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Sylhet District was created in 1772 after this area was acquired by the British in 1767 and Mr. William Thackeray was appointed as the first collector. Current Sylhet District consists of 12 (Twelve) Upazilas. Sylhet District was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Province under Dhaka Division.
Sylhet (Bengali: সিলেট; IPA:) is a metropolitan city in the north eastern region of Bangladesh. It serves as the administrative center for both the Sylhet District and the Sylhet Division. The city is situated on the banks of the Surma River and, as of 2024, has a population of 999,374 making it the fifth-largest city in Bangladesh. [5]
The Assam Province's Sylhet District contained Karimganj. In 1874, the current Sylhet Division, which included Karimganj District , was entirely known as the 'Sylhet district'. On 16 February 1874, Sylhet was separated from mainland Bengal to be made a part of the non-regulation Chief Commissioner's Province of Assam (Northeast Frontier ...
In 1905, Sylhet was added to the Chief Commissioner's Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam as a result of the Partition of Bengal. The new province, now ruled by a Lt. Governor, had its capital at Dhaka. Sylhet was incorporated into the province's Surma Valley Division. The province had a 15-member legislative council in which Assam had two seats.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Villages in Sylhet Division. It includes villages that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a container category .
Buildings and structures in Sylhet District (1 C, 2 P) E. Education in Sylhet District (4 C, 5 P) P. People from Sylhet District (12 C, 44 P)
Pages in category "Upazilas of Sylhet District" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The 1947 Sylhet referendum was held in Sylhet District of the Assam Province of British India to decide whether the district would remain in undivided Assam and therefore within the post-independence Dominion of India, or leave Assam for East Bengal and consequently join the newly created Dominion of Pakistan.