Information of Brahmanbaria District

Brahmanbaria (Bengali: ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া Bramhonbaŗia) is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. It was part of greater Comilla District until 1984. Before 1830 the Sarail Pargana was a part of Mymensingh district. The district has 4 municipalities, 39 wards, 97 mahallas, 8 upazilas, 98 union parishads, 1052 mouzas and 1329 villages.[1]


HISTORY OF BRAHMANBARIA DISTRICT

Brahmanbaria was a part of Samatata Janapada of the ancient Bengal. The first and temporary capital of Isa Khan was at Sarail, located at 10 km north of Brahmanbaria Town. During the Mughal era, Brahmanbaria was famous for producing quality cloth Muslin.
Brahmanbaria was made one of the 3 Sub-divisions of Comilla District by the British rulers in 1860.[1] Brahmanbaria Municipality was established in 1868. It became part of East Pakistan in 1947 which eventually became independent Bangladesh in 1971.
During the 19th century, Brahmanbaria produced great nationalist leaders like Nawab Syed Shamsul Huda, who became president of All India Muslim League in 1921, and Barrister Abdur Rasul a front ranking leader of Indian National Congress. When the swadeshi movement began in the wake of the partition of Bengal (1905), Brahmanbaria born revolutionary Ullaskar Datta (Aviram) was convicted for throwing bomb and was deported to the Andamans. On 14 December 1931 Suniti Chowdhury, Shanti Ghosh and Gopal Deb killed the then District magistrate CCB Stevens at his residence by gunshot. During the peasant movement in 1930, Congress leader Abdul Hakim asked the peasants to stop payment of taxes. During the no-rent movement, four civilians were killed when the British soldiers indiscriminately fired on civilians.
Upon encouragement of Oli Ahad, a pioneer Language Movement leader who hailed from Brahmanbaria, the movement obtained momentum in this district in 1952.[7]
Bir Sreshtho Mostafa Kamal obtained martyrdom in an encounter at Daruin of Akhaura during the War of Independence in 1971.[8] The graveyard of this hero is situated at Mogra. Intellectual, freedom fighter, general secretary- east Pakistan labor federation , sheed (late) abm abdur rahim born here on 1st January, 1935 Mullah Bari, village Ghatiara, union Bashudeb, police station & district Brahmmanbaria. Pakistan army arrest abm abdur rahim , his work palace ujalla match factory, postogola Dhaka 5th may 1971, when he addressing secret meeting his work place with his stuff, worker & local leader about participate liberation war as a freedom fighter for independent Bangladesh. Pakistan army convicted him as a state-enemy. They start a Police case as state-enemy against abm rahim at tejgon police station same day. He couldn’t come bake from Pakistani army’s custody. After liberation Bangabandhu shekh mojibar rahman wrote a later Rahims family with sorrow & he gives money his wife. Bangladesh postal department published postal stamp as his honor.Bangla academy published a book “srimty ‘71” part 4 by edited by Rashid haydar