, Purnia, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Rajshahi, Comilla and Chittagong districts.

An army under Feltham suddenly attacked the fakir-sannyasis in 1771 on way to Ghoraghat and Govindganj in Rangpur, where they sustained a defeat and were dispersed. Majnu Shah proceeded towards Mahasthan with more than a hundred wounded followers. In 1772 Majnu Shah raided the establishments of the Company in the Rangpur, Rajshahi and Bogra districts. On one occasion, he along with hundreds of armed followers raided the revenue office of the Company at Rajshahi, captured the accumulated fund and kept the kachari under his control. The rebels conducted extensive raids in Purnia, Burdwan, Kumarkhali, Jessore, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Dhaka, Midnapore, Birbhum, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Bogra, Jalpaiguri in 1773.

Fakir-Sannyasi raids got intensified in 1776 in the districts of Bogra, Rajshahi, Dinajpur and Chittagong. During the period between 1777 and 1781 the fakir-sannyasi raids mainly continued in Bogra, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Chittagong, Sylhet and Mymensingh areas. The activities of the rebels took a serious turn in Alapsingh pargana of Mymensingh in 1782. After a severe battle at Pukhuria Majnu Shah receded into the Madhupur jungle with his followers. In 1785 he proceeded towards Mahasthangarh and was defeated in a battle. In the following year, Majnu Shah planned simultaneous attack in eastern Bengal under himself and in North Bengal area under his lieutenant Musa Shah. In a battle against the Company army under Lieutenant Brenan in Kaleswar area (8 December 1786) Majnu Shah lost a large number of his followers, and some of his wounded followers were carried to Mewat. After 1786 Majnu Shah is not seen to lead any expedition. It appears that he himself was wounded in the battle at Kaleswar and died on 26 January 1788.

After the death of Majnu Shah his able lieutenants like Musa Shah, Cherag Ali Shah, Paragal Shah, Sobhan Shah, Madar Baksh, Jari Shah, Karim Shah, Kripanath, Rowshan Shah, Anup Narayan and Sri Nibash continued the revolt till the closing of the year 1800 and even upto 1812 AD. But after the death of Majnu Shah the movement was gradually losing its direction and dynamics. By the late 1790s, the revolt began to be subsided only to wither away in the form of stray resistance in the subsequent decade. [Muazzam Hussain Khan]

Jor Bangla Temple Of Rajbari District

History Of Jor-bangla

Jor-bangla, also called yorubangala, is a style of temple architecture that arose in Bengal. The style involves two structures that resemble the traditional village huts of the region, one that serves as a porch, in front of the other that serves as a shrine. Each structure has a roof of the ek-bangla (or do-chala) style, with two curved segments that meet at a curved ridge.

Notable example

• Gopinath Jor-Bangla is a Hindu temple located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Pabna town in Bangladesh. There is no reliable information about the date when it was built, possibly in the 19th century. It is one of the major archaeological attractions of the Pabna District.
• Bishnupur Jor-Bangla temple, built 1655 by King Raghunath Singha Dev. It is richly ornamented with terracotta carvings. The roof has the classic chala style of Bengal architecture.

Historical Life Of Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan

Khan, Tamizuddin (1889-1963) politician, a noted minister of undivided Bengal, president of Pakistan Constituent Assembly and Speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly. Born in 1889 in a humble peasant family of Faridpur, the early life of Tamizuddin Khan reveals interesting insights in the odyssey of budding Muslims to carve out a place under limited opportunities under the colonial regime. His father's limited income from land was not enough to support his education. Tamizuddin had to find, like many Muslim students of the time, a jagir to prosecute his studies and later had to get married into a rich family to support his college education in Calcutta.

Tamizuddin Khan obtained an MA degree in English in 1913 and a law degree in 1915 and settled for legal profession in Faridpur. He took part in politics and was elected Vice-Chairman of Faridpur Municipality. He joined the indian national congress, also became Secretary of the Anjuman-i-Islamia and subsequently joined the muslim league. He participated in the Khilafat and non-cooperation movements and suffered imprisonment. In 1926 he was disappointed at his failure in the municipal election.

