Narsingdi (Bengali: নরসিংদী Norshingdi) is a district in central Bangladesh.It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division, and is the only district in Bangladesh that does not depend solely on agriculture. The district is famous for its textile craft industry. Narsingdi is bordered by Kishoreganj in the north & north-east, by Brahmanbaria in the east & south-east, Narayanganj at south & south-west and by Gazipur in the west.
Subdivisions
There are six upazilas, or subdivisions, in the Narsingdi district.
- Belabo Upazila
- Monohardi Upazila
- Narsingdi Sadar Upazila
- Palash Upazila
- Raipura Upazila, Narsingdi
- Shibpur Upazila
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History
Narsingdi, which translates as "lion man", is named after an ancient king who was believed to be "lionlike."
Economy
Narsingdi is a densely industrial area, and is home to many textile mills. Narsingdi gas field is located in the Shibpur upazila under Narsingdi district adjacent to the Dhaka-Sylhet highway about 45 km away of northern most east direction from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. This field was discovered by Petrobangla in 1990. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 215 billion cubic feet (6.1×109 m3). Commercial gas production was started in 1996 and till 31 August 2006 total 66.304 billion cubic feet (1.8775×109 m3) or 30.84 percent of gas reserves has been recovered. Largest powerplant of Bangladesh,Ghorashal power plant,owned by Bangladesh Power Development Board(PDB)is situated in palash Upazilla. Narsingdi is riched by several number of jute mills,which plays an important rule in economy. Quality banana is also found here. The biggest and renowned HAAT of bangladesh is located here at NARSINGDI which is known as SEKERCHAR BABUR HAAT. Sugarcane also grow well. There is a sugar mill in polash thana named DESHBONDHO sugar mill. There are two UREA fertilizer industry in polash & ghorashal.
Religion
The district of Narsingdi consists 3923 mosques, 52 temples, nine Buddhist temples and three churches here.
Places of Interest
Arshinagor park situated near the Narsingdi railway station. Archiological important place Wari-Bateshwar ruins which established around 2500 years ago. Famous peoples Santosh Saha, Dulal Chakrobarty, Sankar Saha, Famous Poet Shahid Professor Saroj Kumar Adhikary are believed in Hindus.Sonaimore benodon park is one of the beautiful place of Narshingdi which is full with natural beauty.
Notable Residents
Alhaj Moulavi Mohammed Tofazzal Hossain, Bhai Girish Chandro Sen, Sir K.G Gupto, Birsreshtha Matiur Rahman,Let. Gen.(Ret.) Nur Uddin Khan, Shahid Asad, Abdul Momen Khan, Mohammed Appel Mahmood, Dr. Alauddin al Azad, Sondor Ali Gandhi, Dr. Abdul Moin Khan (Former minister), Santosh Saha, Dulal Chakrobarty, Sankar Saha, Famous Poet Shahid Professor Saroj Kumar Adhikary, International Artist Sahabuddin, Dr. S.M.Arefin Siddiqui, Mahbubuddin Ahmed,Khorshed Alam (ex-Governor, Bangladesh Bank), Gulam Rahim Kazi (mathematician, Nurul Islam ( Ex-Chief Naval Staff), MD. Mahbubl Islam Mollah, Lt. Shah Halimuzzaman, Professor Surjo kanto Das, Professor Gulam Mustafa Mia, Professor Mohammod Ali.
Rivers
The Meghna, The Shitalakkha, The old Brahmaputra,Haridhoa ,Paharea are some of the main river flows through this district.
Communication
The communication system of this district is very good. The Dhaka-Sylhet highway, one of the important highways of Bangladesh, passes through Narsingdi. It is only one hour distance from Dhaka. Water way communication is also very good as lots of river flows through Narsingdi. Dhaka-Chittagong & Dhaka-Sylhet, two most busiest rail route of the country go through Narsingdi. People can easily go Narshingdi by boarding this buses National Express (AC Bus) Monohordi Paribahan, Anna Super Service, BRTC Bus etc.(from Sydabad bus terminal) PPL, Chalan Bil Transport, Arabian Transport , Badsha Parabahan (from Mohakhali) .
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