Khulna Division
Khulna Division:
After
the partition of the country in 1947 during the British rule, three divisions
were formed in the then East Pakistan namely Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi.
The present Khulna division was then under Rajshahi division and Barisal
division was under Dhaka division. Later in 1970, a separate journey started
from the then Rajshahi division to Kushtia, Jessore and Khulna and from
Bakerganj of Dhaka division to Khulna division.
Geographical location of Khulna:
Khulnadivision is bounded on the west by the state of West Bengal, on the north by Rajshahi division, on the east by Dhaka division and Barisal division, on the south by the famous mangrove forest "Sundarbans" and the coastline on the Bay of Bengal. It is a part of the Greater Bengal Delta. Other rivers here include Kopotaksh, Bhairab and Madhumati. Moreover, there are several islands in the Bay of Bengal in this region.
Notable personalities of Khulna:
1.
Khan Jahan Ali
2.
Prafulla Chandra Roy
3.
Krishnachandra Majumdar
4.
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
5.
Abdul Halim
6.
Literary Mohammad Lutfar Rahman
7.
Fakir Lalon Shah
8.
Poet Farrukh Ahmad
9.
Poet Syed Ali Ahsan
10.
Poet Kazi Quader Newaz
11.
M Shamsher Ali is a nuclear scientist
12.
Mrinalini Devi - Wife of Rabindranath Tagore
13.
Poet Jatindra Mohan Bagchi
14.
Banani Chowdhury was the first Muslim actress
15.
Mashrafe Bin Murtaza - Captain - Bangladesh National Cricket Team
16.
Shakib Al Hasan - Cricketer - Bangladesh National Cricket Team
17.
Salma Khatun - Captain - Bangladesh National Women's Cricket Team
18.
Mohammad Hamidur Rahman, Bir Shrestha
19.
Nur Mohammad Sheikh, Birshreshtha
References:
Marshall Cavendish Corporation (2006). World and Its Peoples: Eastern and
Southern Asia. Marshall Cavendish. Page 491.
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