Saturday, March 26, 2016

Rangpur City

History


Rangpur was conquered by the army of Raja Man Singh, a commander of the Mughal emperor, Akbar, in 1575, but it was not until 1686 that it was fully integrated into the Mughal Empire. Names of places like Mughalbasa, and Mughalhat bear testimony to the Mughal Association and past of Rangpur and its hinterland. Later on, Rangpur passed under the control of "Sarker" of Ghoraghat. During the period of the British East India Company, the Sannyasi Rebellion took place. Rangapur Ghoraghat has been mentioned in the Riyaz-us-Salatin. During the early period of the company rule fakir-sannyasi resistance and peasant rebellion were held in Rangpur.

Geography


Rangpur town is the divisional headquarters. The soil composition is mainly alluvial soil of the Teesta River basin, and the remaining is barind soil. The temperature ranges from 32 degrees Celsius to 11 degrees Celsius, and the annual rainfall averages 2931 mm. Rangpur town, covering an area of around 28 square kilometers, lies on the bank of the Ghaghat river, and was turned into a municipality back in 1869. The population of the Rangpur municipality as of 2006 is 251,699, with 52% male and 48% female, and the literacy rate is 54.6%. Establishment of Rangpur City Corporation, as Divisional City is now under way after the establishment of Rangpur Division in January 2010.

Climate


Rangpur has a tropical wet and dry climate. The climate of Rangpur is generally marked with monsoons, high temperature, considerable humidity and heavy rainfall. The hot season commences early in April and continues till July. The maximum mean temperature observed is about 32 to 36 °C during the months of May, June July and August and the minimum temperature recorded in January is about 7 to 16 °C. The highest rainfall is observed during the months of monsoon. The annual rainfall in the district is about 1,448 millimetres.
Economy
The city is the commercial hub for the surrounding districts. The city centre has number of government and private banks, insurance companies, residential hotels, Chinese and Indian restaurants, fast food, sweet shops, gift shop and many more. It is one of most important economic zone in Bangladesh, because of its global positioning.
Places of interest
Tajhat Palace
Tajhat Palace is located at Tajhat, the southern end of Rangpur city. It was the earlier high court building established in 1984 called the Tajhat, a former zamindar's palace. After the end of the British Raj, the building was abandoned and decayed rapidly, although it was used for a few years as a courthouse during the 1980s. In 2004, it was largely restored and turned into a museum which hosts a collection of Blackstone Hindu carvings, calligraphic art from the Mughal period and other objects d'art and coins from the area on display. Due to lack of funding, the museum is sometimes closed.
The place is situated three km on the south–east outskirts of the town of Rangpur. Probably this place was built by Maha Raja Kumar Gopal Lal Ray in the beginning of the 20th century from 1984 to 1991. The palace was used as a Rangpur high Court branch of the Bangladesh Supreme court in 1995. The palace was declared as a Protected monument by the department of archeology. recognizing its outstanding archeological value the government of Bangladesh decided to shift the Rangpur museum here in 2002. Accordingly, the palace in being partly used as Rangpur museum since 2005.

Carmichael College
Carmichael College is one of the old colleges in Bangladesh established in 1916. The main attraction of this college is its administrative building. It is a white two-storied building designed in the style of the buildings of Cambridge University of UK. It is also familiar with its huge campus and natural beauty.

Town Hall
There is an ancient auditorium named 'Town Hall' at the center of the city, where different cultural programs are held.

Jadu Nibash
Located in Radhaballav next to the Rangpur Government College. Home of Late Mashiur Rahman Jadu Mia. It is an ancient house, about hundred years old. The house was probably built and owned by Raja Gopal Lal Rai Bahadur at the same time that the Rangpur District Council, Rangpur Town Hall and the famous Tajhat Palace buildings were built.

Teesta Barrage
In the great Rangpur region, no economic development took place until the 90s, mainly because of the yearly flooding the region used to see before the making of "Teesta Barrage." The coal is found near this district. There is a large military cantonment in the town.

