SYLHET DIVISION

'Sylhet (Srihatta) division' is the Northeastern division (''bibhag'') of Bangladesh, named after its main city, Sylhet. It is bounded by Meghalaya State of India on the north, Tripura State on the south, Assam State of India on the east and Dhaka and Chittagong divisions on the west.

Contents

Geography and Climate

Civic Administration

Religion and Faith

Notable personalities

References

External links

Geography and Climate

Sylhet division is located in north-eastern Bangladesh.Mejor rivers include Surma, Kushiyara, Manu etc.

Civic Administration

In 1995, Sylhet was declared the 6th division of the country. Prior to that it was part of the Chittagong division.
The Sylhet division is subdivided into 4 districts (''zila''): Habiganj, Maulvibazar, Sunamganj and Sylhet. Further, the Sylhet division contains 35 sub-districts (''upazila/thana''), 323 unions, 10185 villages and 14 municipalities.
Population: approximately 8 million.

Religion and Faith

Sylhet is a holy place for both Muslim and Hindus.It is a land of 360 awliyas.Notable Hindu saint Sree Chaitanya Dev was born in Dhaka Daksin situated in Sylhet division.Famous religious places include, the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) and the shrine of Hajrat Shah Paran (R) for Muslim.Hindu temples like Sree Chaitanya Dev Mandir, Kali Mandir of Jainpur,Shakti Piths temple of Kirit Devi Kamala,Bagala Matar Mandir of Habiganj and Kalibari of Jaintiapur are known throughout the Indian Subcontinent.^[1]
Followers of Differenr religion are: Muslim 81.16%, Hindu 17.80%, Christian 0.06%, Buddhist 0.02% and others 0.96%.

Notable personalities

★ M A G Osmani - Supreme commander of Mukti Bahini

★ Syed Mujtaba Ali - Author, academician, scholar and linguist

★ Abdus Samad Azad-Ex Foreign Minister of Bangladesh

★ Humayun Rashid Choudhury-Ex speaker of of Bangladesh National Parliament (1996-2001)

★ M. Saifur Rahman- Former Finance Minister of Bangladesh

★ Hason Raja-Mystic Poet

★ Shah Abdul Karim-Musician & Mystic poet

★ Ragib Ali-Businessman

★ Salman Shah-Actor

★ Govinda Chandra Dev-philanthropist

★ Shuvro Dev-Musician

★ Suranjit Sengupta-Politician

★ Rani Hamid-Sportsperson

★ Kaiser Hamid- Sportsperson

★ Tapash Baisya- Sportsperson

★ Enamul Haque Jr- Sportsperson

★ Alok Kapali- Sportsperson

★ Kobi Dilwar- Poet

References

1. Bangladesh - The Holy Land of Hindu and Buddhist Pilgrimages

External links

★ National Data Bank of Bangladesh

★ Banglapedia