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unusual facts about Pirganj Upazila, Rangpur


Tangon River

After originating in West Bengal, it passes through Panchagarh District, Pirganj in Rangpur District, Bochaganj in Rajshahi District and Biral in Dinajpur District in Bangladesh before it flows through Kushmandi and Bansihari community development blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.


Beel

Regionwise, in the northwest of Bangladesh some of the larger beels are Bara Beel in Pirganj, Tagrai Beel in Kurigram, Lunipukur in Rangpur, Bara Mirzapur Beel in Narail and Keshpathar in Bogra.

Chitta Ranjan Dutta

After independence, he served as the armed forces commander in Rangpur and later went onto to become the first Director-General of the Bangladesh Rifles (present-day Border Guards Bangladesh) in 1973.

Ghughu-danga Zamindar Bari

Before 1947, the property of Ghughudanga jamindar was situated in eleven thana in Dinajpur including Dinajpur Sadar Upazila, Gangarampur, Kushmandi (community development block), Raiganj, Kaliaganj, Itahar (community development block), Pirganj Upazila, Thakurgaon District, Biral Upazila, Bochaganj Upazila and Malda district (Raio-Muchia).

Jahanara Imam

In 1948 she married Shariful Alam Imam Ahmed, a Civil Engineer, whom she met in Rangpur while studying at Carmichael College.

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank

Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank is a state-owned bank in Bangladesh, a specialized financial institution for financing the farmers of 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur administrative divisions comprising the north-west Bangladesh.

Rangpur Division

Rangpur has well-known educational institutions, such as Carmichael College, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Rangpur Medical College, Rangpur Cadet College, and Begum Rokeya University.

Sannyasi Rebellion

This was one of the reasons that caused distress leading to violence, especially in Natore in Rangpur, now in modern Bangladesh.

Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College

In 2006, a brand new hospital and college campus was constructed on the outskirts of Bogra city, beside the Dhaka-Rangpur highway, named on the basis of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman who was born at Bogra.

Slender rasbora

The black-line rasbora or Rasbora daniconius (called darka at Rangpur) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora.

Suremphaa

Rajeshwar Singha added three underground stories known as Talatal Ghar made of brick and an indigenous type of cement to the four storied Kareng Ghar (or palace) at Rangpur.


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