At the outbreak of Hindu-Muslim riots in various parts of India he got disillusioned with nationalist politics and devotef exclusively to Muslim politics.

Since 1920's the British government started extending franchise and include the upper segment of the peasantry into electoral politics. This made possible for Tamizuddin, having strong rural base, to come to the cynosure of all-Bengal politics. In 1926 he got elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly from Faridpur defeating a Congressite Muslim landlord.

ak fazlul huq floated the krishak praja party in 1936. Tamizuddin Khan got elected from Faridpur under Muslim League ticket defeating his rival Congress candidate Humayun Kabir. Not being taken in the League - Praja Party coalition ministry he formed a new party called Independent Praja Samiti and clandestinely started negotiation with sarat bose, the leader of the Congress in the Bengal legislature. By mid June 1938 the Congress tabled a no-confidence motion against the ministry on the question of Bengal Tenancy Amendment Bill and Tamizuddin Khan, along with many disgruntled Praja leaders, backed the motion. However, the motion was defeated and Huq ministry survived. Thereafter Fazlul Huq decided to buy his position inviting Tamizuddin Khan in the cabinet. Initially he was given the portfolio of Medicine and Public Health, later, the ministry of Agriculture and Industries.

By 1941 a cleavage developed between Fazlul Huq and the Muslim League. Huq formed his second coalition ministry with shyama prasad mukherjI, the Hindu Mahasabha leader. Tamizuddin Khan joined the opposition in the Legislative Assembly with his other Muslim League colleagues.

In 1943, at the fall of Huq ministry a new coalition Ministry was formed under khwaja nazimuddin with the support of Independent Hindus and Europeans. Tamizuddin Khan became minister for education. In 1945, however, the government was defeated in a vote on a cut motion, and the Assembly was consequently dissolved.

Meanwhile the Muslim League made the demand for Pakistan its main issue. In the election of 1945 Tamizuddin was elected to the Central Assembly from Dhaka-Mymensingh constituency defeating abdul halim ghaznavi of Tangail. He was elected a member of the Pakistan Constituent Assembly. Later he was elected Deputy President of the Assembly with mohammed ali jinnah

 as President and on the latter's death in 1948 he became the President.

Tamizuddin Khan challenged the action of Ghulam Mohammad when he dissolved the Constituent Assembly in 1954; filed in the Sind Court a case entitled 'Tamizuddin Khan versus Federation of Pakistan' and won it. However, on appeal Federal Court dismissed the judgement of the Sind Court on the ground of 'state necessity', a dubious judgement.

Tamizuddin Khan, for some time, kept aloof from politics. He came back to active politics again and was elected an MNA under the 1962 constitution. He was elected the Speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly, the position he held till his death on 19 August 1963. [Manzur Ahsan]

Top Famous Places in Rajbari

Rajbari is a district stands on the river of Padma. You can visit some famous places of this district. Let’s know the names of these places:

Top Famous Places in Rajbari

• Shrine of Shah Paloan
• Mir Mosharraf Hossain Memorial Centre
• Shrine of Monu Mia Chonu Mia
• Nalia Jorbangla Temple
• Rajbari Railway Station
• Anadi Asrom
• Red Buillding of Rajbari Govt. High School
• Lokoshed Martyred Memorial

All Arrangement of The Tourist Place in Rajbari District

There are some hotels in the district where you may consider staying in. Some of them have been

listed below for your assistance:

1. Azmiree hotel
Contact: 071-53012

2. Desha Guest house
Contact: 01720510212

3. Hotel Al-Amin
Contact: 071-54193

4. Hotel Gold Star
Contact: 071-61675

5. Hotel River view
Contact: 071-71660

You can travel to Kushtia from Dhaka by bus. Some of the bus services have been listed below for your assistance:

1. SB Super Deluxe

Gabtoli Counter, Phone: 02-9000627

Fare: TK 600 (AC), TK 450 (Non AC)

2. Shyamoli Paribahan

Gabtoli counter, Phone: 01711-987 028

Things to do:

You may enjoy the exhibition inside the Museum and several adjacent features along with that.

