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3 unusual facts about Jessore District


Archibald Jacob

Jacob was born in Jessore, Bangladesh, second surviving son of Captain Vickers Jacob (1789-1836), Indian army and later merchant and landholder in New South Wales, and his wife Anne née Watson (1796-1836).

Bangladesh Air Force Academy

The Bangladesh Air Force Academy is located in the district town of Jessore at Matiur Rahman Air Force Base.

Shah M. Faruque

Shah Mohammad Faruque (Bengali: শাহ এম. ফারুক) (Jessore District, 1956) is a Bangladeshi scientist and a leading researcher in Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium which causes the epidemic diarrheal disease Cholera.


Bagherpara Pilot High School

Bagherpara Pilot High School is situated in Bagherpara, Jessore District, Bangladesh.

Mathabhanga River


It flows first in a southeasterly direction as far as Hatboalia, where it bifurcates one branch, which is thereafter known as the Kumar or Pangasi, it then proceeds in the same direction, past Alamdanga, up to the boundary of the district which it forms for a few miles until it passes into Jessore, whilst the other branch pursues a very tortuous course.


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