Pabna

Pabna

Pabna ( _bn. পাবনা "Pabna") is a city in the west-central region of Bangladesh. It is also the biggest city of the Pabna district. It is located on the Padma river (Ganges) and has a population of about 138,000.

Transport

Hardinge Bridge, a steel railway bridge over the Padma located near Pabna is a link between western and northern Bangladesh. Before partition of British India, it used to be a big rail stop for the Assam and Darjeeling bound trains from Calcutta. Pabna has the biggest Mental Hospital of the erstwhile state of Eastern Bengal.

Industry

It is a major industrial area, especially in textiles.

It also holds the remains of the Hindu Temple of Jor Bangla.

Education

Main Educational Institutes: Pabna Zilla School, Pabna Cadet College, Politechnic Institute, Edward College, Bulbul College, Govt. Women College, Pabna Govt. Girls School,R.M Academy school.

People

Renowned personalities from Pabna: Kumaresh Sirkar, Bonomali Sarkar, Roy Bahadur Banamali Roy, Gopal Chandra Lahiri, Suchitra Sen, Advocate Amjad Hossain (Ex M.P), Professor Jannatul Ferdous (Ex M.P),Gour Govinda Ray, Pramatha Chowdhury , Bande Ali Miah,Rashid Hyder, Dr. Sayeed Hyder, Zia Hyder, Daud Haider, Muhammed Monsur Uddin, Thakur Anukulchandra, Samson H. Chaudhuri, Tapan Chowdhury, Bappi Lahiri, Sardar Joenuddin, Journalist Kamal Lohani, Journalist M.A.Matin,Journalist Hamiduzzaman, Managing Editor, the National News Agency, BSS, Lohani Air Vice Marshal (Rtrd) Fakrul Azam, A.K. Khandakar (Asst. Chief of Mukti Bahini), Major General (Retd) M.A.Samad Major General (Retd) Nazrul Islam, Major General A N M Muniruzzaman, ndc.psc.genreral J N Chaudhuri, Dr. Sanjay Kumar Chaudhuri, Late Mirza Abdul Bashed [http://www.mab05.freewebs.com MAB Foundation]

Late Major (Dr) M Hossain was the first muslim medical graduate of the district. He was Major in British Army in 1944.

Links

* [http://www.pabna.net www.pabna.net]
* [http://www.thebdnews.com www.thebdnews.com]

References

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/BG/0/Pabna.html FallingRain
]
* [http://www.jaijaidin.com/archive/2008-09-05/page.php?pid=19173 Daily Jaijaidin,Zia Hider]
* [http://www.mab05.freewebs.com MAB Foundation,Late Mirza Abdul Bashed]


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