Zoo
Rangpur central zoo is one of the main amusement and recreation spot of Rangpur city. With an area of 20.27 acre of lush green trees and grasses, the Rangpur zoo is located east side of Hanuman-tola road beside police-line, not far from Rangpur district Administration office. The Zoo has 193 individual animals of 28 species. Many wild animals are available to attract the visitors. A few of them are The Bengal tiger, African lion, Black Panther, Rhinoceros, Leopard, Hippopotamus, Peacocks, Alligators, Turtles, Spotted Deer, different kinds of Birds, Snakes and so on.
The Rangpur zoo was built in the 1880s. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology completed a digital survey and feasibility study of "Dhaka And Rangpur Zoo Modernization Project" to upgrade the facilities to international standard.

Binodon Uddyan
"Binodon Uddyan" is a massive park located in the middle of the city. A Shishu Park, lake and a large restaurant are situated inside of this park. The mini Tajmahal also latest attraction.

Kellaband Mosque
Kellaband Mosque is situated at C.O. Bazar on the north of Rangpur-Dinajpur Highway 02 km north-west of Rangpur town. This three-dome mosque is about 200 years old. A concrete well and an ancient cemetery are lying beside the mosque.

Pirgacha Landlord House
The Manthana Kingdom Estate was established sometime around 1100 AD. Her Royal Highness Maharani Joy Durga Devi Chaudhurani of Rangpur was the most influential and famous ruler of the kingdom. After the death of His Royal Highness Rajah Rajendra Narayan Roy Choudhury, the Monthana Kingdom Estate was divided into two parts among his two sons Rajah Harendra Narayan Roy Choudhury and Rajah Bhairab Narayan Roy Choudhury of Rangpur. As a result, the landlord house also divided into two parts. After the death of HRH Rajah Harendra Narayan Roy Choudhury his son HRH Rajah Mahendra Narayan Roy Choudhury succeeded the kingdom. After his death HRH Rajah Bhupendra Narayan Roy Choudhury succeeded to the throne of the kingdom and was the last crowned king of this kingdom estate. His son HRH Prince Jyotirindra Narayan Roy Choudhury was born in 1947 and is the crown prince of the estate. Soon after the birth of HRH Jyotirindra Narayan Roy Choudhury, India and East Pakistan got independence from imperial British rule and the partition of Bengal took place. HRH Prince Jyotirindra Narayan Roy Choudhury of Rangpur now resides in Calcutta, India with his family. His son HRH Prince Rupendra Narayan Anirban Roy Choudhury of Rangpur who uses the name Anirban Roy Choudhury is the present Titular Crown Prince of the kingdom-estate. The Pirgaccha Landlord House popularly known as the Manthana Palace or Manthana Rajbari is a massive structure spread over hundreds of acres of land and houses ponds, lakes, buildings, temples, and various other assets. HRH Princess Kabita Rani Roy Choudhury is the present legal owner of the entire kingdom-estate. The Kachari House of the Manthana Palace is now used as Pirgasha Registrar Office.

Devi Caudhuranir Jamindar Bari
The Landlord-King of Pirgacha sub district HRH Rajah Narendro Narayan Roy Choudhury, son of HRH Rajah Raghabendra Narayan Roy Choudhury died in 1765 without any legacy. Then the wife of the late King, HRH Maharani Joy Durga Devi Chaudhurani of Rangpur managed the kingdom for three decades. HRH Maharani Joy Durga Devi Chaudhurani is popularly known as Devi Chaudhurani in history and was one of the most successful and popularly known rulers of the kingdom. During the time of Sanyasi Bidroho for the independence of India, she along with Bhabani Pathak raged war against the British. In this insurgency Collector Richard Gudland and army commander Lieutenant Brenan, scared of the war situation, forfeited the kingdom from Devi Chaudhurani. However the imperial British could not keep the kingdom forfeited from the illustrious Maharani, and soon after she again came to manage the kingdom and she ruled until 1791. Later in history, the famous Bengali novelist, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay, who also happened to be the Collector of Rangpur and under the employment of the British rule, wrote the famous novel Devi Chaudhurani to portray her as a dacoit-queen. The novel has been adapted into very famous movies with the 1974 movie starring Suchitra Sen in the lead. And National Award winning director Rituporno Ghosh is adapting the novel into another movie in recent times, in which Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will play the lead role of Devi Chaudhurani. However the novel has tarnished the characted and image of Her Royal Highness Maharani Joy Durga Devi Chaudhurani to a great extent. His Royal Highness Rajah Bhupendra Narayan Roy Choudhury of Rangpur was the last king of the kingdom-estate. An earthquake damaged much of the palace built by Devi Chaudhurani. However the palace was rebuilt several times and is a sprawling structure spread over several hundreds of acres. The property, land and the assets of the estate kingdom is presently legally owned by Her Royal Highness Princess Kabita Rani Roy Choudhury of Rangpur, who lives in Kolkata, India. Her son His Royal Highness Prince Rupendra Narayan Anirban Roy Choudhury of Rangpur who commonly uses the name Anirban Roy Choudhury is the present Titular Crown Prince of the estate-kingdom. HRH Prince Anirban Roy Choudhury is currently studying the law at Symbiosis Law School and lives in Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata.

