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17-468: The constituency encompasses Bishwanath and Osmani Nagar upazilas. The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election , the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census . The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of

34-562: A city district governed by a police station (analogous to a police district or a police precinct ). In rural areas, the thana system, originating in the 18th century under British rule , served as a sub-district administration, overseen by a Thana Council during the Pakistan period. However, starting in 1982, each thana was redesignated as an upazila ( lit.   ' sub-district ' ) headed by an Upazila Council with provisions for semi-autonomous local governance. The term "thana"

51-529: A division into four-tiered electoral units in the rural areas. From bottom to top, these units comprised the Union Council, Thana Council, District Council, and Divisional Council. A Thana Council comprised both elected representatives and official members. Its primary role was to coordinate the activities of Union Councils within its jurisdiction. Following further restructuring of the rural local government system after independence , on 23 December 1982,

68-509: A sex ratio of 1009 females per 1000 males. 21,059 (9.05%) lived in urban areas. At the 1991 Bangladesh census , Bishwanath had a population of 169,730, of whom 83,794 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 50.99% of the population, and females 49.01%. Bishwanath had an average literacy rate of 30.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%. The first alia madrasa of Bishwanath, Satpur Alia Madrasa in Lamakazi Union,

85-481: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bishwanath Upazila Bishwanath ( Bengali : বিশ্বনাথ ) is an upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet , Bangladesh . One of the palaces of Gour Govinda , the last Hindu ruler of Sylhet, was situated in present-day Bishwanath. Its ruins are still intact and is locally referred to as 'Jahazer Manzil' and next to Govinda's personal pond,

102-474: Is divided into eight union parishads : Alankari, Bishwanath, Doshghar, Daulatpur, Deokalas, Khajanchi, Lamakazi, and Rampasha. The union parishads are subdivided into 123 mauzas and 444 villages. Thanas of Bangladesh A thana ( Bengali : থানা , romanized :  thânâ , lit.   'police station') serves as a fundamental administrative unit in Bangladesh, functioning as

119-620: The Zamindar of Bazu-Banabhag. His descendant, Ramnath Dhar, was a contemporary of Gopinath Bachaspati. Dhar's son, Babu Ramjivan Rai, was given the title of Chowdhury and granted land in Baurbhag by Inayetullah Khan , the Mughal administrator of Sylhet , in 1692. He was known to have been devoted to idol worship. His son, Bhavani Shankar, was the father of Zamindar Ram Shankar Chowdhury. Ram Shankar's son, Bishwanath Rai Chaudhury, established

136-658: The 'Bishwanath Bazaar ' which gradually expanded. His son, Brajanath Chaudhury, established an akhara for Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and was succeeded by Baikuntha Nath Chaudhury. Baikuntha Nath's son, Varada Nath Chaudhury, was a distinguished poet of Bishwanath. Bishwanath was established as a thana in 1922. During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, many Hindus were killed in Bishwanath including Jitendra Das, Dhirendra Kumar Das, Byomkesh Chaudhury, Narayan Sen and Basanta Kumar Das. Bishwanath Thana

153-556: The 'Satpari Dighi'. During the Muslim conquest of Sylhet in 1303, Govinda abandoned Sylhet and fled to the Kamrup region . Shah Jalal , a leader of the conquest, was known to have dispatched his disciples across the region to propagate Islamic teachings. Among the disciples that arrived in present-day Bishwanath is Syed Batauk, the ancestor of Abdul Karim Kauria. Shah Chand was the son of Shaykh Kalu, another of Shah Jalal's disciples, and

170-626: The Kapna river to this area (then a forest) for safety. The area was then home to a group of bandits led by Jula, but they were defeated by Bidhar Khan and his associates. The new settlers named the area 'Banabhag' (forest area), the area which he docked his boat came to be known as 'Bidhar Ghat ' and the neighbourhood of the bandits came to be known as 'Jular Chiri'. When the Mughals came into power, they divided Banabhag into three parganas : Khalisa-Banabhag, Bazu-Banabhag and Kazakhabad. Bidhar Khan became

