How to Named:
The ancient name of the Noakhali district was Bhulua. The original name of Noakhali Sadar station house is Sudharam. According to historians, the northeastern part of Bhullar was once inundated by the waters of the Dakota River, which flows from the hills of Tripura, causing extensive damage to croplands. As a way out of this situation, a huge canal was dug in 180, which diverted water from the Dakatiya river to Ramganj, Sonaimuri, and Chaumuhani to Meghna and Feni rivers. This huge new canal was called Noah (new) canal in the regional language of Noakhali, as a result of which the region at one time changed in the face of people and came to be known as Noakhali.
Area and Location:
Noakhali District is an administrative region in the Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh. The total area of the Noakhali district is 4202.60 sq km. Noakhali district is located in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh from 22008 'to 23006' north latitude and from 90053 'to 91026' east longitude. The distance of the district from the capital Dhaka is about 161 kilometers and about 138 kilometers from the Chittagong divisional headquarters. It is bounded on the east by Chittagong district and Feni district, on the north by Comilla district, on the west by Laxmipur district and Bhola district, and on the south by the Bay of Bengal.
Founded:
The present Noakhali district was earlier a larger area with Feni, Laxmipur, and Noakhali districts, which is still known as Greater Noakhali. In 182, Warren Hastings, the Governor-General of the East India Company, attempted to introduce the first modern district administration system in the country. He divided the entire of East Pakistan into nineteen districts and appointed one collector in every district. This district was formed mainly in the Noakhali region. But in 183 the district system was abolished and the provincial system was introduced and the districts were made subordinate offices of the province. In 18 the district administration system was re-introduced and this time the whole of Bangladesh was divided into 14 districts. Among these 14 there was also a district in the Noakhali region called Bhulua. Later, in 1792, a brand new district referred to as Tripura was created and Bhuluya was enclosed in it. At that point, Bhulua was a pargana with Shahbazpur, Hatia, the solid ground of Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, some components of Tripura, Sandwip, and Mirsarai of the urban center. In eighteen Bhulua district was renamed as Noakhali district.
City of Noakhali:
Noakhali is the only district in Bangladesh that has no city of its own name. Noakhali district town is known as Maijdi. When the Upazila headquarters was merged with the Meghna in 1947, it was shifted 6 km north and in 1950 the district headquarters was temporarily shifted to Maijdi. The city was rebuilt according to the British plan. When the city of Noakhali was crumbling, the broken office courts of the old city were brought here and established in the paddy fields and open deserts of Maizdi mouza, and in 1953 the old areas of the city including Kalutara, Sonapur, and some mouzas of Qadir Hanif Union including Maizdi were declared Noakhali municipal area. A huge lake is cut across about sixteen acres in the heart of the city. It is commonly known as Bara Dighi. The road of brick Suraki is built in a circle around the lake. All government offices are built in the shape of bungalows around that road. The lake was used primarily as a city reservoir, pumped to supply water to various government offices, courts, and residential areas. Although Maijdi was relocated, the issue of official recognition of Maizdi as the headquarters of the Noakhali district was controversial for a long time. Finally, in 1982, Maijdi was officially recognized as the permanent headquarters of the Noakhali district. Chaumuhani is another busy city and commercial center of Noakhali, which was once famous for its printing and publishing business.
Noakhali district is under the Chittagong division of Bangladesh, which has a total of 9 Upazilas. The list of names of all the Upazilas is given below.
● Kabirhat
● Kompaniganj
● Chatkhil
● Noakhali Sadar
● Begumganj
● Subarnachar
● Senbagh
● Sonaimuri
● Hatia
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