Rajnagar () is an upazila of the Moulvibazar District
Etymology
The name of the city, Rajnagar is derived from two words, Raj and nagar, meaning "City of the King". It possibly refers to the kings of the ancient Ita kingdom wherein Rajnagar was the capital.
History
It is suggested that the area was inhabited by
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as evidence from inscriptions suggests there was an ancient university in Panchgaon, Rajnagar.
The terrain was headquarters of the ancient Ita Kingdom founded by Raja Bhanu Narayan and its capital was in the villages of Bhumiura and Eolatoli.. Copper plates have been found from 930 AD in Paschimbagh, Tengubazar Mandir, Rajnagar. The district was also part of the ancient
Kamarupa kingdom. In the mid-14th century, Shah Ruknuddin settled and propagated Islam in Kadamhata, Ita Pargana. Ruknuddin's mazar remains in Kadamhata Bazar.
Rajnagar contains many tea gardens and historical places. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Panchgaon Factory in Rajnagar Upazila produced cannons under the command of M. A. G. Osmani. A famous historical cannon, nicknamed Jahankosa, built by Janardan Karmakar remains in display in Dhaka.
Demographics
According to the 2022 Bangladeshi census, Rajnagar Upazila had 52,294 households and a population of 250,806. 9.36% of the population were under 5 years of age. Rajnagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 75.30%: 76.30% for males and 74.44% for females, and a sex ratio of 88.48 males for every 100 females. 17,210 (6.86%) lived in urban areas. Ethnic population is 1805 (0.72%).
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Rajnagar Upazila had 43,070 households and a population of 232,666. 60,790 (26.13%) were under 10 years of age. Rajnagar had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 48.62%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1056 females per 1000 males. 14,134 (6.07%) lived in urban areas.
As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Rajnagar has a population of 174280. Males constitute are 50.66% of the population, and females 49.34%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 87249. Rajnagar has an average literacy rate of 27.2% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate.
Administration
Rajnagar Upazila is divided into eight
: Fatehpur, Kamarchak, Mansurnagar, Munshi Bazar, Panchgaon, Rajnagar, Tengra, and Uttarbhag. The union parishads are subdivided into 143 mauzas and 267 villages.
Notable people
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Begum Serajunnessa Choudhury, businesswoman and politician, was born at Rajnagar in 1910.
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Biplabi Lila Nag, First graduate woman from Dhaka University, was born at Pachgaon,Rajnagar.
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Shahid Sudarshan, A freedom fighter and martyr of 1971 Bangladesh-Pakistan war, There are a govt memorial high school of him in Tengrabazar near Rajnagar, was born at Rajnagar
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Niranjan Kumar Arjun Kanunjna, A former Government of India official, and attorney-at-law, who worked with several Governors of North-Eastern States, and the North-Eastern Council, was born at Rajnagar, then part of erstwhile undivided India.
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Nikhil Arjun, A renowned attorney-at-law in the Sylhet High Court, was born at Rajnagar
See also
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Upazilas of Bangladesh
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Districts of Bangladesh
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Divisions of Bangladesh
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Thanas of Bangladesh
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Union councils of Bangladesh
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Administrative geography of Bangladesh
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Villages of Bangladesh
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Demographics of Bangladesh
