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285:'s wife and one of his aunts were in prison at Zinzira in Keraniganj. Strategically, Keraniganj played a vital role during the liberation war of Bangladesh (1971), specially in the guerilla warfare. Many of the guerilla operations in Dhaka city were planned and conducted from Keraniganj and, for this reason, it had to pay for this. The Pakistani army set fire to many houses in Konakhola, Basta, Brahmankirtha, Ghatarchar, Monohorea, Joynagar, Ramerkanda, Rohitpur, Poraati, Goalkhali and Khagail Kholamora villages. The Pakistani Army fired on many people at Zinzira on 2 April 1971. The freedom Fighters later conducted extensive guerilla attack on the Pakistani army and freed Keraniganj Upazila forever.
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bridge (Buriganga Bridge-2 and
Bangladesh China friendship bridge which is also known as Burignaga Bridge-1) over Buriganga river. According to police administration, Keraniganj is now divided into two thanas which are South Keraniganj and Keraniganj Model Thana, respectively. The Bangladesh government has a plan to integrate Keraniganj Upazila into Dhaka municipality in the near future, to accommodate the expansion of the capital.
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Sutrapur Thanas to the northeast, Shyampur Thana and Narayanganj and Sadar Upazilas to the east, Serajdikhan Upazila to the south, and by Nawabganj and Singair Upazilas to the west. The main rivers are the Buriganga and Dhaleshwari. Keraniganj is connected to Dhaka Metropolitan through two modern
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281:) of the Nawab used to live on the other side of the river Buriganga. Keraniganj is named after this. Historically, it is believed that, after the regime change in 1757,
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The town of
Keraniganj stands on the southwest side of Dhaka City on the bank of the
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river. Keraniganj
Upazila with an area of 166.87 km, is bounded by
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The
Doleshwar Hanafia Jame Mosque in Keraniganj was the winner of the
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434:, prominent journalist, writer, and musicologist of Tagore songs.
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Cultural Heritage Conservation
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412:, lives in the town of Aganagar, where he grew up.
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525:Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh
468:Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources
466:politician and current State Minister for the
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269:It is believed that during the reign of
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331:Religions in Keraniganj upazila (2011)
160:166.87 km (64.43 sq mi)
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628:
609:Hashmi, Shahid A. (6 October 2003).
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571:"Community Tables: Dhaka district"
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410:Bangladesh National Cricket Team
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52:
557:Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
515:Farooque, Md Abu Hasan (2012).
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602:
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1:
529:Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
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442:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
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181:4,800/km (12,000/sq mi)
27:Upazila in Dhaka, Bangladesh
7:
611:"Rafique peaks for England"
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420:Presidency College, Kolkata
408:, left arm spinner for the
10:
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1403:Upazilas of Dhaka District
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523:; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.).
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496:Abdullahpur of keraniganj
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491:Divisions of Bangladesh
486:Districts of Bangladesh
481:Upazilas of Bangladesh
440:, Presidium member of
394:2011 Bangladesh census
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454:labour and employment
283:Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah
260:
1147:Narayanganj District
945:Kishoreganj District
517:"Keraniganj Upazila"
277:and clerical staff (
178: • Density
58:Evening in Sharighat
1266:Shariatpur District
1104:Munshiganj District
527:(Second ed.).
376:Other or not stated
241:in the division of
88: /
1398:Keraniganj Upazila
1185:Narsingdi District
1056:Manikganj District
1023:Madaripur District
907:Gopalganj District
598:. 2 February 2005.
416:Prasanna Kumar Roy
309:, Kamrangir Char,
271:Nawab Shaista Khan
267:
170: • Total
157: • Total
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816:Faridpur District
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400:Notable residents
392:According to the
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16:(Redirected from
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1314:Tangail District
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839:Charbhadrasan
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432:Waheedul Haq
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322:Demographics
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1127:Sirajdikhan
988:Kishoreganj
303:Mohammadpur
275:paik-peyada
95: /
1392:Categories
1294:Shariatpur
1274:Bhedarganj
1236:Baliakandi
1122:Munshiganj
1074:Harirampur
993:Kuliarchar
968:Hossainpur
925:Kotalipara
854:Nagarkanda
849:Madhukhali
787:Keraniganj
680:Keraniganj
578:bbs.gov.bd
553:bbs.gov.bd
502:References
452:and later
307:Hazaribagh
247:Bangladesh
231:কেরানীগঞ্জ
223:Keraniganj
208:keraniganj
165:Population
122:Bangladesh
37:কেরানীগঞ্জ
34:Keraniganj
18:Keraniganj
1304:Shakhipur
1284:Gosairhat
1246:Kalukhali
1203:Narsingdi
1198:Monohardi
1160:Sonargaon
1155:Araihazar
1137:Tongibari
1132:Sreenagar
1089:Shivalaya
1079:Manikganj
1064:Daulatpur
1036:Madaripur
998:Mithamain
978:Karimganj
953:Austagram
935:Tungipara
930:Muksudpur
915:Gopalganj
882:Kaliakair
824:Alfadanga
792:Nawabganj
685:Nawabganj
615:BBC Sport
295:Buriganga
289:Geography
187:Time zone
1372:Sakhipur
1367:Nagarpur
1362:Mirzapur
1357:Dhanbari
1352:Madhupur
1347:Kalihati
1342:Gopalpur
1117:Lohaganj
1046:Shibchar
1008:Pakundia
958:Bajitpur
920:Kashiani
887:Kaliganj
859:Sadarpur
834:Boalmari
475:See also
362:Hinduism
336:Religion
265:in 2021.
233:) is an
141:District
129:Division
1377:Tangail
1337:Ghatail
1332:Delduar
1327:Bhuapur
1279:Damudya
1256:Rajbari
1251:Pangsha
1218:Shibpur
1213:Raipura
1175:Rupganj
1112:Gazaria
1094:Singair
1084:Saturia
1031:Kalkini
983:Katiadi
963:Bhairab
897:Sreepur
892:Kapasia
877:Gazipur
777:Dhamrai
670:Dhamrai
580:. 2011.
380:
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341:Percent
315:Kotwali
311:Lalbagh
253:History
235:upazila
227:Bengali
203:Website
173:794,360
109:Country
83:90°20′E
80:23°41′N
45:Upazila
1322:Basail
1299:Zajira
1208:Palash
1193:Belabo
1165:Bandar
1041:Rajoir
1013:Tarail
829:Bhanga
450:health
356:92.84%
279:kerani
210:.dhaka
119:
1289:Naria
1069:Ghior
1003:Nikli
797:Savar
782:Dohar
760:Dhaka
690:Savar
675:Dohar
574:(PDF)
549:(PDF)
519:. In
384:0.02%
371:7.14%
347:Islam
243:Dhaka
192:UTC+6
146:Dhaka
134:Dhaka
973:Itna
301:and
273:the
212:.gov
152:Area
448:of
237:of
214:.bd
196:BST
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