Narail District
Encyclopedia
Narail is a district in South-western in Bangladesh
. It is a part of the Khulna Division.
on the north, Khulna District
on the south, Faridpur District
and Gopalganj District
on the east, and by Jessore District
on the west. Annual average temperature is maximum 37.1C, minimum 11.2C; annual rainfall is 1467 mm. Main rivers are Madhumati (মধুমতি), Nabaganga (নবগঙ্গা), Bhairab (ভৈরব), Chitra (চিত্রা) and Kajla (কাজলা). There are many beels (বিল) and baors (বাওড়) most noted of which is Chachuri Beel.
Total Land Area 240439 acres (973 km²) ,
Cultivable Area 176504 acres (714 km²),
Fallow Land 25090 acres (102 km²),
Area Under Forest 10 Acre,
Area Irrigated 36208 acres (147 km²),
Area Under River 8562 acres (35 km²)
The District of Narail or Narail Zilla in the Bengali has three upzillas: Narail, Kalia and Lohagara. Narail Upzilla or Narail Sadar is the administrative and business center of Narail district where the offices of the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent Police, Additional District Magistrate and other local government officials are located.
One of the Zamiders moved away from Narail and settled in Hatbaria where they established another large building (Zamider Bari) or rather buildings joined together.
Administration of Narail district was established in 1984. It consists of two municipalities, 18 wards, 43 mahallas, 3 upazilas, 4 police Thana (Narail, Kalia, Lohagara and Naragathi), 37 union parishads, 445 mouzas and 649 villages. The upazilas are Narail Sadar, Kalia, Lohagara and (newly formed) Naragati. Municipalities are Narail Sadar and Kalia.
Narail Victoria College and Collegiate School is one of the oldest modern high school in Bangladesh - established in 1858 by the zaminders of Narail who were famous for their love of education. Same Zaminders also established a girls' school which was a rarity in Bangladesh at that time. It's called Shib Shankar Memorial Girls' School. This school closed down due to lack of finance after the Zaminders left then East Pakistan. It was re-opened by some local enthusiasts Mr. J Bhattacharjee, Mr. S Biswas & Mr B Bhowmic. They borrowed furnitures from neighbours including my parents. They also went round to houses pleaing to send their children to the school. I along with two of sisters went to the school as they allowed boys at that time. Narail's Zaminder bari was one of the biggest in whole of Bengal. But unfortunately when the Zaminders left the country after partition of India, the whole house was looted and vandalised. It gradually collapsed. There is still some remains present specially the Kalibary, the Shib mandir and the Bandha ghat on the Chitra river. Some local people continued the famous Durga Puja in the capmpus of the Zamider Bari, but it stopped after a few years for obvious reason. Part of the building was used for some time as Government civil service office. But due to lack of maintenance it gave in.
The famous writer - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a magistrate in Narail and his book Neelkuthi was based on the forceful cultivation of Indigo in Narail by the East India Company.
Narail was once declared "Independent" from the British Raj by "Sharala-di" as she was known at the time by her followers of independence movement of India. But for obvious reason the "independence" only lasted for 3 days.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
. It is a part of the Khulna Division.
Geography
Narail District (নড়াইল) (Khulna Division) with an area of 990.23 km², is bounded by Magura DistrictMagura District
Magura is a district in South-Western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division.-Geography:Magura District with an area of 1048 km2, is bounded by Rajbari district on the north, Jessore and Narail districts on the south, Faridpur district on the east and Jhenaidaha district on the west...
on the north, Khulna District
Khulna District
The district of Khulna consists 10859 mosques, 680 temples, 81 churches, 15 Buddhist temples and 9 tombs.-Places of interest:*The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. The royal Bengal tiger inhabits the area; it is said that seeing the tiger enables a person to understand what a...
on the south, Faridpur District
Faridpur District
Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur District has a population of over 1.7 million people and is situated on the banks of the Padma river . It is bordered by Madaripur, Narail, Rajbari, Magura, Shariatpur, Gopalgonj, Dhaka and Manikganj...
and Gopalganj District
Gopalganj District (Bangladesh)
The district of Gopalganj consists 356 mosques, 359 temples, six churches and four tombs.-Places of interest:* Ulpur has a former Zamindar palace which is currently used a Tafsil Office and many other Zamindar mansions. It was the home of the Basu Roy Chowdhury family. Arpara has a zamindar palace...
on the east, and by Jessore District
Jessore District
Jessore is a district located in the Khulna Division of southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west.The district produces a variety of crops year-round. Date-sugar called patali is made from the sap of locally grown date trees that is cooked, thickened and crystallised using a...
on the west. Annual average temperature is maximum 37.1C, minimum 11.2C; annual rainfall is 1467 mm. Main rivers are Madhumati (মধুমতি), Nabaganga (নবগঙ্গা), Bhairab (ভৈরব), Chitra (চিত্রা) and Kajla (কাজলা). There are many beels (বিল) and baors (বাওড়) most noted of which is Chachuri Beel.
