Presentation on Narsingdi, Bangladesh

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Narsingdi Prepared by

Mukit Ahmed ChowdhuryI.D : 11-19326-2

ContentsMapLocation How The Name CameGeneral informationEconomyHistorical placesFamous PersonalitiesConclusion

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Location

Narsingdi (Bengali:   নরসিং��দী� Nôrshingdi) is a district of Dhaka division.

It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh.

Narsingdi is bordered by Kishoreganj in the north & north-east, by Brahmanbaria in the east & south-east, Narayanganj at south & south-west and by Gazipur in the west.

How The Name Came

Narsingdi, which translates as “lion man", is named after an ancient king who was believed to be “lionlike."

General InformationThe district consists of 6 upazilas: 1.Belabo,

2.Monohardi,

3.Shibpur,

4 Raipura,

5.Palash And

6.Narsingdi Sadar 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 55 mahallas, 69 union parishads, 1060 villages.

Main Rivers: The Meghna, The Shitalakkha & The

old BrahmaputraMain crops : Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane and

vegetables.Main fruits: Banana, Jackfruit, mango, papaya,

pineapple, black berry, guava, olive and litchi.

Main exports: Paddy, bamboo, pineapple, guava,

vegetables, lungi, sari and fertilizer.

Communication facilities: This district has communication facility

of Water way, railway and by road. It is near to the capital, and also has

good communication with other districts. two most busiest rail route of the country (Dhaka-Chittagong & Dhaka-Sylhet) goes through Narsingdi district.

Asian Highway (connecting Dhaka, Madhobdi, Narsingdi, Vairab,Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria and Sylhet) passes over Narsingdi

Economy It is the only District in Bangladesh that does not

depend solely on Agriculture. The district is famous for its Textile Craft Industry. 

There are several number of Jute Mills in Narsingdi, which plays an important role in economy.

The biggest and renowned Haat of Bangladesh is located here at Narsingdi which is known as Sekerchar Babur Haat, which is famous for quality sarees, lungi, gamcha, & gray fabrics.

There are two Urea fertilizer industry in Polash & Ghorashal.

Sugarcane also grow well. There is a sugar mill in Polash Thana named Deshbondho sugar mill.

Quality Banana is also found here.

Quality Banana•Famous For Two Types Of Banana Shagor Shobri

•Soil and climate is suitable for growing bananas.

Textile

Narsingdi is famous for ‘Lungi’, ‘Saree’ and ‘Gamcha’

Also Bedsheets, Curtains

Baburhat is the biggest market for textile clothes in Bangladesh.

Historical placesWari-Bateshwar ruins

About Wari-Bateshwar Wari-Bateshwar (Bengali: উয়ার�- বটে শ্বর Uari-

Bôṭeshshor) is the site of an ancient fort city dating back to 450 BC situated in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh.

This 2500 years old site is a significant archaeological discovery.

The site is about 75km from Dhaka situated near the Wari and Bateshwar villages in the Belabo Upazila of Narsingdi District.

It was discovered in the early 1930s by a local school teacher, Hanif Pathan.

The current scientific study is being carried out by a team from the Archaeology Department of Jahangirnagar University led by Professor Sufi Mostafizur Rahman.

The C 14 dates have pushed back the chronology of Wari to 450 BC.

Silver punch-marked coins, different types of earthen pots, rouletted ware, knobbed ware, northern black Polish ware, black-slipped ware, common ceramics, semi-precious stone beads.

Iron artifacts include blooms, hand-axes, spearheads, knives, nails and slugs, melted pieces of iron.

It is also suspected that it might be the oldest place in the world which have a money based currency system

A part of fallen mud-wall has been found in NBPW level. This mud-wall is possibly the earliest evidence of architecture in Bangladesh. Brick structures (brick size, 32 x 30 x 6 cm) are also found in the region.

The discovery of a Knobbed Ware at Wari hints at the existence of Buddhist practice in the region.

Some Other historical PlacesThree domed mosque

of 1524 at Ashrafpur Single domed

mosque of eighteenth century

Tomb of Shah Monsur at Kumardi

Bibi Joynab Mosque (1719)

Parulia Mosque (1716)

Raghunath Mandir (seventeenth century)

Famous Personalities

Bhai Girish Chandra Sen (1835-1910) was a religious scholar and translator who made the first creditable and full translation of the Quran into Bengali.He was born in a village of Panchdona

Shamsur Rahman (Bangla: শাম��র রহমনShamsur Rŭhman) (October 23, 1929 – August 17, 2006) was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist.

Birsrestho Matiur Rahman , was born in Narsingdi.

Mr Mannan Bhuiyan, famous politician of BNP ,was MP for three consecutive times

Conclusion In short, Narsingdi is a small but well

developed district. You can visit Narsingdi for its natural beauty which includes rivers and green crop fields.

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