Barisal was a semi-independent area in Mughal period. In course of time, it fell under Bengal Nawabs and British India, later passed to Bangladesh. Following the partition of India in 1947, the area of Bangladesh became a province of Pakistan, initially known as East Bengal, and then, from...

  Population >>> It has a population of 202242; male 53.28%, female 46.72%. Literacy rate among the town people is 65%. Population by Religion >>> • Muslim 90.64%; Hindu 8.38% and Christian 0.98%. • Mosque: 130, church: 5 Educational institutions >>> The city’s...

  A.K. Fazlul Huq , (Mayor of kolkata (1935, first muslim mayor of kolkata), Prime Minister of undivided Bengal (1937-1943) and of East Bengal (1954), Home Minister of Pakistan (1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956-1958) Mohiuddin Jahangir (Bir Shreshto) was a Captain in the...