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Chittagong (Bengalski: চাটগাঁও), službeno Chattogram (Bengalski: চট্টগ্রাম), [1] jest glavni primorski grad i finansijski centar u jugoistočnom Bangladešu. Grad je imao više od 8,7 miliona stanovnika 2017. godine, [ 3 ] što ga čini drugim najvećim gradom u zemlji.
Surya Sen, also known as Surya Kumar Sen (22 March 1894 – 12 January 1934), was an Indian revolutionary [1] who was influential in the independence movement against British rule in India and is best known for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid.
Ananta Singh was born on 1 December 1903 at Chittagong. His father's name was Golap (Gulaab) Singh. Singh's ancestors were Rajputs who migrated from Agra and settled in Chittagong. He met Surya Sen while he was studying in the Chittagong Municipal School and became his follower. Indumati Singh was his sister who is also a notable freedom fighter.
In 1876, Noakhali district was divided into two sub-divisions; Sadar and Feni. Feni Sub-division was constituted with: Chhagalnaiya thana (formerly in Tippera/Comilla), Mirsharai thana (formerly in Chittagong), Feni Pargana, Parshuram and Sonagazi. In 1878, Mirsharai was given back to the Chittagong District.
Suniti Choudhury (22 May 1917 – 12 January 1988) was an Indian nationalist who, along with Santi Ghose, assassinated a British district magistrate when she was 14 years old [1] [2] [3] and is known for her participation in an armed revolutionary struggle. [2] [4] [5]
After their defeat by the Arakanese, the Chakmas migrated to the present Chittagong Hill Tracts and founded their capital city Alekyangdong (present-day Alikadam). From Alekyangdong, they continued north and settled in present-day Rangunia, Raozan, and Fatikchari Upazilas of Chittagong District. [15]
Kalpana Datta (also commonly spelled Dutta) was born Kalpana Rani Dattagupta in a Bengali Baidya family of Sripur, [3] a village of Chittagong District in the Bengal Province of British India (Sripur is now located in Boalkhali Upazila in Bangladesh). Her father Binod Behari Dattagupta was a government employee.