Eating Facilities:

Lalon Bus stand is just five minutes away from the Museum’s place. You may find hotels and restaurant at Lalon Bus Stand very near to Lahinipara, Kumarkhali.

Travel Tips:
This Place remains closed on Sundays.

Mazar-e Shah Of Rajbari District

Mazar-e Shah (Persian: مزارشاه‎‎, also Romanized as Mazār-e Shāh) is a village in Jolgeh-e Mazhan Rural District, Jolgeh-e Mazhan District, Khusf County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. Mazar-e Shah means "tomb of the king" and a pre-Islamic royal tomb is located at the village, which has been registered on the Iranian government's cultural heritage list.

Rajbari District, Raja Surajoprashed Sen was ruler

Rajbari district is in the Dhaka division of central Bangladesh. Renowned Raja Surajoprashed Sen was ruler in here. Name of this district was set from the named of him. Basically, he was established Rajbari district. Before it was a part of Faridpur district. The next time, it was separated from Faridpur and then it was established as a district. It was established on 1st March 1984. It has an area of 1118.8 sq km. Pabna district on the north, Faridpur and Magura district on the south, Manikganj district on the east, Kushtia and Jhenaidah district on the west. The Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Christians are lived in here. Besides, other ethnic nations are also lived. But Mir Mosharraf Hossain lived at Podamdi near village of Kurshi in Baliakandi upzila under Rajbari district. He was a famous writer of Bangladesh.
Few local daily and weekly newspapers are published in Rajbari they are Daily Matrikantha, Daily Jonotar Adalot, Weekly Shahoshi Shomoy, Weekly Rajbari Songbad, Weekly Rajbari Kantha, Weekly Onushandhan and Weekly Rajbari Khobor.

Different kinds of occupations in this district

Commerce, job, transport, fishing, agriculture, agricultural laborer, wage laborer, service, hawker, fishing and others are main occupations of this district. Agriculture is main occupation. Main crops are paddy, jute, sugarcane, turmeric, ground nut, oil seeds, pulses etc. Mango, guava, custard apple, tamarind, grapefruit, jackfruit, papaya, pineapple, banana, litchi, date and palm are main cultivated fruits in this district. Among them of main exports are paddy and jute. Some rivers are flowed through of this district as Padma, Jalang, Kumar, Garai, Madhumati, Harai and Chandana.

Tourist spots in this district

This district is place of natural beauty. Mir Mosharraf Hossain memorial centre, Jod Bangla mondir and Shah Paloaner Mazar are tourist spots in this district. Additionally, Podamdi and Kurshi are also a remarkable place for Nawabs. Kallyan Dighi is very beautiful place. For this, every moment tourists are come to look at.
Bangladesh government and district’s authority are very sincere to develop of this district. Information and technology are very ahead in Rajbari district.

Upazilas of Rajbari district: Baliakandi upazila, Goalandaghat upazila, Pangsha upazila, Rajbari sadar upazila and Kalukhali upazila.

Government district portal: rajbari.gov.bd

Online newspaper: rajbariinfo.

Post Code Numbers: Baliakandi- 7730, Nalia- 7731, Pangsha- 7720, Ramkol- 7721, Ratandia- 7722, Mrigibazar- 7723, Rajbari Sadar- 7700, Goalanda- 7710, Khankhanapur- 7711.

Tour Operators Address Of Bangladesh

ABAKASH PARJATAN LTD.

