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The name of Noakhali District comes from the town of Noakhali (নোয়াখালী), which was the former headquarters of the old district. It is a compound of two words; Noa (meaning new in Bengali) and Khali (a diminutive of Bengali word khal meaning canal). The history behind its naming is traced back to a canal that was dug in the ...
The history of the undivided Noakhali district region begins with the existence of civilisation in the villages of Shilua and Bhulua. Bhulua became a focal point of Bengal during the Buddhist and Hindu kingdoms of Pundra , Harikela and Samatata leading it to become the initial name of the region as a whole.
The undivided Noakhali District was established in 1868 as a renaming of the Bhola District, which the British founded on 29 March 1822. It headquarters was in the town of Noakhali until the town vanished in the river-bed in 1951, as a result of the Meghna River erosion. A new headquarters for the Noakhali District was then established at Maijdee.
Pages in category "History of Noakhali" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bhulua Kingdom; G.
Noakhali Sadar (Bengali: নোয়াখালি সদর) is an upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Noakhali Thana was established in 1861 and was converted into an upazila in 1984. [5] The upazila takes its name from the district and the Bengali word sadar (headquarters). It is the subdistrict where ...
In 1948, the district headquarters at Sudharam, considered the main city of Noakhali, were submerged by the Meghna River. As a temporary measure, they were relocated eight kilometers to the north to Maijdee. In 1953, the establishment of Noakhali Municipality was officially announced through a gazette notification.
History of Noakhali (1 C, 7 P) P. People from Noakhali District (8 C, 54 P) ... Pages in category "Noakhali District" The following 16 pages are in this category, out ...
The Noakhali genocide were a series of semi-organized massacres, rapes and abductions of Hindus, combined with looting and arson of Hindu properties, perpetrated by the Muslim mobs in the districts of Noakhali in the Chittagong Division of the eastern part of British Bengal (now in Bangladesh) in October–November 1946, a year before India's independence from British rule.