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The Biversity of Bangladesh

Reference ppt with some links

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Bio-ecological zones��and��Elevation:��Mountains �and �Deltaic Geology

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The northeast Mughal Frontier

Sylhet grants Eaton, pp. 260-1

madaad- Ma'ash

hindu muslim chiraghi

number 56 136 73

acres 1580 32120 3436

ac/# 28 236 47

Bengali Khasia Warzone 1780-1790

TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE REGIONALITY – TERRITORIAL DIVERSITY – OF BANGLADESH

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The old Brahmputra

Brahmaputra

Meghna

The central commercial corridor: Mughal Nawab shifts capital west to Murshidabad in 1704

1700 commercial boom extends commercial corridor to the sea on routes through the southern delta and to Chittagong

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Population density

The 19th century EASTERN frontier

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1941 1991

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The late 20th century urban frontier

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Based on Google searching and

UNESCO list of Mughal Mosques in Bangladesh

1941 S.P. Chatterjee, Bengal in Maps

1991/2002 Census of Bangladesh

Dhaka Census 1822

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Population density

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… theories behind the name of Zakiganj. The first is that it is derived from Shah Zaki, a pir who established a khanqah on the banks of the Kushiyara River. …. Another theory is that it is named after a man named Ghulam Zaki Majumdar, whose brother Karim Majumdar is who Karimganj district is said to have been named after.

pop

growth

lit rate

male lit

fem lit

males/females

%urban

hindu Buddhist chritsian

2022

267317

113%

76

78

75

93%

19

10

2011

237137

136%

49

98%

9

1991

174038

31

102%

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