- Comilla (Bengali: কুমিল্লা) is a city in south-eastern Bangladesh, located along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. It is the administrative center of the Comilla District, part of the Chittagong Division.
- Location of Comilla in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°27′N 91°12′E
- Comilla is well known as a city for education; educational institutions include Comilla University, Comilla Medical College, Comilla Victoria College, Comilla Cadet College (formerly Comilla Residential Model College). BARD at Kotbari is well known for research on rural development, which is a brain child of the eminent educationist Dr. Akhter Hamid Khan (formerly Principal of Comilla Victoria College, formerly Sub-Divisional Officer). His formula for Rural Development has four subdivisions, namely Cooperatives, Irrigation, Rural Works, and Plan Books. Based on this theme, a reputed government organisation, LGED, was formed, which is headed by an Executive Engineer in districts and holds three of the themes of Dr. Akhter Hamid Khan.
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- http://comillahistory.blogspot.com/
Historical
Maynamoty 2nd war cemetary
Second World War warrior’s graveyards are in this Cemetery. There are 755 graves in this graveyard of the great warriors who died d in world war from1939 to 1945 in Chittagong and Comilla areas. In this well-preserved cemetery at a quiet and picturesque place within the city lie buried in eternal peace over 700 soldiers from British, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, Myanmar, East and West Africa, The Netherlands and Japan who laid down their lives on the Myanmar front during the World War II. Every year a number of tourists come here to visit this Cemetery.
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- Comilla district consists of the following upazilas:
1.Barura Upazila
2.Brahmanpara Upazila
3.Burichong Upazila
4.Chandina Upazila
5.Chauddagram Upazila
6.Daudkandi Upazila
7.Debidwar Upazila
8.Homna Upazila
9.Comilla Adarsa Sadar Upazila
10.Laksam Upazila
11.Monohorgonj Upazila
12.Meghna Upazila
13.Muradnagar Upazila
14.Nangalkot Upazila
15.Comilla Sadar South Upazila
16.Titas Upazila
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Notable Peoples
- Freedom Fighters
Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886-1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
Lt-Col. Akbar Hussain (1942-2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water Transports (2001)
Mamtaj Begum, veteran woman freedom fighter, member of BLF
Abdul Quddus Makhon, member & one of the organizers of Mukti Bahini, student leader, one of four popular DUCSU leaders during Muktijuddho known as 'Char Kholifa' (Four Caliphs; including A. S. M. Abdur Rab, Tofayel Ahmed and Shahjahan Siraj)
Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh.
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