Narayanganj district of Bangladesh
Short brief history of Narayanganj district of Bangladesh
Narayanganj District is a district in central Bangladesh, part of the Dhaka Division. Narayanganj municipality officially founded on 8 September 1876.
Dhaka-Narayanganj telegraph service set up in 1877 telegraph service.
Telephony introduced by The Bank of Bengal in 1882.
Narayanganj became a zila on 15 February 1984. Before that is was a subdivision of Dhaka. It grew in importance in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, due to the influx of the Portuguese and the English. The first to develop was the west bank of Shitalakshya. Narayanganj only became important in the nineteenth century, when the Rally Brothers started a company exporting jute to the west in 1830, aided by a company from Assam. By 1908, 18 European companies, and two Indian companies were trading in jute from Calcutta.
From 1947, with the formation of Pakistan, the economy transformed from being mainly a jute market to jute production.
This followed establishment of a number of mills in and around Narayanganj that gave the local economy a great boost.
Dhaka-Narayanganj telegraph service set up in 1877 telegraph service.
Telephony introduced by The Bank of Bengal in 1882.
Narayanganj became a zila on 15 February 1984. Before that is was a subdivision of Dhaka. It grew in importance in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, due to the influx of the Portuguese and the English. The first to develop was the west bank of Shitalakshya. Narayanganj only became important in the nineteenth century, when the Rally Brothers started a company exporting jute to the west in 1830, aided by a company from Assam. By 1908, 18 European companies, and two Indian companies were trading in jute from Calcutta.
From 1947, with the formation of Pakistan, the economy transformed from being mainly a jute market to jute production.
This followed establishment of a number of mills in and around Narayanganj that gave the local economy a great boost.
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