ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? (Bangla: চà§?য়াডাঙা; transliteration: ChuÄ?Ä‘aņÄ?), ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? district or ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? ZillÄ? (চà§?য়াডাঙা জেলা) is the name of a Western district (zilla) of Bangladesh. It is a part of the KhulnÄ? administrative division that covers most districts in the south-west of the country.
Records of the Greek historians and geographical formations show that this region was a part of the Kingdom of Gangaridhi and there was a city called Gangey here.
From the beginning of the British Empire, the people of ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? participated in many uprisings and democratic movements, including the Wahabi Movement (1831), Faraizi Movement (1838-1847), Sepoy Revolt (1857), Indigo Rebellion (1859-1860), Khilafat Movement (1920), Swadeshi Movement (1906), Non-cooperation, Violation of Law and Satyagraha Movement (1920-1940) and Quit India Movement or August Revolt (1942) are notable.
Under British rule, ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? was a sub-division within Nadia District. During partition, in 1947, excepting Krishnanagar thana (still under Nadia in West Bengal), the whole territory of Chuadanga sub-division was included in Kushtia District.
During the War of Liberation in 1971 early resistance was put up in Chuadanga. During the Bangladesh Liberation War more than one hundred documented direct encounters took place between the Pakistan Army and the freedom fighters (Mukti Bahini) in Chuadanga district. According to records Chuadanga was liberated from the hands of occupying Pakistan army on 13 December 1971, three days before the invading army officially surrendered to the Mitro Bahini (allied forces of Mukti Bahini and Indian Army).
Marks of the Liberation War genocide in the district include a spot behind the Chuadanga Central Hospital, three mass graves at places on the back of the Natudaha High School, at village Dhopakhali near the Jibannagar border and on the bank of GK Canal near Alamdanga Railway Station. Two memorial monuments stand today in memory of the war.
Chuadanga was separated from Kushtia and given the status of a district in 1984.
The district has an area of 1157.42 sq km. It shares domestic borders with the Kushtia District on the northeast, Meherpur on the northwest and Jhenaidaha on the south and southeast. On its southwest lies the Nadia District (in the state of West Bengal in India).
The main township of ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? lies on the bank of River Mathabhanga (মাথাà¦à¦¾à¦™à¦¾). The annual average maximum temperature is 37.1°C and the average for the minimum is 11.2°C, while 1467 mm is received on average each year.
The entire ChuÄ?dÄ?ngÄ? region lies within the Ganges Delta, with rivers MathÄ?bhÄ?ņÄ?, Bhairab (à¦à¦‡à¦°à¦¬), Kumar (কà§?মার), Chitra (চিতà§?রা), and Nabaganga (নবগঙà§?গা) flowing through the district.
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