GK
Shikhi

Lesson 2/34 min

Old names of districts and places

Present names and old names

Present nameOld name
DhakaJahangirnagar, Dhabekka, Dhakka
ChattogramIslamabad, Porto Grande
SylhetJalalabad, Srihatta (Khandokar); Jalalabad (Zubair)
BarishalChandradwip, Bakla, Ismailpur
RajshahiRampur Boalia
KhulnaJahanabad
NoakhaliSudharam, Bhulua
CumillaTripura, Pargana
MymensinghNasirabad
JamalpurSinghajani
North BengalBarendrabhumi
Cox's BazarFalking (Khandokar adds Panowa)
KushtiaNadia
FeniShamsher Nagar
BagerhatKhalifabad
JashoreKhalifatabad
GaibandhaBhabaniganj
SatkhiraSatgharia (Satgharia in Zubair's spelling)
GazipurJoydebpur
DinajpurGondwanaland
FaridpurFatehabad
RangamatiHarikel
SonargaonSubarnagram
MahasthangarhPundranagar, Pundravardhan
MainamatiRohitagiri
MujibnagarBaidyanathtala (Zubair adds Bhaber Para)
BangladeshEast Pakistan; Banga-Dravida; Bangala (Khandokar)

Items only in Zubair's list

Present nameOld name
Saint MartinNarikel Jinjira
MunshiganjBikrampur
ShariatpurIndrakpur Pargana
BholaShahbazpur
Noakhali and Cumilla regionSamatata
HaripurHarikel
ChapainawabganjGaur
South TalpattiPurbasha; New Moore

Watch out: Harikel is the name of an ancient region; the books link it to Rangamati and Haripur, but no firm source was found, so it is not in the quiz. Many names in Zubair's separate list appear in only one book and could not be checked on the web; they are not in the quiz either.

Check yourself

What is the old name of Gazipur?

At a glance

  1. 1

    Dhaka: Jahangirnagar; Chattogram: Islamabad; Sylhet: Jalalabad; Barishal: Chandradwip; Khulna: Jahanabad.

  2. 2

    Rajshahi: Rampur Boalia; Mymensingh: Nasirabad; Gazipur: Joydebpur; Faridpur: Fatehabad.

  3. 3

    Sonargaon: Subarnagram; Mahasthangarh: Pundranagar; Mainamati: Rohitagiri; North Bengal: Barendrabhumi.

  4. 4

    Mujibnagar: Baidyanathtala; Bangladesh: East Pakistan.

  5. 5

    Kushtia: Nadia; Feni: Shamsher Nagar; Jashore: Khalifatabad; Bagerhat: Khalifabad.

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