It is the birthplace of Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, and the resting place of his wife Pramila Devi.
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976), Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary
Islam Nazrul (2000): Urban Governance in Asia, Pathak Samabesh, Dhaka.
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As a literary critic, Islam has written substantive criticism on writers including Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Sudhindranath Dutta, Samar Sen, and Shamsur Rahman.