Lakshmipur District

Lakshmipur ( Bengali: লক্ষ্মীপুর জেলা, Lakṣmīpur Jela ) is an administrative district in the south-eastern Bangladesh, located within the Division Chittagong, the superior administrative unit.

The 1455.96 km ² comprehensive district is bordered to the north by the district of Chandpur, on the east by Noakhali, to the south by the districts of Bhola and Noakhali and to the west by the districts of Barisal and Bhola and the river Meghna.

The largest rivers are Meghna, Dakatia, Katakhali, Rahmatkhali and Bhulua.

Lakshmipur was created administratively subordinated to Noakhali in 1860. 1979 Lakshmipur was converted as a sub-district and since 1984 it is an independent administrative district, which is divided administratively into four so-called Upazilas: Lakshmipur Sadar, Raipur, Ramganj and Ramgati. Within this administrative subdivision, there are three self-governing cities ( municipalities ), 47 Union Parishads (village councils) and 536 villages.

The largest city and seat of the administration of the district 's more than 65,000 inhabitants Lakshmipur.

History

At the beginning of the 13th century included the territory of modern Lakshmipur to the Kingdom of Bhulua. At the time of the Mughal Empire and during the colonial period Lakshmipur was a military outpost.

From the 16th to the 19th century was won so much salt in the area that it was exported. In the first decades of the 20th century, the population of the district is active ( Indigo unrest, rebellion sannyasi, Swadeshi movement ) involved in various anti-colonial movements. So Mohandas Gandhi visited the area as part of the Swadeshi movement.

In the struggle for independence from Pakistan in 1971 several battles took place in the area Lakshmipurs.