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Tel: Cox’s Bazar 01190124127,

Fax: 9359230, Mob: 01552420602,

E-mail: abakash_parjatan@yahoo.com,

Web: www.abakashparjatan.com

A. B. TOURS

KHURSHID ALI MOLLAH, CEO,

18, Rajhuk Avenue, 3rd Floor,

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Tel: 9557967, 9559736, Fax: 9552076,

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AMAZING HOLIDAYS

MAMUN ASHRAPHI, Proprietor & CEO,

Hotel Victory Building (13th floor),

30/A, NayaPaltan, V.I.P Road,

Ramna, Dhaka, Bangladesh,

Phone: 935 26 34, 935 25 37, 935 21 47,

Fax: 935 21 47 Ext: 106,

Cell: 01713034454, 01922 80 15 90

Email: holidays@dhaka.net ,

Web: www.holidays-amazing.com

AUTHENTIC TOURISM NETWORK

ANWARUL AZIM CHOWDHURY, Managing Partner,

1557 Hajipara, Singapore Market, (5th floor),

Room # 609, 610, Chittagong,

Phone # 031-2511730, 01711-371938

Email: authentic_tourism@yahoo.com 

BANGLADESH TRAVEL HOMES LTD

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Managing Director,

House # 20, Road-12, Sector-1 (Ground floor),

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Famous Tourist Spots of Rajbari District

Rajbari was named by ruler Raja Surjoprashad Sen. Rajbari was declared as a district on 1st March of 1984. Rajbari is a district under Dhaka division. It is in central of Bangladesh. The district consists of 4 Upazilas, 42 union Parishads, 3 municipalities, 796 Mouzas, 986 villages, 27 wards and 96 mahllas. Area is 1118.8 sq km. Renowned novelist Mir Mosharaf Hossain’s Academy is at Rejbari.

Top Famous Tourist Spots::
Rajbari Uddyan Base
Baliakandi Royal Palace
Barbakpur Zamindar Bari
Acrobatic Center
Dauladia River Port
Goalanda Ferryghat
Rajbari Swiming Pole
Luxmi Kol Royal Palace
Rajbari Circuit House
Tomb of Jangi Shah.
Shrine of Shah Palowan,
Tomb of Saint Kamal Shah
Hindus Temples and Mondirs
Chand Sawdagar’s Mound
Jora Bangla Temple,
Ram Mandir at Belgachhi

Hotel/Reosrt	Address	Tel/Cell Phone
Kenton Chiness Hotel & Restaurant	Sajjon Kanda, Rajbari Pouroshova	01735474353
Hotel park abashik	Sajjon Kanda, Rajbari Pouroshova	0641-66111
Prime Hotel	Baradanga, Rajbari Pouroshova	01913959222
Mid town Hotel	Baradanga, Rajbari Pouroshova	01190690301

Transport Name	Source	Tel/Cell Phone
Nabil Paribahan	15/1, old Gabtoly Mirpur, Dhaka	02-9007036, 02-9011143
Goldenline & Azmiri Enterprise		0631-66988, 01755-522200
Zaker Enterprise		01712- 424 134
Saudia Paribahan		0631-63644, 01916-136531

Early Life and Education Information Of Qazi Motahar Hossain

Qazi Motahar Hossain was born in his mother's village Lakshmipur in the district of Kushtia in 1897. His father was Qazi Gaohar Uddin Ahmed and mother was Tasirunnesa. He passed his childhood in his fathers village Bagmara in Faridpur. He received his earliest education from his father and from the village primary school.

He entered Kushtia High School for Secondary studies. Among the teachers he specially recalled of Jyotindranath Roy and Jatindra Mohan Biswas. Hossain learnt Algebra, Geometry, Conic section and Mechanics from Mr. Jyotindranath Roy. Mr. Roy introduced the Mechanics course in the school solely for Hossain as he was the only student of Mechanics. In 1915 he passed Entrance from there.

After passing entrance Hossain admitted himself at the Presidency College, Calcutta for I Sc course. There he was highly impressed by eminent teachers like Praphulla Chandra Ghosh (English), Mr. Sterling (English), Praphulla Chandra Roy (Chemistry). But he transferred himself to Rajshahi College in the middle of academic year. Beside his studies Hossain showed considerable skill and interest in sports such as football, tennis etc. In 1917 he passed ISc from this college.

