Country Bangladesh Main Language(s) Bengali Districts 6 Area 12,849 km² ISO 3166 code Chittagong Division | Time zone BST (UTC+6) Other languages English upazilas 59 Capital Comilla | |
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Comilla division demand
Comilla Division (Bengali: কুমিল্লা বিভাগ) is a proposed administrative division within Bangladesh for the northern parts of the existing Chittagong Division, comprising Brahmanbaria, Comilla, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, and Lakshmipur Districts of Chittagong Division. The proposed Comilla Division was one of 21 former regions of Bangladesh, which formed an additional administrative level between the levels of the divisions and the districts. It covers the south-easternmost areas of the country, with a total area of 12,848.53 km2 (4,960.85 sq mi) and a population at the 2011 census of 16,708,000.
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History
The Greater Comilla region was once under ancient Kingdom of Samatata and was joined with Tripuri Kingdom. Lalmai Mainamati was ruled by Deva dynasty (eighth century AD), and (during tenth and mid-eleventh century AD). In 1732, it became the center of the Bengal-backed domain of Jagat Manikya.
The Peasants Movement against the king of Tripura in 1764, which originally formed under the leadership of Shamsher Gazi is a notable historical event in Comilla. It came under the rule of East India Company in 1765 and was established as Tippera district (also known as Chakla (administrative division) Roshnabad) in 1790. Later, it was reorganized in three phases into six districts.
Administrative districts
The Division will be subdivided into six districts (zilas) and thence into 59 sub-districts (upazilas). The six districts listed below comprise the north-western portion (37.6%) of the present Chittagong Division, while the remaining five districts (zilas) comprise the south-eastern portion (62.4%) being separated by the lower (or Bangladeshi) stretch of the Feni River.
Argument for status as division
Comilla is an important district in the country as it is in the middle of the capital city, Dhaka, and commercial city, Chittagong, as well as adjacent to the capital. Government and non-government offices and organisations are in this district. Those are Maynamati Cantonment, Teachers Training College (Govt.), Public Comilla University, Comilla Medical College & Hospital (Govt.), Comilla Cadet College, Comilla Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD), Bangladesh Survey Institute (only one in Bangladesh), and Maynamati War Cemetery. These offices and organisations would not be found together even in some divisional towns let alone in districts without seven divisional cities and some other districts, such as Bogra and Jessore.
The people of this district have been long demanding to upgrade their district into a division. Comilla is enriched with its landscape and natural resources.