Itakumari Jamindar Bari
Itakumari Landlord house was established in the 19th century. Shibchondro elder son of landlord Rajarai was the founder of Itakhula Landlord house. Now most of the building are ruined. Now a well two large pond and elderly building witness of time. point to be noted that leaders of the public rebellion Devi singha and his assistant Harram sen one time on a time get the owner by forcing. Again Shibchanda and Devi Chowdhurani lead the public rebellion and free the people of Rangpur from Devi singha's torture.
Deowan Bari Jamindaar Bari
The Deowan Bari Jamindaar Bari was built by Fonivuson Mojumdar. Fonivuson Mijumdar was the son of Landlord Radharomon and mother Kusum Kumari Devi who was the second wife of Radharomon. He was born in 1892. This landlord house is a small 2 storied building. but the main gate of the house is like a Mughal Castle - gate. After ban of the Real estate tenancy practices in 1952 the house was auctioned. The property was purchased by one Nosor Ghatial who hailed from Kurigram. Now there is a school and some business centers. It is located at Deowan Bari road in Rangpur near the town.

Pirgachha
Pirgachha is one of the Upazilas in Rangpur that carries some interesting aspects. The name is derived from some unknown "pir", buried under a tree. In other words, there was this tomb of a "pir" under a big tree in Pirgachha. Pirgachha has a Rajbari, home of the Jomider. This one historic residence is now almost ruined. Also, there is a minitarure prayer place such as a mosque and a mondir built together. It shows a friendly Hindu-Muslim community at those ages.

Chicli vata
Near the stadium, there is a very beautiful place called 'Chicli vata' surrounding by many lakes and rice fields.

Other Places
There is a large military cantonment in the town. Apart from the Tajbari museum there is another museum at the heart of the town. The town is known as Green town for its beautiful garden and green park throughout the town.

Education
Major educational institutes in the city including:
Universities:
Begum Rokeya University
Medical & Dental Colleges:
Rangpur Medical College
Prime Medical College
Rangpur Community Medical College
Northern Private Medical College.
Rangpur Army Medical College
Kasir Uddin Memorial Medical College
Rangpur Dental College
Polytechnic Institutes:
Rangpur Polytechnic Institute
Rangpur Technical Institute
Colleges:
Begum Rokeya College
Carmichael College
Colectorate School and College
Carmichael Collegiate School and College
Rangpur Model College
Police Lines School and College
Rangpur Cadet College
Rangpur Cantonment Public School & College
Rangpur Technical School And College
Rangpur Government College
RCCI Public School & College
Lions School & College
The Millennium Stars School & College
Somaj Kolyan Women School & College
Residential Model School and College
Mahigong College
Rangpur Public School & College
Uttom College
Rangpur City College
Robertson Gonj Girls High School & College
Siddik Memorial School & College
Dhap Lalkuthi High School & College
Schools:
Rangpur Zilla School
Rangpur Govt. Girls' High School
Govt. Commercial Institute
Bir Uttam Shaheed Samad High School
Rangpur High School
Salma Girls High School
Afanullah High School, Alamnagar
Adasha High School, Babukha
Shalbon Pauro Girls High School
Tajhat High School
English Medium School:
The Millennium Stars School & College
Shahan International School
Nalanda International School
International Grammar School
BIAM Laboratory School