187-681: The Local Government (Thana Parishad and Thana Administration Reorganisation) Ordinance was enacted, bringing significant changes to the system of local governance at the thana level. In this re-organised framework, the thana became the focal point of administration, with the Thana Parishad assuming responsibility for all development activities at the local level. However, the national government retained direct responsibility for regulatory functions and major development activities of national and regional significance. Subsequently, in 1983,

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204-506: The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended to re-designate and elevate the existing thanas as upazilas (sub-districts), with provisions for semi-autonomous local governance. After being reinstated in 1992, the thana system was reverted back to the upazila system in 1999. In contemporary usage, the term "thana" specifically denotes police precincts and their respective police stations. Typically, each upazila

221-499: The constituency. Ahead of the 2018 general election , the Election Commission altered the boundaries of the constituency. Previously it included three union parishads of Balaganj Upazila : Dewan Bazar, Paschim Gauripur, and Purba Gauripur, but did not include Osmani Nagar Upazila. 24°39′N 91°49′E  /  24.65°N 91.82°E  / 24.65; 91.82 This Bangladesh location article

238-571: The village of Chandbharang was named after him. Shah Chand is the forefather of the Chowdhuries of Chandbharang, including Suheluddin Chowdhury and Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury. After the defeat of Raja Subid Narayan of Ita by Khwaja Usman in the early 17th century, many Hindus migrated elsewhere including the area now comprising Bishwanath. Vijayaram Upadhayaya and his Kayastha student Bidhar Khan sailed with their family and friends through

255-1627: Was founded in 1948 by Ghulam Hussain, a native wali of Satpur and murid of Pir Hamidullah Qaimganji and Abdul Latif Chowdhury Fultali . In 1960, the Bishwanath Alia Madrasa was established. The largest Qawmi madrasa of Bishwanath, Jamia Islamia Abbasia , was opened by Abdul Karim Shaykh-e-Kauria in 1955. There are 28 other madrasas in Bishwanath. They are: Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Madania (founder, Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi ), Jamia Islamia Miftahul Uloom (Ibrahit Ali, 1963), Munawwarul Uloom Islamia Madrasa (1992), Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Lamakazi, Darul Quran Faiz-e-Aam Mirerchak, Jamia Islamia Darus Sunnah Amtail, Darul Uloom Chandbharang, Jamia Islamia Lutfabad-Patakain, Jamia Islam Darul Uloom Baruni, Madrasa-e-Tawakkulia Hafizia Sham-e-Mardan, Sheikhergaon Ibn Abbas Ibtidayi Madrasa, Haji Md Mafiz Ali Tahfizul Quran and Ibtidayi Madrasa, Darul Hikmah Islamic Academy, Jamia Madinatul Uloom Shimultala, Muqaddasia Islamia Hafizia Madrasa, Madinatul Uloom Sriramsri, Ariful Quran Hafizia Madrasa, Great Khurma Islamic Academy, Jamia Muhammadia Arabia, Jamia Tawakkulia Chowk Qasimpur, Jamia Islamia Hafizia Rampasha, Jamia Islamia Noagaon, Madinatul Uloom Nurani Hafizia Madrasa, Jamia Islamia Markazul Uloom Qadipur (Haji Shafiq Ali, 2016). Bishwanath also has three women's madrasas: Jamia Madania Qawmia Women's Madrasa, Jamia Tayyibah Qawmi Women's Madrasa (Anhar bin Saeed, 2018), Dhu al-Nuraryn Islamia Women's Madrasa (Amirul Islam, 2008). Bishwanath Upazila

272-503: Was introduced via a regulation issued on 7 November 1792 by the government of the Bengal Presidency . District magistrates were instructed to partition their respective districts into police jurisdictions termed as "thanas." Initially, a thana solely served as a police jurisdiction led by a junior police officer, typically the officer-in-charge (OC). In 1959, under Ayub Khan 's rule, Bangladesh (then East Pakistan ) underwent

289-535: Was upgraded to upazila (sub-district) in 1983 as part of the President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad 's decentralisation programme. According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Bishwanath Upazila had 37,993 households and a population of 232,573. 59,991 (25.79%) were under 10 years of age. Bishwanath had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 46.87%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and

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