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Rajbari District

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Country
  
Time zone
  
BST (UTC+6)

Postal code
  
77000077

Division
  
Website
  
www.rajbari.gov.bd

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Rajbari (Bengali: রাজবাড়ি জেলা, Rajbari Jela also Rajbari Zila) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It was named by the renowned ruler Raja Surjo Kumar Guha Roy. He established his palace or rajbari in this district.

Contents

Map of Rajbari District, Bangladesh

Upazilas

There are 5 upazilas in this district. They are:

  1. Baliakandi Upazila
  2. Goalandaghat Upazila
  3. Pangsha Upazila
  4. Kalukhali Upazila
  5. Rajbari Sadar Upazila
  • Administrator of Zila Porishod: Akbar Ali Morji
  • Deputy Commissioner (DC):Zinat Ara
  • Geography and climate

    Annual average temperature of this district is maximum 35.8 °C and minimum 12.6 °C. Annual rainfall is 2105 mm.

    Major rivers

  • Padma River
  • Jalangi
  • Kumar River
  • Garai River (Or, Garai)
  • Madhumati River
  • Harai
  • Chandana
  • Notable people

    Notable people from Rajbari district are following:

  • Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan (the speaker of Pakistan's Constituent Assembly)
  • Yakub Ali Chowdhury
  • Rokonuzzaman Khan Dadabhai, eminent Bangladeshi cartoonist
  • Kazi Motahar Hossain
  • Mir Mosharraf Hossain
  • Places of interest

    Podamdi and Kurshi are also a remarkable place for Nawaabs which was originally the subedar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. It became a high title for Muslim nobles).

    Rajbari is a district of natural beauty. Famous dighi (a kind of water body) Kallyan Dighi situated in Baliakandi of Islampur union. Rajbari is situated by the bank of Padma River.

    References

    Rajbari District Wikipedia