Dakshin Surma Upazila
Dakshin Surma
দক্ষিণ সুরমা (Tam_Favishat) | |
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| Nickname(s): South Surma | |
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| Division | Sylhet Division |
| District | Sylhet District |
| Government | |
| • MP (Sylhet-3) | Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury (Bangladesh Awami League) |
| • Upazila Chairman | Muhammad Abu Jahid |
| Area | |
| • Total | 195.40 km2 (75.44 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 253,344 |
| • Density | 971/km2 (2,510/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | South Surman |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Website | dakshinsurma |
South Surma (Bengali: দক্ষিণ সুরমা, romanized: Dokkhin Shurma), also known as Dakshin Surma, is an upazila of Sylhet District in the Division of Sylhet, Bangladesh.[1][2]
History[]
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After the Conquest of Gour in 1303, many disciples of Shah Jalal settled in the Jalalpur, Godhrail and Renga parganas in modern-day South Surma where they would preach Islam to the local people. Shah Sheikh Mir Afzal Khandakar migrated to the village of Mirargaon, Shah Kamal Pahlawan Yemeni, Shah Moinuddin and Shah Jawharuddin to Maqamduar, Sheikh Jalal Shah Milon, Shah Muhammad Taqiuddin and Shah Sheikh Fathuddin to Jalalpur, Sheikh Farid Ansari and Sheikh Shah Sikandar to Lalabazar, Makhdum Zafar Sheikh Ghaznawi to Muhammadpur (Godhrail), Khwaja Taif Salim to Silam (Godhrail), Shah Sheikh Rahimuddin Ansari to Purbobhag (Jalalpur), Syed Qutbuddin Sheikh and Syed Jalaluddin Sheikh to Bungigram (Godhrail), Sayyid Zakir Shah Fatimi Makki to Turukkhola (Renga) and Shah Sheikh Daud Qureshi to Daudpur (Renga).
In 1888, the Jalalia Senior Fazil Madrasa was established. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Pakistani army reached Dakshin Surma (Sector 4) on 29 March 1971.
On the 91st meeting of NICAR held on 29 January 2005, 9 unions of Sylhet Sadar were decided to form a new administrative upazila. Dakshin Surma Upazila was formed with the powers conferred by Section 3 (2) of the Upazila Parishad Act, 1996. On 30 June 2011, the Kamalbazar Union Parishad was established taking some land from the Mogla Bazar and Tetli unions.
Dakshin Surma Thana and Moglabazar Thana have been created under the Sylhet Metropolitan Police in the interest of maintaining law and order situation in the upazila and maintaining peace and order among the people. Due to its location at a distance of only 09 km from Sylhet district, the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Office of the DIG Sylhet Range, Sylhet Education Board Building, Technical Women's Training Center and offices of all the departmental level government institutions are located in this upazila. This newly created upazila is located in Moglabazar Union.
Administration[]
Coordinates: 24°48′11″N 91°54′50″E / 24.803°N 91.914°EThe following are the nine unions in South Surma.[3]
| Union | ||||
| Name of union and GO code | Area (km2) | Population | Literacy rate (%) | |
| Male | Female | |||
| Kuchai 45 | 16.27 | 7311 | 6588 | 60.33 |
| Jalalpur 37 | 31.98 | 13735 | 13368 | 52.31 |
| Tentli 85 | 9.48 | 10253 | 9894 | 59.94 |
| Daudpur 30 | 27.18 | 11762 | 10649 | 56.02 |
| Baraikandi 36 | 9.87 | 7894 | 7103 | 64.02 |
| Mogla Bazar 60 | 37.91 | 12835 | 12170 | 56.10 |
| Mollargaon 65 | 9.56 | 10494 | 9892 | 62.81 |
| Lala Bazar 50 | 20.10 | 9982 | 9714 | 56.99 |
| Silam 75 | 25.3 | 12846 | 12183 | 59.72 |
| Kamalbazar | 6.54 | |||
(Statistics shown here is based on the Bangladesh Population Census of 2011 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.)
Points of interest[]
There are many popular places to visit in Dakshin Surma. Qadipur Jame Masjid in Jalalpur, Turukkhola Islamia Balika Alim Madrashah in Daudpur, Hayat Muhammad Turukkhola Jame Masjid (Boro Masjid) in Daudpur, Jamia Towakkulia Renga Madrasha in Moglabazar and Chapra Beel in Tetli are popular tourist sites.
Notable people[]
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- Abdul Muktadir, geologist and lecturer martyred during the 1971 Dhaka University massacre
- Abdul Malik, first cardiologist of Pakistan and National Professor of Bangladesh
- Ala Bakhsh, 16th-century Islamic scholar
- Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury Qureshi, businessman, politician
- Abdul Mukit Khan, politician
- Dilwar Khan, poet
- Khandaker Abdul Malik, politician
- Mahbub Ali Khan, rear admiral and former Chief of Naval Staff (Bangladesh)
References[]
- ^ Sirajul Islam (2012). "Dakshin Surma Upazila". In Islam, Sirajul; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ এক নজরে দক্ষিণ সুরমা [South Surma at a glance]. Dakshin Surma Upazila (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
- ^ "Dakshin Surma Upazila". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
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