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Bagha (Bengali: বাঘা) is an upazila of the Rajshahi District, located in Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division.[1]

Bagha বাঘা
Upazila
Bagha Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°11.5′N 88°50′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rajshahi Division
District	Rajshahi District
Thana	23 March 1983
Upazila	14 September 1983
Government
• MP (Rajshahi-6)	Shahriar Alam
• Upazila Chairman	Muhammad Layeb Uddin Lavlu
Area
• Total	184.25 km2 (71.14 sq mi)
Population  (1991)
• Total	153,931
• Density	840/km2 (2,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Website	bagha.rajshahi.gov.bd

Geography

Bagha is located at 24.1917°N 88.8333°E / 24.1917; 88.8333. It has 29056 households and total area 184.25 km².

Bagha Upazila is bounded by Charghat Upazila and Bagatipara Upazila, the latter in Natore District, on the north, Lalpur and Bagatipara Upazilas, both in Natore District, on the east, Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia in Khushtia District, on the south and Jalangi CD Block, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, on the west.[2]

Demographics

According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Bagha had a population of 184,183. Males constituted 49.96% of the population and females 50.04%. Muslims formed 94.70% of the population, Hindus 5.21%, Christians 0.03% and others 0.07%. Bagha had a literacy rate of 49.65% for the population 7 years and above.[3]

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Bagha has a population of 153931. Males constitute 51.48% of the population, and females 48.52%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 77686. Bagha has an average literacy rate of 26.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.[4]

History

Alaipur village of Bagha was the headquarters of Laskar Khan Jaigirdar during the sixteenth century. Hazrat Shah Doulah settled at Bagha and started preaching Islam after being granted42 parganas by the rulers.[5] He also established a famous madrasa here.[1] Bagha thana of present-day Rajshahi district was a thriving centre of learning in the early Muslim period. The place became famous after Shah Muazzam Danishmand (Maulana Shah Daula) from Baghdad settled there during the reign of the Sultan of Bengal Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–32) and built his khanqah there. An inscription table of the time of Sultan Nusrat Shah was discovered there that records the construction of a Jam’i mosque in 930 A.H. (1523-24 A.D.) One Abdul Latif visited the Bagha madrasah in 1609. There he met an elderly Sufi named Hawadah Main (Maulana Hamid Danishmand) son of Maulana Shah Daula, who was running a madrasah and a khanqah in a peaceful environment. Probably the madrasah was established during the reign of Nusrat Shah.[6]

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, temporary camps were founded by the Pakistan Army in places such as Narayanpur, Bagha, Pakuria, Arani, Alaipur and Chawkrajapur, and many brawls took place in these camps against the 400 Bengali freedom fighters of Bagha. 7 of these freedom fighters were murdered.[1]

Administration

Bagha Upazila is divided into two Municipal Corporations and seven Union Parishads.

Municipal Corporations:

1. Arani Municipality
2. Bagha Municipality

Union Parishads:

1. Arani
2. Bajubagha
3. Bausa
4. Gargari
5. Manigram
6. Pakuria
7. Chakrajapur

The union parishads are subdivided into 99 mauzas and 78 villages.[7]

Chairmen

List of chairmen

Number	Name	Started
01	Muhammad Abdul Aziz	15/8/1985
02	Muhammad Bayezul Islam Khan	18/2/1990
03	Muhammad Bayezul Islam Khan	23/2/2009
04	Muhammad Layeb Uddin Labhlu	Present

Economy and tourism

Bagha Upazila is home to 343 mosques, most notably the ancient Bagha Mosque complex which also contains the mazar (mausoleum) of Shah Dawlah, a key figure who propagated Islam in the region. The mazar of Dilal Bukhari is in Alaipur. The indigo factory (nilkuthi) at Mirganj is a relic of the colonial period, and is currently used as a silk factory.[1] Bagha Museum is also a tourist spot of Bagha Upazila.

Education

There a number of madrasas in Bagha Upazila which provide educational services to the local community. Some of these include:[8]

List of madrasas

Name	Headteacher
Darul Uloom Dakhil Madrasa	Muhammad Yunus Ali
Parsaota Alim Madrasa	Muhammad Bazlul Karim
Bagha Fazil Madrasa	Muhammad Abdul Ghafur Miah
Bausha Hedatipara Dakhil Madrasa	Muhammad Abdur Rashid
Arani Dakhil Madrasa	Muhammad Abu Hanif
Arani Chakarpara Dakhil Madrasa	Muhammad Shamimuzzaman
Sultanpur Gorasthan Dakhil Madrasa	Muhammad Abdul Mannaf
Jot Qadirpur Dakhil Madrasa	Mosammat Rafiyah Sultanah
Manigram Dakhil Madrasa	Muhammad Tahurul Islam

Notable people

• Nazmul Hoque Sarkar, lawyer
• Polan Sarkar, social activist
• Shahriar Alam, politician

See also

• Upazilas of Bangladesh
• Districts of Bangladesh
• Divisions of Bangladesh
• Shah Makhdum Rupos, medieval Iraqi saint who visited the area

References

External links

• Official Website
• Bagha Upazila on Facebook

На других языках

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[ru] Багха (подокруг)

Багха (бенг. বাঘা, англ. Bagha) — подокруг на северо-западе Бангладеш. Входит в состав округа Раджшахи. Административный центр — город Багха. Площадь подокруга — 184,25 км². По данным переписи 1991 года численность населения подокруга составляла 178 763 человека. Плотность населения равнялась 835 чел. на 1 км². Уровень грамотности населения составлял 26,2 %. Религиозный состав: мусульмане — 93,07 %, индуисты — 6,84 %, прочие — 0,09 %.

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