List of renamed places in Bangladesh

The following is the list of places in Bangladesh that underwent a name change in the past.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The most common names in English are in bold letters.

Anta Gharer Maidan → Victoria Park → Bahadur Shah Park
Ayub Nagar → Sher-e-Bangla Nagar^[5]
Bagh-e-Badshahi → Shahbag
Baidyanathtala → Mujibnagar
Barisal → Barishal
Bikrampur → Munshiganj
Bogra → Bogura
Bollua → Noakhali
Chittagong → Chattogram
Daruchini Dwip → Narikel jinjira → St. Martin's Island
Fatehabad → Faridpur
Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka
Jessore → Jashore
Nasirabad → Mymensingh
Nawabganj → Chapai Nawabganj
Panowa → Palongkee → Cox's Bazar
Ramna Race Course → Suhrawardy Udyan
Sagarnaiya → Chhagalnaiya
Shamshernagar → Feni
Srihatta → Sirhat → Silhat → Sylhet
Tippera → Roshnabad → Comilla → Cumilla

References[]

^ "Politics of renaming". The Daily Star. 26 December 2009.
^ "New names, new solutions". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
^ "'A' is for 'orange'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
^ "Bangladesh changes English spellings of five districts". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Lawrence Vale (1 May 2014). Architecture, Power and National Identity. Routledge. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-134-72921-0.

[1] "Politics of renaming". The Daily Star. 26 December 2009.

[thedailystar-2] "New names, new solutions". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

[thedailystar2-3] "'A' is for 'orange'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.

[4] "Bangladesh changes English spellings of five districts". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[Vale2014-5] Lawrence Vale (1 May 2014). Architecture, Power and National Identity. Routledge. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-134-72921-0.

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List of renamed places in Bangladesh

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