Tangail

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official_name = Tangail

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subdivision_name = Bangladesh
subdivision_type1 = Division
subdivision_name1 = Dhaka Division
subdivision_type2 = District
subdivision_name2 = Tangail District
subdivision_type3 = Upazila
subdivision_name3 = Tangail Sadar Upazila
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leader_name = Jamilur Rahman Miron
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established_date = 1969
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*Male 50.02%
*Female 49.98%
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settlement_type = Town

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Tangail (Bengali: টাঙ্গাইল) is a town in Tangail District located in central region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka division.

ubdivisions

Tangail town consists of 5 corporations, 8 municipalities, 72 wards, 211 mahallas.

Geography

It is located on the banks of Louhajang River.

Education

Before the Liberation War, some educational institutions were established by notable persons in Tangail. In 1926, the Government Saadat College was established by Wazed Ali Khan Panni, a zamindar and educationalist of Tangail. He named it after the name of his grandfather Saadat Ali Khan Panni. Govt. M.M.Ali College was established by Maulana Vasani at Kagmari (1km away from main city) is one of the topest college in Bangladesh. Kumudini College established in 1943 by Ranada Prasad Saha (R.P.Saha), philanthropist of Tangail. He named it after the name of his mother Kumudini. Later the college was converted into Kumudini Government Women's College. Currently, there are 5 Government high schools in the city. Among these schools, Bindubasini Government Boys' High School (1880) and Bindubasini Government Girls' High School (1882) were established by a zamindar of Santosh.

A university started to run in tangail also. It is named after great national Leader Maulana Vasani, who lived here. It is known as Maulana Vasani University of Science and Technology.

Transport

Tangail used to be connect by river ferry to Sirajganj to the western shore of the river at Sirajganj.

Tangail now has a station on a new broad gauge line of Bangladesh Railways which connects the western and eastern systems via the Jamuna bridge. And by road.

Heritage of Tangail

*ChamCham
*Tangail Tanter Saree
*Household utensils made of bell metal
*Madhupur Pineapple
*Sheetal Pati (Hinganagar Village)

Famous people

* Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani
* Muhammad Abdul Bari

Gallery

ee also

*Tangail District
*Tangail Airdrop

References

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/BG/0/Tangail.html FallingRain Map - elevation = 12m (Red dots are railways; not all shown)]

External links

* [http://www.bangla2000.com/Bangladesh/Districts/tangail.shtm Tangail district]