Dinajpur (Bengali: দিনাজপুর [dinad͡ʒpur]) is a city and the District headquarters of Dinajpur district situated in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is bounded on the north by Suihari, Katapara, Bangi Bechapara, Pulhat, Koshba on the south, on the east of Sheikhupura and by the river Punarbhaba on the west. Dinajpur is Historically and culturally a very Important city in North Bengal.

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Dinajpur দিনাজপুর
City and Municipality
Dinajpur Rajbari
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Coordinates: 25°37′N 88°39′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Rangpur Division
District	Dinajpur District
Government
• Type	Mayor–Council
• Body	Dinajpur Municipality
• Paura Mayor	Syed Jahangir Alam[1]
Area
• Total	22.8 km2 (8.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	276,000[2]
Time zone	UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time)
National Dialing Code	+880
Website	www.dinajpur.gov.bd

Geography and Climate

Dinajpur is located on the north-western part of the country. It covers an area of 20.7 square kilometers (8.0 sq mi)

It is situated in 25°37′ N. latitude and 88°39′ E longitude on the eastern bank of the river Punarbhaba. Dinajpur has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa) that borders a tropical climate and has humid, hot summers, characterized monsoon season and mild, dry winters.

Literacy

The percentage of literacy in the city is 85.05% which is quite high compared with that of other cities in Bangladesh. The progress of education has been marked by gradual and steady increase in the proportion of literates.

Education

Over the last 25 years, Dinajpur has attracted some prominent educational institutions, all of which are government financed. They are as follows:

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University is located 13 km north of Dinajpur town and is one of the prominent institutions in North Bengal. It offers various undergraduate programs such as computer science, BBA, agriculture, fisheries, veterinary medicine and postgraduate programs like agronomy, horticulture and soil science.

Established in 1992, M Abdur Rahim Medical College (former Dinajpur Medical College) is one of the 36 government financed medical institutions located at historical Ananda sagar area in Dinajpur City. Currently, it offers a five-year MBBS Program, along with a one-year compulsory post-graduation internship program. In 2009, Dinajpur city began an English version of education. Some notable English Version schools are: Bethel Int'l School, Dinajpur Ridge School, Dinajpur Labrotary School, Dinajpur Public School, South Point School and Green International School and Dinajpur Polytechnic Institute. Dinazpur Zilla school, is one of the best high school in Bangladesh.

Tenth educational board of Bangladesh has been established in Dinajpur in 2007. From 2009 S.S.C. (Secondary School Certificate) and H.S.C. (Higher Secondary School Certificate) exams have been started to be taken. In S.S.C. exam for the first time it stood 2nd in the country in the G.P.A. 5 list.

Dinajpur Municipality

At first, after its formation in 1856, the Dinajpur Municipality used to be run by a town committee presided over by the Deputy Magistrate. This was among the first 40 municipalities in Bengal at that time. Later in 1868, the 'District Town Act' commissioned a chairman of the municipality who replaced the Deputy Magistrate and given a similar rank as a District Magistrate. Mr. Patterson was appointed the first chairman of Dinajpur Municipality in 1869. Now present chairman is Sued Jahangir Alam.[3]

Notable people

• Air Vice-Marshal Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed, Seventh Chief of Airstaff, Bangladesh Air Force.
• Narayan Gangopadhyay, a Bengali novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer, and one of the leading writers of modern Bengali literature.
• Atmasthananda, fifteenth president of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.
• Debojyoti Mishra, an Indian music director and film composer.
• Liton Das, Cricketer Playing in Bangladesh National Team.
• Shawkat Ali, Prominent novelist.
• Mohammad Farhad, popularly known as "Comrade Farhad", was a guerrilla force commander during the Bangladesh independence war, and the President of Communist Party of Bangladesh and a member of Bangladesh Parliament.
• Haji Mohammad Danesh, a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist.

Photo gallery

• 
  Buri Puja, Dinajpur
• 
  Ramsagor
• 
  Sukh Sagor
• 
  Matasagor
• 
  Bangibechar Hat
• 
  Sunrise
• 
  Bangibechar Hat
• 
  Holy place in a Santhal village in the Dinajpur district.
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  Dinajpur Railway Bridge
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  Horse, Ramsagor, Dinajpur
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  Kantajew Temple
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  Rain, Dinajpur, Bangladesh
• 
  Punorvoba River

References

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Dinajpur".

• Media related to Dinajpur at Wikimedia Commons
• Website of Dinajpur Municipality

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[ru] Динаджпур (город)