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3 unusual facts about Sunamganj District


Mahmudur Rahman

The June 2005 explosion at Niko Resources' Tengratila Gas Field in Sunamganj District, was the second during the project to revive the Chattack field.

Sunamganj District

After the conquest of Sylhet(Gowrh Kingdom) in 1303 by Muslims under the spiritual guidance of Hazrat Shah Jalal, Hazrat Shah Kamal Qahafan brought the entire Kingdom of 'Larh' (La'urh) under his control with aid of his twelve disciples and his second son, Shah Muazzamuddin, administered the entire district from Shaharpara and he maintained a second sub-administration office at Nizgaon (near present-day Shologhar in Sunamganj town, which was running by one of his descendants.

Sunamganj is renowned for bards and folk music; mystic poet Hason Raja (1854CE-1922CE), Saifa Banu (1860-1926), Diwan Moshin Raja, Syed Shahnoor, Radharaman Dutta, Radhamadhav Dutta, Doorbin Shah, Shah Abdul Karim, Muniruzzaman Munir, Nurul Ghani, Dilly Meah, Qari Amiruddin and many more have hailed from this area.


Duarabazar High School

Duarabazar High School is a school located in Dowarabazar Upazila of Sunamganj District in the division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.


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