Healthcare
Rangpur is well known for its healthcare facilities throughout the north-Bengal districts. There are hundreds of hospitals, private clinics, diagnostic centers situated all over the city. The Rangpur Medical College Hospital, a tertiary level thousand bed facility public hospital with teaching facility in graduate and post graduate medical education. The campus of Rangpur Medical College is located in the northwest area of Rangpur. It is 210 kilometres from the Rajshahi District and 330 kilometres from Dhaka and is located next to the inter-country highway that connects India to Nepal. Prime Medical College hospital, Doctor's Community Hospital, Northern Private Medical College Hospital, Christian missionary hospital are the well-known private institutes. Other government institutes include a children hospital, a chest hospital and an infectious disease hospital.
A 1000 bed-hospital known as Health City is under construction aiming to provide world class medical treatments and surgeries by expert physicians from home and abroad using the latest equipments and technologies like in the international standard Square, United and Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka at much lower costs.

Media
Newspaper
There are a number of locally published newspapers in the district. Locally published newspapers and periodicals include Online News Portal Rangpur Crime News, Daily Rangpur Chitra, Dabanal, Rangaprovat, Juger Alo, Dainik Paribesh,Daily Gonoalo Dainik Rangpur, Weekly Atal, Rangpur Barta and Weekly Bajrakantha. Former newspapers which are no longer published include Rangapur Bartabaha, Rangapur Dik Prakash, Rangapur Darpan, Uttar Bangla and Pravati.

Transportation
The main transport systems used in the city are cycle rickshaws, auto rickshaws, buses, mini-buses and cars. There are about 50,000 rickshaws running each day.
Roads
Rangpur is well connected by highways to Chittagong and Dhaka, as well as other parts of Rangpur. It takes about 6 to 7 hours by road to reach the capital Dhaka by National Highway 5. Bus services to other major districts are also available from Rangpur. Highway links to India have been established through the Asian Highway 2.
Railway
The Rangpur Railway Station is the main railway station providing trains on national routes operated by the state-run Bangladesh Railway. Rangpur Express
Air
The city of Rangpur is served by Saidpur Airport, located at the north of the city. Saidpur airport is a domestic airport.
Summary
Rangpur is one of the major cities in Bangladesh and Rangpur Division. Rangpur was declared a district headquarters on 16 December 1769, and established as a municipality in 1869, making it one of the oldest municipalities in Bangladesh. The municipal office building was erected in 1892 under the precedence Raja Janaki Ballav, Sen. Chairman of the municipality. During the period of 1890, "Shyama sundari khal" was excavated for improvement of the town. The Municipality is located in the north western part of Bangladesh. A Recently established public university of Bangladesh named "Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur" is situated in the southern part of the city. Previously, Rangpur was the headquarters of Greater Rangpur district. Later the Greater Rangpur district was broken down into the Rangpur, Kurigram, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat and Gaibandha districts.


Rangpur City


Rangpur (Bengaliরংপুর) is one of the major cities in Bangladesh and Rangpur Division. Rangpur was declared a district headquarters on 16 December 1769, and established as a municipality in 1869, making it one of the oldest municipalities in Bangladesh.[4][1] The municipal office building was erected in 1892 under the precedence Raja Janaki Ballav, Sen. Chairman of the municipality. During the period of 1890, "Shyama sundari khal" was excavated for improvement of the town. The Municipality is located in the north western part of Bangladesh.[1] A Recently established public university of Bangladesh named "Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur" is situated in the southern part of the city. Previously, Rangpur was the headquarters of Greater Rangpur district. Later the Greater Rangpur district was broken down into the RangpurKurigramNilphamariLalmonirhat andGaibandha districts. In the great Rangpur region, little economic development took place until the 90s, mainly because of the yearly flooding the region used to see before the making of the Teesta Barrage. Coal is found near this district. There is a large military cantonment in the town.

