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3 unusual facts about Sylhet District


Battle of Gazipur

Kalaura was a communications centre and rail head ten kilometres in depth, was connected to Maulvi Bazar; along the axis Dharmanagar - Gazipur - Maulvi Bazar - Sylhet.

Mahbub Ali Khan

Mahbub Ali Khan was born on 3 November 1934 in Birahimpur of the Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh.

Monica Ali

Some groups thought Ali had negatively portrayed people from the Sylhet region, as they constitute the majority of the Bangladeshi immigrants living in the Brick Lane community.


Anwara Ali

Ali is daughter of Late Alhaj Jobed Ali and Solima Khatun, of Sunampur, Golapganj, Sylhet.

Bengal Foredeep

It can be divided into further sub-zones: (1) the Faridpur Trough; (2) the Barisal High; (3) the Hatiya Trough; (4) the Sylhet Trough; and (5) the Madhupur High.

Swami Gahanananda

Swami Gahanananda (October, 1916 – November 4, 2007), the 14th President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born in the village of Paharpur in Sylhet District (now in Bangladesh) in October 1916.


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Aligorhi Barhi

Mathiura Aligorhi Barhi is a famous Barhi (house) in Beani Bazar Upa-Zilla of Sylhet district.