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conquest of Bengal in the 16th century, after which many nobles and merchants from North India settled in the area. In 1582 in the reign of
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The
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371:Population
368:2001 Census
366:Population
363:1991 Census
361:Population
332:Padma River
328:Padma River
242:of ancient
95: /
884:Categories
694:"Faridpur"
641:"Faridpur"
539:References
515:6,456,938
493:1,155,824
480:Shariatpur
469:1,049,778
445:1,165,952
421:1,172,415
397:1,912,969
313:Shariatpur
272:until the
256:Bangladesh
248:Kotalipara
236:Gangaridai
208:Shariatpur
184:Bangladesh
120:Bangladesh
723:Daily Sun
512:6,102,298
509:5,423,847
490:1,082,300
442:1,146,349
439:1,069,176
432:Madaripur
418:1,165,273
415:1,060,791
408:Gopalganj
394:1,756,470
391:1,505,686
358:Area (km)
309:Madaripur
305:Gopalgonj
293:Fatehabad
200:Madaripur
196:Gopalganj
150:Time zone
703:28 March
657:28 March
522:See also
506:6,913.44
484:1,174.05
460:1,092.28
436:1,125.69
412:1,468.74
388:2,052.68
384:Faridpur
344:upazilas
317:Faridpur
216:Faridpur
192:Faridpur
130:Faridpur
487:953,021
466:951,906
463:835,173
456:Rajbari
355:Capital
301:Rajbari
282:sarkars
270:sultans
230:History
204:Rajbari
182:within
172:Bengali
126:Capital
108:Country
83:89°50â˛E
80:23°36â˛N
274:Mughal
267:Muslim
244:Bengal
206:, and
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263:rajas
260:Hindu
220:Padma
155:UTC+6
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