Golden Tower, Rangpur, Bangladesh


Maiden Rangpur city polls today


Sharfuddin Jhantu-Abdur Rauf Manik-Mostafizar Rahman
Sharfuddin Jhantu-Abdur Rauf Manik-Mostafizar Rahman
People of the newly established northern-most city in Rangpur are going to the maiden polls today to elect their first city father and his deputies who would have an onerous task of developing the half-urban, half-rural area to the status of a metropolis.

All preparations and tight security measures have been taken for peaceful voting, official sources said.

A public holiday has been announced in the polling area for Thursday.

A total of 3 57,742 people will cast their votes to elect their city’s father, 33 general councillors and 11 reserved (women) councillors.

Twelve candidates are contesting for the mayoral post, while 327 are vying to become councillors in 33 wards and 91 are running for the reserved posts.

Locals said a hard contest will take place among three mayoral candidates – Awami League leader Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu, former Jatiya Party (Ershad) leaders AKM Abdur Rauf Manik and Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa.

The JP of former president HM Ershad initially provided its support to former lawmaker Moshiur Rahman Ranga. But the decision triggered an intra-party rift, which led to the withdrawal of his candidature.

Later, Ershad expelled Manik, former mayor of Rangpur municipality, and Mostafa, former chairman of Rangpur Sadar upazila, from the party and decided not to back any candidate for the mayoral post.

The ruling Awami League didn’t back any candidate in the election unlikely the maiden polls in the Narayanganj and Comilla City Corporations.

The main BNP and its key ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, didn’t provide their support to any candidate.

Voters can collect their voter serial numbers and names of polling stations through SMS, SM Asaduzzaman Arzu, Director (Public Relations) of the Election Commission told daily sun.

Law enforcers have been deployed in the polling centres to ensure tight security, though the RCC will remain in the purview of hartal.

Some 51 mobile courts led by 45 executive magistrates and six judicial magistrates will remain alert to curb electoral violence.

The electronic voting machines (EVM) are being used in five polling stations on experimental basis.

Friday, March 25, 2016

Begum Rokeya University



Campus
The university is located between Rangpur Cadet College and Carmichael College in Rangpur. It covers an area of 75 acres (300,000 m2). The university has constructed four academic building and started class from August 2011 in the main campus. Currently, the university has twenty department and amount of student is almost three thousand.

Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur named after a legendary woman scholar Begum Rokeya who pioneered and promoted female education in Indo-Pak-Bangla subcontinent, is located in the city of Rangpur, in the north east zone of Bangladesh. With its so-called connotations of impoverishment, deprivation and poverty, Rangpur is a culturally vibrant place – an excellent center of arts, culture and education. It prides itself on its rich heritage of numerous contributions and achievements of many scholars, poets, novelists, social and political thinkers and philanthropists. Here are a good number of age-old educational institutions and cultural organizations.

The construction of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur is still continuing in its own campus on the outskirts of Rangpur in the south. Rangpur, a peaceful and tranquil town, is just a 6 hours’ drive from the bustling, crowded city of Dhaka. However, it has good transportation facilities – train, bus and airlines. It is easily accessible because of its interconnecting transportation routes and linkages between all the districts of the country.


Motto
জ্ঞানই শক্তি (Bengali)
Motto in English
Knowledge is Power
Established
2008
Type
public
Chancellor
Mohammad Zillur Rahman, President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Vice-Chancellor
Abdul Jalil Miah
Location
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Campus
75 acres (300,000 m2), Adjacent to Carmichael College and Rangpur Cadet College
Nickname
BRU
Website



