All About the Historical and Tourist spots of Bangladesh: All Historical and Tourist spots of Nilphamari

Nilphamari :

Nilphamari is one of the northern district in Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division. It is 400 km from the capital Dhaka in north and west side. It's area is 1547 square km. Nilphamari is bounded by Rangpur and Lalmonirhat in east, Rangpur and Dinajpur in south, Dinajpur and Panchagarh in west, Siliguri of India in north.

History:

Previously Nilphamari was under Rajshahi division. The Nilphamari subdivision was established in 1875, Nilphamari was a subdivision of Rangpur District. It was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 3 municipalities, 33 wards, 65 mahallas, 62 union parishads, 390 mouzas and 370 villages. This district has 6 sub districts. They are-Nilphamari Sadar, Saidpur,Jaldhaka, Kishoreganj, Domar, Dimla .

The Tredition of Nilphamari:

Tourist Spots of Nilphamari:

The most important historical and tourist spots of Nilphamari are Neel Kuthi Nilsagar, The palace of Raja Harish Chandra .Garh (Fort) of Raja Dharmapal and his palace Three domed Jami Mosque at Bherberi Tomb of Hazrat Pir Mohiuddin .Dimla Rajbari^,Saidpur Airport Teesta Barrag.

Nilsagar:

Nilsagar a famous historical dighi (big pond) which stands at Dhobadanga mauza of Gorgram union about 14 km southwest of Nilphamari district headquarters. During the reign of Raja Birat there were many cow farms at Gorgram. Raja Birat dug a large dighi named as Birat Dighi or Birna Dighi or Binna Dighi for the cows. After the independence of Bangladesh the dighi was renamed as Nilsagar. A Hindu mandir stands on the east bank and an abode of a Muslim darvesh on the west bank of the dighi.

The area of the dighi is 21.449 ha and depth ranges from 7m to 12m. The entire dighi is surrounded by brick walls. The main decorated ghat of the dighi was made by Raja Birat. Every year the banks of the dighi are used as a village fair site especially during the occasion of Baruni Snan festival in full moon of the month of Baisakh. Usually in the fair the Harikirtan singers play music with many kinds of kirtan songs. Every year many tourists and various kinds of migratory birds come here. It is well known as a recreation zone and a picnic spot.

Teesta Barrage Background

A vast area of North-Bangladesh suffers from scarcity of water for irrigating its agricultural lands, not only in dry months but also during monsoon when a prolonged spell of scarcity/no rainfall affects crops. The idea of irrigation from the Teesta River was conceived since Britsh time (1945).

In our territory, the preliminary feasibility report of the project was prepared in 1960 by M/s. Haigh Zinn and Associates in collaboration with A.C.E. Ltd. (Pakistan) and the second one was prepared by M/s. B innie and Partners Ltd. during 1968-70.

Under the changed circumstances Engineers of BWDB and BUET reviewed the previous reports and conducted fresh survey, investigation, planning and detailed Engineering. The site of the Barrage was selected at Doani where the present Teesta Barrage proudly stands today.

Boundary and Area

The project is bounded by the Teesta on the North, the Atrai on the West, Shantahar-Bogra Railway line on the South and Bogra-Kaunia Railway line on the East.

Command Area : 750,000 ha.
Irrigable Area : 540,000 ha.

Chini Mosque

This beautiful mosque was established in 1863 as a result of hundreds of skilled craftsman and artist’s hard labor. 243 Shankar pieces of marbles and 5 tons of porcelain pieces were fitted on the wall of the mosque. There are 27 minars of the mosque in which 5 minars is still incomplete.