Sarail Upazila

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Sarail
সরাইল
Upazila
Sarail is located in Bangladesh
Sarail
Sarail
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°7.1′N 91°7.5′E / 24.1183°N 91.1250°E / 24.1183; 91.1250Coordinates: 24°7.1′N 91°7.5′E / 24.1183°N 91.1250°E / 24.1183; 91.1250
Country Bangladesh
DivisionChittagong Division
DistrictBrahmanbaria District
Area
 • Total239.52 km2 (92.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total315.208 [1]
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
Postal code
3430
WebsiteOfficial Website of Sarail

Sarail (Bengali: সরাইল, romanized: Shorail) is an upazila of Brahmanbaria District[1] located in the Chittagong Division and near the Dhaka Division, Bangladesh.

History[]

Isa Khan, leader of Bengal's 16th-century Baro-Bhuiyan rebel chieftains, had his capital situated in Sarail.
The Hatirpul, a medieval elephant pass built in Bariura.
The Arifil Mosque in Sarail.

The leader of the Baro-Bhuiyan zamindars, Isa Khan, had his first and temporary capital situated in Sarail.[2] During the Mughal era, Sarail was a mahallah (district) of the Sylhet Sarkar.[3]

During the dewani of Shahbaz Khan in 1650, the Hatirpul was constructed. It was a bridge built over the canal mainly for elephant pass. The Mughal dewans used to communicate by the elephant in this road and also took rest near this bridge. In 1662, the Arifil Mosque was constructed by Shah Arif. There are unknown tombs located near the mosque, supposedly belonging to the wives of Isa Khan.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the Pakistani Army killed about 70 innocent people in the Bitghar area. On 5 May, the freedom fighters raided the Pakistani Army's camp in the Shahbazpur area and killed 9 Pakistani soldiers; one freedom fighter was killed during this raid. A number of Pakistani Army officers and the chairman of the Sarail Peace Committee were also killed. The freedom fighters set up a mine bomb north of . This exploded and destroyed two military vehicles. Three mass graves remain in Sarail. Memorial monuments were established in the upazila's Bitghar area, the Annada Government High School, the Sarail Degree College and also a monument dedicated to the martyr .

In 1990, Sarail was made an upazila of Bangladesh.[1]

Geography[]

Sarail is located at

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24°07′06″N 91°07′30″E / 24.118333°N 91.125°E / 24.118333; 91.125. It has 43,854 households and a total area of 227.22 km2.[1]

Demographics[]

According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Sarail had a population of 254,481. Males constituted 50.32% of the population, and females 49.68%. The population aged 18 or over was 120,249. Sarail had an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4%.[4]

Administration[]

Sarail Upazila is divided into nine union parishads: Auraol, Chunta, Kalikachchha, Noagaon, Pakshimul, Panishor, Sarail, Shahbazpur, and Shahjadapur. The union parishads are subdivided into 67 mauzas and 141 villages.[5]

Chairman: Rafiq ad-Din Thakur

Notable residents[]

  • Isa Khan, a Muslim Rajput zamindar who was one of the Baro Bhuiyans (twelve landlords) and a Zamindar of the Khijirpur in 16th-century Bengal. Throughout his reign he resisted the Mughal empire invasion. It was only after his death that the region fell totally under Mughal control.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Md. Azad Uddin Thakur (2012). "Sarail 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.
  2. ^ AA Sheikh Md Asrarul Hoque Chisti (2012). "Isa Khan". 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.
  3. ^ Nath, Pratyay (28 Jun 2019). Climate of Conquest: War, Environment, and Empire in Mughal North India. Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ "Population Census Wing, BBS". Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved November 10, 2006.
  5. ^ "District Statistics 2011: Brahmanbaria" (PDF). Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Constituency 312_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 11 September 2020.


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