Hossain choose Dhaka College to take higher studies in Mathematics and Physics. In 1917 he arrived Dhaka and got admitted to Dhaka College. Here he found W A Jenkins (Physics), Wrangler Bhupati Mohan Sen (Mathematics), Bankim Das Banerjee (Mathematics) and others as teachers. In 1919 he was awarded BA (honors) from this college.

In 1920, he married Sajeda Khatun. They had eleven children together – Qazi Anwar Hussain, Jobaida Mirza, Sanjida Khatun,Fahmida Khatun, Mahmuda Khatun etc.

He passed M A in Physics in 1921 from Dhaka College under Calcutta University. Before his M A examination he got important help from Satyen Bose who came to Dhaka in 1921 as a student of Physics of newly established Dhaka University.

With the encouragement and stimulation of Satyen Bose he went to Kolkata to study Statistics. Statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis had just established Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta to introduce the new subject to Indian students. Hossain was taught the subject by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis. In 1938 he got a Diploma in Statistics from ISI.

Professional Awards Of Qazi Motahar Hossain

Qazi Motahar Hossain joined the newly established Dhaka University in 1921 as a demonstrator of Physics while he was a student of M A at Dhaka College. In 1923 he was promoted to assistant-lecturer. In 1948 Statistics M A was established with his own effort and he joined the department. He retired from Dhaka University in 1961. In 1964 he founded the Institute of Statistical Research and Training. From 1964–1966 he served as the founder-director of the institute. He retired from the position of director in 1966.Dhaka University appointed him as honorary Professor Emeritus in 1969.

Motahar Hossain also showed unusual skill in the game of chess. For seven times he was the all India chess champion. He took the lead organizing chess in Bangladesh. He founded the All Pakistan National Chess Federation in 1969. After independence he established Bangladesh Daba Sangha, which became the Bangladesh Chess Federation in 1974.

In 1920's and 1930s he became involved with "Buddhir Mukti Andolon" (Freedom of thought movement) with his intimate friend Kazi Abdul Odud and others as a convener and editor of the organisations official proceeding named Shikha.

In 1975 after the liberation of Bangladesh he became the national professor of Bangladesh. Until his death in 1981 he decorated the position. He was a founder fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.

Death and legacy

He died in Dhaka on 9 October 1981.

A postage stamp was published by Bangladesh Postal Department to respect his contributions.

Works

• Shancharan (1937)
• Nazrul Kabya Porichiti (Introduction to Nazrul's Poetry) (1955)
• Gonit Shastrer Itihas (History of Mathematics) (1970)
• Alok Bigyan (Optics) (1974)
• Nirbachito Probondho (Collected Essays) (1976)

He contributed to the implementation of logic, lucidity and simplicity of language and clarity in his writings. His first published book Shancharan was praised by Rabindranath Tagore. Bangla Academy has published his complete works in four volumes.

He had also given many speeches in many occasions and written many biographical notes. A collection of his eighteen biographical essays was published in 2004 under the titleSmritikatha by Qazi Motahar Hossain Foundation. The foundation has also reprinted his Gonit Shastrer Itihas in the same year.

Awards

• Bangla Academy Shahitya Purashkar (Bangla Academy Literary Award) (1966)
• Honorary DSc from Dhaka University (1974)
• Nasir Uddin Swarna Padak (Golden Plaque) (1977)
• Swadhinota Dibas Purashkar (Independence Day Award) (1979)
• Mukta Dhara Shahitya Purashkar (1980)

Qazi Motahar Hossain Information

Qazi Motahar Hossain (Bengali: কাজী মোতাহার হোসেন) was a Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician, chess player, and journalist. He had intimate friendship with Kazi Nazrul Islam and Kazi Abdul Odud.

