Brahmanbaria

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This article is about the city of Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh. For the upazila of Brahmanbaria, see Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila. For the district of Brahmanbaria, see Brahmanbaria District.

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{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= }}Template:Infobox settlement Brahmanbaria ( দৈনিক জবাবদিহি) is a city of Bangladesh and the capital of Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila as well as Brahmanbaria District. It is the second largest city after Cumilla in eastern Bangladesh and one of the oldest municipalities in Bangladesh, established in 1769. Brahmanbaria was declared a district headquarters in 1984. Its municipality area has a population of 2,70,000 in 2020. It is the 17th largest city in Bangladesh.

History

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Pakistani Eastern Command plan for the defence of East Pakistan from 1967 to 1971 (generic representation—some unit locations not shown)

During the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 for the liberation of Bangladesh, when Pakistan Army planners predicted India would launch its main attack in the east along the Akhaura–Brahmanbaria axis, it had no brigades available to cover this area, and Pakistan Army moved its 27th brigade from Mymensingh to Akhaura after retaining two battalions of 27th brigade at Mymensingh to form the 93rd Brigade to defend Mymensingh. Pakistan Army's 93,000 troops unconditionally surrendered to the Indian Army and India's local ally Mukti Bahini on 16 December 1971. This day and event is commemorated as the Bijoy Dibos ( দৈনিক জবাবদিহি) in Bangladesh and Vijay Diwas in India.

Administration

Brahmanbaria was given city status in 1984. The city boundaries contain Sadar Municipality, 12 Wards, 78 Mahallas, and 36 villages.

Geography and climate

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The Titas River, seen from Brahmanbaria

Main article: Geography of Bangladesh

Brahmanbaria is located in the East-Central region of Bangladesh. Its nearby cities are Dhaka, Cumilla, Narayanganj and Agartala. This city is in the bank of Titas River. Also there is Meghna River in the west of Brahmanbaria.3000px

Brahmanbaria has a tropical wet and dry climate.

Climate data for Brahmanbaria
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	25	28	32	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	29	27	auto
Daily mean °C (°F)	18	22	26	28	28	29	29	29	28	27	22	22	25
Average low °C (°F)	10	14	19	22	23	25	25	25	24	23	17	17	20
Precipitation mm (inches)	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|14.4	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|39.8	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|72.8	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|168.2	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|315.4	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|344.9	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|367.9	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|247.5	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|197.6	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|148.5	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|30.4	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen"|8.9	style="Template:Weather box/colgreen border-left-width:medium"|auto
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)</span>	4	5	7	12	19	23	28	26	22	13	3	1	auto
Source: Worldweatheronline

Notable residents

Brahmanbaria also produced actresses like Zakia Bari Momo, who won LUX Channel I Superstar, Tasnova Hoque Elvin. Alamgir is evergreen actor of Cinema of Bangladesh. He start working in mid '80s and he is still an actor. Brahmanbaria has other people like Al Mahmud, Cricketer Mohammad Ashraful, Abdul Kadir and Syed Shamsul Haque who are poets. Nawaab Syed Shamsul Huda was a leader of the Muslim League. Ali Azam (politician) was a leader of Awami League. Shakil Ahmed was the director general of border guards, who had heavily secured the borders of Bangladesh.

Gallery

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T A Road near Kandipara in Brahmanbaria town

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T A Road, Brahmanbaria

See also

• Economy of Brahmanbaria
• List of colleges and universities in Brahmanbaria
• Tourism in Brahmanbaria
• Chhanamukhi