History
Since 1947, a university in this region has been a long cherished dream. A popular demand for a kind of university which can reach out to a large number of students desiring higher education in this vast region has always been intensely felt but has never been fulfilled. Fortunately, on October 12, 2008 Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (initially named as Rangpur University) was founded and started its academic activities from the session 2008 – 2009, following the semester system. Each academic year consists of 2 semesters (one semester lasting for 6 months including holidays and vacations).
At the beginning of the university, about 18000 (eighteen thousand) students from different parts of Bangladesh contested for only 300 seats in the first admission test of this university. These three hundred students were enrolled into 6 departments under 2 faculties – Bangla, English, Economics and Business Administration under the Faculty of Arts and Social Science; and Mathematics and Computer Science and Engineering under the Faculty of Science and Engineering
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur has a good faculty of lecturers, assistant professors, associate professors and professors who were educated and earned their degrees at home and abroad. In the process of its expansion, the University is still recruiting more teachers and officials. With the patronage of the local philanthropists, Begum Rokeya Scholarlship Foundation has been formed for the talented students. Within a very short time, Begum Rokeya University has successfully organized different events and programs – Bangla New Year, Rabindra-Nazrul Birth Anniversary, Inter-Department Debate and Football Competitions, National Mourning Day and so on.
The university hopes to go a long way to meet the needs for quality education, and to be an excellent center for research and other social activities.

Administration

Academics
BRU has six Faculties and the Departments are…
Faculty of Arts
1.Department of Bangla
2.Department of English
3.Department of History & Archaeology
4.Faculty of Science
5.Department of Physics
6.Department of Chemistry
7.Department of Mathematics
8.Department of Statistics
9.Faculty of Business Studies
10.Department of Accounting and Information System
11.Department of Management Studies
12.Department of Marketing
13.Department of Finance & Banking
14.Faculty of Social Science
15.Department of Economics
16.Department of Sociology
17.Department of Political Science
18.Department of Info. Science & Library Management
19.Department of Mass Communication & Journalism
20.Department of Women and Gender Studies
21.Faculty of Engineering & Technology
22.Department of Civil Engineering & Technology (CET)
23.Department of Computer Science & Engineering(CSE)
24.Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering (ETE)
25.Faculty of Life & Earth Sciences
26.Department of Geography & Environmental Science
27.Department of Disaster Management

Central Library and Information Center
The Central Library and Information Center (CLIC) of Begum Rokeya University was established on 12 October 2008 with an aim to support the instructional and research programs of the University. The Vice-Chancellor of the University opened all activities of CLIC on 19 November 2009. Initially, CLIC started functioning at the temporary campus of the University (Teachers’ Training College, Rangpur). It was shifted to the permanent campus on 19 March 2011. This library & Information center has large reading rooms with huge resources such as books, journals, periodicals etc.

Location:
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School list of Rangpur Division

 School Location Syllabus Est. Levels Ulipur M. S. School and College Ulipur, Kurigram Syllabus Dinajpur Education Board 1868 Class Six to Twelve Thakurgaon Government Boys’ High School Thakurgaon – 5100. Phone: 0561-53424. National Curriculum and Textbook Board In Bengali 1904 Class Three to Ten Saidpur High School Location Saidpur, Nilphamari District Syllabus Dinanpur Education Board 1906 Class Six to Ten Thakurgaon ...

School
Location
Syllabus
Est.
Levels
Ulipur M. S. School and College
Ulipur, Kurigram
Syllabus Dinajpur Education Board
1868
Class Six to Twelve
Thakurgaon Government Boys’ High School
Thakurgaon – 5100. Phone: 0561-53424.
National Curriculum and Textbook Board In Bengali
1904
Class Three toTen
Saidpur High School
Location Saidpur, Nilphamari District
Syllabus Dinanpur Education Board
1906
Class Six to Ten
Thakurgaon Government Girls’ High School
Kalibari, Thakurgaon – 5100. Phone: 0561-53474
National Curriculum and Textbook Board In Bengali
1957
Class Three toTen
Debiganj Alodini Government Girls High School
Debiganj, Panchagarh
Syllabus Dinanpur Education Board

Girls (Grades 6–10)
Debiganj Girls High School
Debiganj, Panchagarh
Syllabus Dinanpur Education Board

Girls (Grades 6–10)
Debiganj Riverview Girls High School
Debiganj, Panchagarh
Syllabus Dinanpur Education Board

Girls (Grades 6–10)
Dr. Major (Rec.) T. ZamanHigh School
Debiganj, Panchagarh
Syllabus Dinajpur Education Board
1989
Boys (Grades 6–10)