List of renamed places in Bangladesh

The following is the list of places in Bangladesh that underwent a name change.[1][2][3][4] The most common names in English are in bold letters.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2018)

Barishal Division

  • Barisal → Barishal

Dhaka Division

  • Anta Gharer Maidan → Victoria Park → Bahadur Shah Park
  • Ayub Nagar → Sher-e-Bangla Nagar[5]
  • Bagh-e-Badshahi → Shahbag
  • Bikrampur → Munshiganj
  • Fatehabad → Faridpur
  • Dhaka → Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka
  • Ramna Race Course → Suhrawardy Udyan

Chattogram Division

  • Bollua → Noakhali
  • Chittagong → Chattogram
  • Daruchini Dwip → Narikel jinjira → St. Martin's Island
  • Panowa → Palongkee → Cox's Bazar
  • Sagarnaiya → Chhagalnaiya
  • Shamshernagar → Feni
  • Tippera → Roshnabad → Komolangk → Comilla → Cumilla

Khulna Division

Mymensingh Division

Rajshahi Division

Sylhet Division

  • Srihatta → Sirhat → Silhat → Sylhet

See also

References

  1. ^ "Politics of renaming". The Daily Star. 26 December 2009.
  2. ^ "New names, new solutions". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  3. ^ "'A' is for 'orange'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  4. ^ "Bangladesh changes English spellings of five districts". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ Lawrence J. Vale (2008). Architecture, Power and National Identity (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-134-72921-0.