Muradnagar Upazila

Muradnagar (Bengali: মুরাদনগর, romanized: Muradnogor) is an upazila of Comilla District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh.^[4]

Muradnagar মুরাদনগর
Upazila
Bangora Bazar Thana in Muradnagar Upazila
Coordinates: 23°38.3′N 90°56′E
Country	Bangladesh
Division	Chittagong
District	Comilla
Government
• Upazila Chairman	Ahsanul Alam Sarkar
Area
• Total	340.73 km2 (131.56 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	582,950
• Density	1,710.9/km2 (4,431.2/sq mi)
Demonym	Muradnagari
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
Postal code	3540[2]
Area code	08026[3]
Website	muradnagar.comilla.gov.bd

History

In ancient times, the area was a part of the geopolitical region of Samatata ruled by the Rata dynasty. In the late 20th century, an irrigation canal was being dug in Urishwar, Paharpur Union. During the process, three copper plate inscriptions were discovered, surrounded by old potsherds, supposedly belonging to the Rata dynasty of Samatata.^[5]

Muradnagar was previously known as Tholla. During the Mughal period, the area was under the Balda Khal pargana. After the arrival of the East India Company, a number of rebellions and peasant movements took place in Tholla. The 19th-century zamindar Mir Ashraf Ali Shirazi had a house in Tholla. In 1858, Tholla was established as a thana and in 1878, Tholla was renamed to Muradnagar. It was named after the revenue collector Mir Murad Ali.

Khwaja Salimullah, the Nawab of Dhaka donated towards the Muradnagar High School in 1903. In 1941, Captain Narendranath Dutta founded the Sreekail College, an institution of nationwide importance.^[6]

Many Muradnagari pro-independence fighters were killed during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971 during clashes with the Pakistan Army. The thana was upgraded to an upazila in 1983.

Geography

Muradnagar is located at 23.6385°N 90.9325°E / 23.6385; 90.9325. It has 101,809 households covering a total area of 340.73 km².^[7]

Demographics

Religions in Muradnagar Upazila (2022)[8]
Religion			Percent
Islam			93.78%
Hinduism			6.21%
Other or not stated			0.01%

According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Muradnagar Upazila had 101,809 households and a population of 523,556. 144,345 (27.57%) were under 10 years of age. Muradnagar has a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 48.81%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1115 females per 1000 males. 32,644 (6.24%) lived in urban areas.^[9][10]

Administration

Muradnagar Upazila is divided into 22 union parishads: Akubpur, Andikot (Haidarabad), Babuti Para, Chapitala, Chhaliakandi, Dakshin Ramchandrapur, Darora, Dhamghar, Jahapur, Jatrapur, Kamalla, Muradnagar, Paharpur, Paschim Bangara, Paschim Nabipur, Paschim Porbadhair, Purba Bangara, Purba Nabipur, Purba Purbadhair, Sreekail, Tanki, and Uttar Ramchandrapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 153 mauzas and 301 villages.^[7]

List of chairmen

List of chairmen

Name	Term
Jahangir Alam Sarkar	1985 - 1986
Pirzada Zahirul Alam Chishti	1986 - 1991
Harun Al-Rashid	2009 - 2014
Ahsanul Alam Sarkar	Present

Notable people

• Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad, politician
• Rafiqul Islam Miah, politician
• Yussuf Abdullah Harun, politician
• Abdul Mannan, politician
• Asif Mahmud, activist
• Abdullah Al Mamun, Quran reciter
• Narendra Nath Dutta, physician and industrialist
• Kamini Kumar Dutta, lawyer and politician

See also

• Adhyapak Abdul Majid College
• Paiyapathar