Noteable Person Of Mir Mosharraf Hossain

Hossain, Mir Mosharraf (1847-1912) novelist, playwright and essayist, was born at Lahiripara in the district ofkushtia on 13 November 1847, son of Mir Moazzem Hossain, a zamindar. Mosharraf Hossain learned Arabic and Persian with a teacher at home and then Bangla at a pathshala. He began his formal education at Kushtia School and then studied up to Class V at Krishnanagar Collegiate School. He was admitted to Kalighat School in Kolkata but could not complete his studies. Mosharraf Hossain began his career looking after his father's landed property. Later he served the Faridpur Nawab Estate and, in 1885, the Delduar Estate. He lived in Kolkata from 1903 to 1909.

While still a student, Mosharraf Hossain worked as a mofussil reporter for the sangbad prabhakar (1831) and grambarta prakashika (1863). His literary career also started here. kangal harinath, editor of Grambarta Prakaxika, was his literary guru. Mosharraf Hossain later worked as editor of the Azizannehar (1874) and Hitakari (1890). He was also associated with the vangiya sahitya prishad.

Mosharraf Hossain was a pioneer among nineteenth-century Bengali Muslim writers. His first novel, Ratnavati, was published in 1869. Apart from novels, Mosharraf Hossain wrote poetry, plays, textbooks and an autobiography. Among his works are Gauri-Setu (1873), Basantakumari Natak (1873), Zamindar Durpun (1873), Er Upay Ki (1875),bisad sindhu (1885-1891), Sabgit Lahari (1887) Go-Jiban (1889), Behula Gitabhinay (1889), Udasin Pathiker Maner Katha (1890), Tahmina (1897), Tala Abhinay (1897), Niyati Ki Abanati (1889), gazi miyar bastani (1899), Maulood Sharif (1903), Mussalmander Babgala Shiksa (2 parts, 1903, 1908), Bibi Khodejar Bibaha (1905), Hazrat Omarer Dharmajiban Labh (1905), Madinar Gaurab (1906), Bajimat (1908), Amar Jibani (1908-1910), Amar Jibanir Jibani Bibi Kulsum (1910) etc.

Bisad Sindhu, which narrates the tragic tale of the battle of Karbala, is considered to be his masterpiece. Zamindar Durpun was written against the background of the peasant riots in sirajganj during 1872-73. In much of his writing, Mosharraf Hossain satirised the follies and vices of contemporary society. In Gazi Miyar Bastani, for example, he criticised the chaos and corruption of nineteenth-century Bengal in general and the increasing freedom of women in particular, which he believed led to loose living.

Mosharraf Hossain was outspoken and free from communal prejudices. He did not hesitate to take up positions that would make him unpopular among his own community. He believed that the indiscriminate slaughtering of cows would endanger agriculture and accordingly, wrote the essay 'Gokul Nirmul Ashabka', against this practice. He died in 1912 and was buried at Padamdi. [Bimal Guha]

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Rajbari was made a district in 1984. Records of the time of permanent settlement (1793) show that the whole area was in the jessore district. The area was brought under the district of faridpur when the latter was established in 1811. Its thanas/upazilas belonged to different districts in the past. pangsha area was a part of the pabna district. In 1859, Pangsha and baliakandi became part of the newly formed Kumarkhali subdivision. When Goalanda subdivision was created in 1871, Pangsha and Rajbari were annexed to it and its headquarters were established at Rajbari. Goalandaghat was upgraded to a district in March 1984 and was renamed as Rajbari district. The district consists of 4 upazilas, 42 union parishads, 3 municipalities, 796 mouzas, 986 villages, 27 wards and 96 mahllas.

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Baliakandi Upazila, Goalandaghat Upazila, Pangsha Upazila, Rajbari Sadar Upazila

Area	1118.8 square kilometers.
Bounded by	Pabna district on the north, Faridpur and Magura districts on the south, Manikganj district on the east, Kushtia andJhenaidah districts on the west.

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