Total Land Area 240439 acres (973 km²) ,
Cultivable Area 176504 acres (714 km²),
Fallow Land 25090 acres (102 km²),
Area Under Forest 10 Acre,
Area Irrigated 36208 acres (147 km²),
Area Under River 8562 acres (35 km²)
Upazillas
Narail Sadar (নড়াইল সদর), Lohagara (লোহাগড়া), Kalia (কালিয়া)The District of Narail or Narail Zilla in the Bengali has three upzillas: Narail, Kalia and Lohagara. Narail Upzilla or Narail Sadar is the administrative and business center of Narail district where the offices of the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent Police, Additional District Magistrate and other local government officials are located.
History
Narail's headquarter was named so because of the Zamindars of Narail. The Zaminders established the shopping market called Rupganj - named after a Zaminder. They also established a post office there for the first time during British Raj - called Ratanganj - again named after another Zaminder. They modernised Narail by the standard of those days. They also promoted culture, sports and education in that part of the world. The large playing field called "Kuriddobe" was their gift. They introduced football competition in that part with a shield given to the champions and a cup the runners-up as well as medals to all players from early twentieth century.One of the Zamiders moved away from Narail and settled in Hatbaria where they established another large building (Zamider Bari) or rather buildings joined together.
Administration of Narail district was established in 1984. It consists of two municipalities, 18 wards, 43 mahallas, 3 upazilas, 4 police Thana (Narail, Kalia, Lohagara and Naragathi), 37 union parishads, 445 mouzas and 649 villages. The upazilas are Narail Sadar, Kalia, Lohagara and (newly formed) Naragati. Municipalities are Narail Sadar and Kalia.
Religion
The district of Narail consists 1675 mosques, 248 temples, four churches, seven tombs and 11 shrines.Places of interest
Archaeological heritage and relics: Mosque at Village Goalbathan (1654), Kadamtala Mosque, Ghazir Dargah at Naldi, homestead of Raja Keshab Roy at Wazirpur, Radha Govinda Mandir at Jorbangla (eighteenth century), Kalibari at Lakshmipasha, Math at Baradia of Nishinathtala.Dr. Niharanzon gupta ar barri,Itna,Lohagara.Narail Victoria College and Collegiate School is one of the oldest modern high school in Bangladesh - established in 1858 by the zaminders of Narail who were famous for their love of education. Same Zaminders also established a girls' school which was a rarity in Bangladesh at that time. It's called Shib Shankar Memorial Girls' School. This school closed down due to lack of finance after the Zaminders left then East Pakistan. It was re-opened by some local enthusiasts Mr. J Bhattacharjee, Mr. S Biswas & Mr B Bhowmic. They borrowed furnitures from neighbours including my parents. They also went round to houses pleaing to send their children to the school. I along with two of sisters went to the school as they allowed boys at that time. Narail's Zaminder bari was one of the biggest in whole of Bengal. But unfortunately when the Zaminders left the country after partition of India, the whole house was looted and vandalised. It gradually collapsed. There is still some remains present specially the Kalibary, the Shib mandir and the Bandha ghat on the Chitra river. Some local people continued the famous Durga Puja in the capmpus of the Zamider Bari, but it stopped after a few years for obvious reason. Part of the building was used for some time as Government civil service office. But due to lack of maintenance it gave in.
The famous writer - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was a magistrate in Narail and his book Neelkuthi was based on the forceful cultivation of Indigo in Narail by the East India Company.
Narail was once declared "Independent" from the British Raj by "Sharala-di" as she was known at the time by her followers of independence movement of India. But for obvious reason the "independence" only lasted for 3 days.
Educational Institutions
- Narail Victoria College
- Narail Zila high School
- Lohagara Pilot High School
- Lohagara Adarsha Mohavidyalay
- Parbati Bidhyapith,Gobra
- Gobra Mittra Mahabiddyalya
Famous Personalities
Poet & Creative Personalities:- Bijoy SarkarBijoy SarkarKaviyal Bijay Sarkar was a Baul Singer,lyricist and composer, was born at the village of Dumdi in Narail Bengal . His original name was Bijay Adhikari....
- Mashrafe Bin MortozaMashrafe MortazaMashrafe Bin Mortaza is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He broke into the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe and represented Bangladesh before having played a single first-class match...
- Dolar MahmudDolar MahmudDolar Mahmud is a Bangladeshi first class cricketer. A former Bangladesh Under-19's representative, he plays domestic cricket for Khulna Division. Mahmud has also played for Bangladesh A...
- S M Sultan
- Ravi Shankar & Uday Shankar