Kishoreganj District Information

Kishoreganj District Information
Area	2688.62 square kilometers.
Bounded by	Netrokona and Mymensingh districts on the north, Narsingdi district on the southwest and Brahmanbaria district on the southeast, Sunamganj and Habiganj districts on the east, Gazipur and Mymensingh districts on the west.
Profile	Kishoreganj district was established in 1984; earlier it was a subdivision under the Mymensingh district. The subdivision was established in 1860. The district consists of four municipalities, 39 wards, 145 mahallas, 13 upazilas, 105 union parishads, 946 mouzas and 1775 villages.
Upazilla/ Thana
Post Codes for Kishoreganj District
Elected MP(s) in 2008 Election
Area# Area Name Elected MP From 162 Kishoreganj-1 Syed Asraful Islam Bangladesh Awami League 163 Kishoreganj-2 Alhaj Professor Dr.M.A.Mannan Bangladesh Awami League 164 Kishoreganj-3 Md. Mujib Ul Huque Jatiya Party 165 Kishoreganj-4 Md. Abdul Hamid Advocate Bangladesh Awami League 166 Kishoreganj-5 Md. Afjal Hossain Bangladesh Awami League 167 Kishoreganj-6 Md. Jillur Rahman Bangladesh Awami League Parliament Election Winner (Party-wise): 2001,1996,1991 Seat# Area Name 2001 1996 1991 165 Kishoregonj-1 BAL (48.79) BAL (43.04) BNP (40.90) 166 Kishoregonj-2 BAL (38.77) BNP (39.40) BNP (39.12) 167 Kishoregonj-3 BAL (51.79) BAL (42.58) BNP (52.86) 168 Kishoregonj-4 BNP (33.79) BAL (37.22) BAL (42.50) 169 Kishoregonj-5 BAL (51.42) BAL (36.97) BAL (54.89) 170 Kishoregonj-6 BNP (51.72) BNP (38.09) BNP (44.49) 171 Kishoregonj-7 BAL (52.95) BAL (53.89) BNP (43.42) BAL: Bangladesh Awami League BNP: Bangladesh Nationalist Party JI: Jamat E Islami JP: Jatiya Party
History	In the ancient time Kishoreganj area was included in the kingdom of the Kamrupa. In the 11th and 12th century the Pala, Varman and Sena kings ruled this area or part of it. After that there arose petty independent kingdoms under the Koch, Hajong, Garo and Rajbanshi. Although in 1491 AD the greater part of Mymensingh was included within the Muslim rule under Firoz Shah, Kishoreganj remained outside. Greater part of Kishoreganj was included in the Mughal Empire during the rein of the Mughal Emperor akbar. But some areas including Jangalbari and egarasindhur remained under the Koch and Ahom kings. In 1538 AD the Ahom king of Egarasindhur was defeated by the Mughals and in 1580 the Koch Chief of Jangalbari was defeated by isa khan. The episode of the conflict between the Mughal Commander Man Singh and Isa Khan, the Chief of the bara-bhuiyans in 1580 and the defeat of Man Singh at Egarasindhur are still current. Though after the death of Isa Khan in 1599 the grater part of Kishoreganj was still under the rule of his son musa khan, ultimately seceded to the Mughals.
Places to see	jangalbari fort (fifteenth century), egarasindhur fort (fifteenth century), sadi mosque (1652), Salanka Jame Mosque at Pakundia, Gurai Mosque at Bajitpur (1680), Kutub Shah Mosque at Austagram (1538), Jawar Saheb Bari Mosque at Tarail (1534), Badshahi Mosque at Itna (seventeenth century), Bhagalpur Dewan Bari Mosque at Bajitpur (eighteenth century), Sekandarnagar Mosque at Tarail (eighteenth century), Hazrat Samsuddin Bokhari Mosque Kurikhai at Katiadi (1005), Chandrabati Shiva Mondir (sixteenth century), Delhi Akhra at Mithamain, Arabic stone inscription discovered at village Ghagra, Nataraj Shiva Sculpture discovered at Nikli (fourteenth century), Krishnadas' deed for Nandakishore Pramanik discovered at Kishoreganj Sadar (1759).
Newspapers	Daily Ajker Desh, Grihakon Bhatir Darpan, Pratahik Chitra; extinct: Weekly Aryagaurava (1904), Kishoreganj Batrabaha (1924), Akhtar (Urdu, 1926), Kishoreganj Batra (1946), Prativa (1952), Natun Patra (1962), Fortnightly Narasunda (1981), Grambangla (1985), Sristi (1986), Sakal (1988), Suchana (1990), Kishoreganj Parikrama (1991), Manihar (1991), Kishoreganj Prabaha (1993), Bibarani (Kuliarchar 1993).
Rivers	old brahmaputra, meghna, Kalni, Dhanu, Ghorautra, Baurii, Narasunda, Piyain; main depressions: Humaipur (Bajitpur), Somai (Nikli), Barir (Mithamain), Surma Baula (Nikli), and Tallar Haors (Nikli-Bajitpur-Austagram).