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Sonaimuri Upazila

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Country
  
Bangladesh

District
  
Noakhali District

Area
  
169.1 km²

Division
  
Chittagong Division

Time zone
  
BST (UTC+6)

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Website
  
sonaimuri.noakhali.gov.bd(Bengali)

Sonaimuri (সোনাইমুড়ী) is a newly established upazila or sub-district in Noakhali District, Bangladesh. It consists of ten union councils or parishads - Ambarnagar, Amisha Para, Bazra, Deoti, Jayag, Nadana, Nateshwar,Sonaimuri, Sonapur and Baragaon. Sonaimuri was declared as an upazila in response to a popular demand in 2005. The area of Sonaimuri is 169.14 km² while its population is 327,194. People in this Upazila is generally solvent and engaged in business and agriculture.

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Map of Sonaimuri, Bangladesh

Places of interest

  • Bazra Shahi Mosque: Bazra Shahi Mosque is one of the major Mughal era archeological relics in the region. The mosque, according to an inscription fixed over the central doorway, was erected by one Aman Allah in 1741-42 AD during the reign of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah.
  • Joyag: During Mahatma Gandh's visit to some parts of Noakhali in January 1947, Hemanta Kumar Ghosh, a local zamindar, donated his property for setting up the Ambika-Kaliganga Charitable Trust, which later on became famous as Gandhi Ashram. Every morning and evening, people gather for a prayer meeting in a room which still contains mementos of Gandhi's visit here in January 1947.

    • Education

    Sonaimuri High School is the most renowned academic institution of this upazila. It played an important role in spreading education among all strata of the society from British days. Students of this school in the past played a pioneering role in our liberation struggle. Other important schools include Sonapur Ali Akber High school, Mahbubennesa Girls' High School, Bajra High School, Kalikapur High School, Rubirhat Banghabondhu High School, Nandia Para High School, Vir Srasto Ruhul Amin Academy, Jaiag High School, Nodona High School, Sonaimuri Girls School and Sonaimuri Hamedia alia (kamil) Madrassah. Sonaimuri College,Abirpara High School,Amishapara M.k High School ,Amishapara KR University and Amishapara K.R Kamil madrasha are playing a very important role in promoting higher education in this Upazila.

    Notable residents

  • Kamrul Ahsan, Secretary to the Government, a career diplomat and former Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada and Singapore.
  • Mohammad Ruhul Amin, an engine room artificer in the Bangladesh Navy who was posthumously awarded the nation's highest bravery award for his service during the Bangladesh Liberation War, was born in a village in Sonaimuri Upazila, erstwhile Begumganj Thana.

    • References

    Sonaimuri Upazila Wikipedia
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