Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj was a former district of British India. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district...
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Abdul Wahab Khan (politician) (category People from Barisal District)
Muslim family of Khans in the village of Rahmatpur in Babuganj, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency. The village was named after his ancestor, Rahmat...
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Sufia Kamal (category People from Brahmanbaria district)
in her maternal home Rahat Manzil in Shayestabad, located in the Backergunge District of Eastern Bengal and Assam. Her paternal family were the zamindars...
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Praner Cheye Priyo প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব [Renowned personality]. Pirojpur District (in Bengali). "Singer Milu passes away". bdnews24.com. 28 March 2005. "'Ma...
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both English and Bengali. Guha, born on 23 May 1923 in Siddhakatti, Backergunge District of British India (present-day Bangladesh), hailed from a lineage...
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1876 Bengal cyclone (redirect from Backergunge cyclone of 1876)
Overall effects Fatalities 200,000 total Damage Unknown Areas affected Backergunge District, British Raj Part of the 1876 North Indian Ocean cyclone season...
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Sardar Fazlul Karim (category People from Barisal District)
village of Atipara located in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency (present-day Wazirpur Upazila, Barisal District, Bangladesh). His father, Khabiruddin...
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Shamsuddin Sikder (category People from Patuakhali district)
was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Shiqdars in Patuakhali, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency. Sikder was elected to the Bengal Legislative...
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Hatem Ali Jamadar (category People from Pirojpur District)
the village of Mithakhali in Mathbaria, Firozpur located in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. Jamadar attended the Gaurichanna Tenant...
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A. K. Fazlul Huq (category People from Patuakhali district)
maternal home, the Mia Bari of Saturia in Jhalokati, then part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. He belonged to a middle-class Bengali Muslim...
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Tofail Ahmed (politician) (category People from Bhola District)
Begum in the village of Koralia in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. Ahmed studied at the Bhola Government High...
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Mainul Hosein (category People from Pirojpur District)
Constituency Bhandaria Personal details Born (1940-01-31)31 January 1940 Backergunge District, Dacca Division, Bengal Province, British India Died 9 December 2023(2023-12-09)...
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Khan Bahadur Hasem Ali Khan (category People from Pirojpur District)
the village of Sehangal in Swarupkathi, Firozpur, situated in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. In 1906, he passed entrance examination...
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Chowdhury family of Ulania in Mehendiganj, then located under the Backergunge District of the Bengal Province. An ancestor, Sheikh Muhammad Asad Ali, migrated...
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Syed Azizur Rahman (category People from Bhola District)
Syeds of Batamara in Bhola Island, which was then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. The zamindari was established by his grandfather...
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Pashurikathi in Char Monai, located to the east of the Kirtankhola river in Backergunge District, Bengal Province. His father, Syed Amjad Ali, traced his lineage...
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Abdur Rahman Khan (born 1878) (category People from Sirajganj District)
inspector in 1907 stationed in Backergunge District. He later served in Naogaon District. He was promoted to District Inspector of Schools in 1932. Khan...
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Jahangir Kabir (category People from Jhalokati district)
Taluqdars of Chechrirampur in Kathalia, Jhalokati, then under the Backergunge District. The family traced their ancestry to Tendur Khan, a claimed descendant...
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Haji Shariatullah (category People from Madaripur District)
circulate with astonishing speed from Madaripur to the districts of Dacca, Faridpur, Backergunge, Mymensingh and Comilla. Some wealthy Bengalis on the...
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Abdul Kader Mia (category People from Barguna district)
Bengali Muslim family from the Saheb Bari of Bashbunia in Barguna, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency. He contested in the 1937 Bengal legislative elections...
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Motahar Uddin (category People from Bhola District)
Gazaria (West Char Umed), Lalmohan in Bhola Island, then a part of the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. His father, Moulvi Sultan Ahmad, was a...
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Syed Muhammad Afzal (category People from Barisal District)
the village of Shayestabad in the Backergunge District of the Bengal Presidency. Afzal was a member of the District Khilafat Committee which supported...
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Md. Hafizur Rahman (category People from Netrokona District)
became the Chief Controller of Jute Regulations and District Magistrate of Backergunge District. He actively participated in international conferences...
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Ghatak Pakhi Bhai (category People from Barisal District)
in the country. Ghatak Pakhi Bhai was born in 1943 in Backergunge District (now Barisal District, Bangladesh). He dropped out one year before his matriculation...
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Altaf Ali Chowdhury (category People from Tangail District)
and Assam to be the deputy magistrate of Noakhali District and later on in the Backergunge District. After retiring, he returned to Bogra where he inherited...
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Kazi Golam Mahbub (category People from Barisal District)
erstwhile East Pakistan. Mahbub was born in Kasba village in Backergunge District (now Barisal district). His father, Kazi Abdul Majed, was an activist of 1921...
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Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury (category People from Barisal District)
Zamindar family of Ulania in Mehendiganj, then located under the Backergunge District of the Bengal Province. His ancestor, Sheikh Muhammad Asad Ali, arrived...
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marketplace of Bakerganj, which later became the headquarters of the Backergunge District (now Barisal Division, Bangladesh). The legendary origin of the Bakarkhani...
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মসূদ আলী, مير مسعود علي Born (1929-03-12)12 March 1929 Patuakhali, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh) Died 18 August...
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Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman (category People from Pirojpur District)
Mustafizur Rahman was born in 1941 in the Surjomoni village of Pirojpur district in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His father's name is Muhammad...
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