Dhaka District Bangladesh

Dhaka District

(Bengali: ঢাকা জেলা, Dhaka Jela also Dhaka Zila) is a district placed in imperative Bangladesh,[1] and is the densest district inside the country. it is a part of the Dhaka department. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, rests at the japanese banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the south of the district. whilst Dhaka (city enterprise) occupies simplest about a 5th of the area of Dhaka district, it is the economic, political and cultural centre of the district and the u . s . a . as an entire. Dhaka District is an administrative entity, and prefer many other cities, it does not cowl the present day conurbation that's extra Dhaka, which has spilled into neighbouring districts, nor does the conurbation cowl the complete district, as there are rural areas in the district.

History

the executive Dhaka District become first hooked up in 1772. however, the lifestyles of urbanised settlements inside the place that is now Dhaka town – dates from the 7th century. The cutting-edge Savar turned into the capital of the Sanbagh state in the course of seventh and eighth century. The city area of Dhaka became ruled via the Buddhist nation of Kamarupa and the Pala Empire before passing to the manage of the Hindu Sena dynasty in the ninth century. Many accept as true with that the name of the town became derived after the established order of the Goddess Dhakeshwari's temple by means of Ballal Sena inside the 12th century. Dhaka and its surrounding location changed into diagnosed as Bengalla around that period. The town itself consisted of a few marketplace centres like Lakshmi Bazar, Shankhari Bazar, Tanti Bazar, Patuatuli, Kumartuli, Bania Nagar and aim Nagar. After the Sena dynasty, Dhaka become successively ruled by the Turkish and Afghan governors descending from the Delhi Sultanate before the advent of the Mughals in 1608.

The improvement of townships and a widespread growth in population got here as the metropolis was proclaimed the capital of Bengal beneath Mughal rule in 1608. for the duration of Mughal rule the regions currently below Dhaka district was well-known for its textile merchandise – especially the Muslin. Mughal subahdar Islam Khan become the primary administrator of the city. Khan named the city "Jahangir Nagar" (town of Jahangir) in honour of the Mughal emperor Jahangir, despite the fact that this name changed into dropped soon after Jahangir's loss of life. the primary growth of the city happened underneath Mughal preferred Shaista Khan. The city then measured 19 with the aid of thirteen kilometres (12 by using 8 mi), with a population of nearly one million people. The metropolis surpassed to the control of the British East India corporation in 1757 after the battle of Plassey and ultimately to the Crown, British Empire, in 1765 at the conflict of Buxar. The metropolis's population shrank dramatically all through this period as the prominence of Kolkata rose, but substantive improvement and modernisation subsequently observed. A contemporary civic water deliver device become introduced in 1874 and electricity supply released in 1878. The Dhaka Cantonment turned into hooked up close to the metropolis, serving as a base for British and Indian squaddies.

Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban houses the countrywide parliament.

all through the abortive Partition of Bengal in 1905, Dhaka was declared to be the capital of the newly set up state of japanese Bengal and Assam, but Bengal became reunited in 1911. the agricultural areas beneath gift Dhaka district, especially Dohar Upazila had been used for the manufacturing of indigo.

Following the partition of Bengal in (1947) appending the partition of British India in 1947, Dhaka became the capital of East Bengal as a part of the new Muslim country of Pakistan, whilst western part of Bengal with a majority Hindu populace had become part of the brand new and independent India, specified as West Bengal with Calcutta as state capital. Calcutta witnessed communal violence that left lots of human beings useless. A huge proportion of the metropolis's Hindu populace departed for India, at the same time as the city obtained masses of lots of Muslim immigrants from Calcutta, India. The metropolis's populace rose dramatically in a very brief time period, which created severe shortages and infrastructural problems.[2] because the centre of local politics, Dhaka noticed more and more political moves and incidents of violence. The adoption of Urdu as the only reliable language of Pakistan led to protest marches concerning massive crowds. referred to as the language motion of 1952, the protests led to police firing which killed students who have been demonstrating peacefully.[3] for the duration of the Fifties and '60s, Dhaka remained a hotbed of political hobby, and the demands for autonomy for the Bengali populace gradually won momentum.

The 1970 Bhola cyclone devastated plenty of the vicinity, killing an predicted 500,000 human beings. greater than 1/2 the metropolis of Dhaka changed into flooded and tens of millions of people marooned.[citation needed] With public anger growing towards ethnic discrimination and poor cyclone relief efforts from the relevant authorities, Bengali baby-kisser Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held a nationalist rally on 7 March 1971 on the Race path ground. An predicted 1,000,000 human beings attended the collection, main to Ziaur Rahman's 26 March assertion of Bangladesh's independence.[3][4] In reaction, the Pakistan navy launched Operation Searchlight, which brought about the arrests, torture and killing of hundreds of lots of humans, specially Hindus and Bengali intellectuals.[5]

at some stage in the Bangladesh Liberation war the Pakistan navy arrested and killed fourteen Muktijoddhas from Dhamrai Bazar. A mass grave created all through the war nevertheless exists inside the western aspect of Kalampur Bazar.[6] The Pak navy additionally burnt down many houses in Konakhola, Basta, Brahmankirtha, Goalkhali and Khagail Kholamora villages of Keraniganj Upazila.

the autumn of Dhaka metropolis to the allied forces led by way of Jagjit Singh Aurora on 16 December marked the surrender of Pakistan navy. The put up-independence length has seen a fast and huge boom of the city population, attracting migrant people from rural regions across Bangladesh.[2] A actual property increase has accompanied the growth of town limits and the development of recent settlements including Gulshan, Banani and Motijheel