Сираджгандж қаласы: тарихы мен географиясы

the city

Sirajganj is a city in north western Bangladesh on the right bank of the Jamuna River, located in Rajshahi Division. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirajganj District, and with a population of 450,000 is the 12th largest city in Bangladesh. It is about north west of the capital, Dhaka. It is the city where Pakistani Brig. Jehanzeb Arbab looted the bank back in 1971 during Bangladesh liberation war. It was once a principal centre of the jute trade.

During British rule, Sirajganj was a town in the Pabna District of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Its location on the right bank of the Jamuna River or main stream of the Brahmaputra was a six hour journey by steamer from the railway terminal at Goalundo. It was the chief river mart for jute in northern Bengal, with several jute presses. The jute mills were closed after the 1897 Assam earthquake. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 23,114.

According to the 2022 Bangladesh census, Sirajganj city had a population of 450,000. According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Sirajganj city had 35,556 households and a population of 167,200. 31,096 (19.57%) were under 10 years of age. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 63.22%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and the sex ratio was 980 females per 1000 males.

There are two medical schools in the city, the public Shaheed M. Monsur Ali Medical College, established in 2014, and the private North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, established in 2000. As of May 2019, they are respectively allowed to admit 51 and 85 students annually. There are eight colleges in the city. They include Sirajganj Government College, founded in 1940, Islamia Government College (1887), and Government Rashidazzoha Womens College. According to Banglapedia, B. L. Government High School, founded in 1869, Jnandayini High School (1884), Saleha Ishaque Government Girls' High School, and Victoria High School (1898) are notable secondary schools. Zahid Hasan, actor, was born in Sirajganj in 1967. Mazharul Islam, poet and folklorist, completed his Higher Secondary Certificate from Sirajganj College in 1947. Abdul Latif Mirza, freedom fighter and member of parliament, died in Sirajganj in 2007. Ismail Hossain Siraji, poet and novelist, lived in Sirajganj. Haimanti Sukla, singer, was born in what is now the Munshi Meherullah Road area of Sirajganj.