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| Khulna City Bypass | ||||
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| Length | 26.54 km [1] (16.49 mi) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Phultala end | Afil Gate | |||
| Rupsha end | Kudir Bottola | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Bangladesh | |||
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The N709 or Khulna City Bypass is a National Highway in Bangladesh. It connects Khulna with Mongla via Khan Jahan Ali Bridge. [1]
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The Khulna Division is one of the eight and second largest divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of 22,285 km2 (8,604 sq mi) and a population of 15,563,000 at the 2011 Bangladesh census. Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna District.
Khulna is the third largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative territory of Khulna District and Khulna Division. The economy of Khulna is the third largest in the People's Republic of Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in nominal gross state product, and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms as of 2020. In the 2011 census, the city had a population of 663,342.
Jessore District, officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna District and Satkhira District to the south, Khulna and Narail to the east, and Jhenaidah District and Magura District to the north. Jessore is the capital of the district.
Bagerhat District is a district in south-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna Division.
The Mosque City of Bagerhat is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh. It contains 360 mosques, public buildings, mausoleums, bridges, roads, water tanks and other public buildings constructed from baked brick. The mosques were built during the Bengal Sultanate in the 15th-century, of which the Sixty Dome Mosque is the largest. Other mosques include the Singar Mosque, the Nine Dome Mosque, the Tomb of Khan Jahan, the Bibi Begni Mosque and the Ronvijoypur Mosque. The mosques were built during the governorship of Ulugh Khan Jahan, a Turkic military officer appointed as governor in the Sundarbans by Sultan Mahmud Shah of Bengal.
Ulugh Khān Jahān `Alī, was a Muslim saint and the Khan-i-Azam of Khalifatabad. It is believed that he built the great Mosque City of Bagerhat, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nāṣiruddīn Maḥmūd Shāh was the first Sultan of Bengal belonging to the restored Ilyas Shahi dynasty. After being selected as the next ruler of Bengal by the erstwhile nobility in 1435 CE, Mahmud Shah ruled the country for over twenty years. Formerly a farmer, his peaceful reign was mostly notable for architectural development.
Bagerhat Sadar is an upazila of Bagerhat District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. The municipality was established in 1958. It consists of 9 wards and 31 mahallas.
Khan Jahan Ali Thana is a Metropolitan Thana of Khulna Metropolitan Police in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh.
Sayyid Sir Wasif Ali Meerza Khan Bahadur was the Nawab of Murshidabad during 1906–1959. Sir Wasif Ali Meerza was educated at Sherborne School, Rugby School and later at Trinity College. He succeeded his father Hassan Ali Meerza Khan Bahadur at his death on 25 December 1906. On 11 December 1931, Wasif Ali was forced to surrender the administration of his estates to the Government of India after incurring a debt of ₹19 lakhs. On 15 August 1947, the Radcliffe Award allotted the district of Murshidabad to Pakistan and the flag of Pakistan was hoisted at the Hazarduari Palace but within two days the two dominions exchanged Khulna, which is now in Bangladesh, and then the flag of India was hoisted at the grand palace on 17 August 1947. The Government of India also resumed him all his estates in 1953. Wasif Ali was also the founder and president of the Hindu–Muslim Unity Association in the year 1937, named Anjuman-e-Musalman-e-Bangla, which promoted Hindu–Muslim unity. The Nawab also built the Wasif Manzil.
Government Majid Memorial City College is a college in Khulna, Bangladesh. The institute was established in the middle of the 19th century. It is beside the Khan Jahan Ali Road, near the "Royal er mor". It is a combined college offering 11th and 12th grades in three major subjects: science, commerce, and arts.
Khan Jahan Ali Airport is a planned airport in Bagerhat, Bangladesh. As it is very close to Khulna, it was planned to mainly serve the Khulna city. It is uncertain if the project will be completed as no work has been done since the beginning of the project in 1996, when, following the acquisition of the land and filling of the earth, funds ran out. The as-of-yet incomplete airfield will consist of a small terminal, two connecting taxiways and a north–south oriented runway with turntables at either ends so aircraft can backtrack down it.
Shankharikathi massacre refers to the killings of unarmed Hindu men by the Razakars in Shankharikathi market, Alukdia village of greater Khulna district in Bangladesh on 4 November 1971. 42 Hindus were killed in the massacre.
The Rupsa River is a river in southwestern Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges. Rupsha is one of the most famous rivers of Bangladesh.
Khan Jahan Ali Bridge is a bridge over Rupsa River in Khulna, Bangladesh and named after Khan Jahan Ali. The bridge is also known as Rupsa bridge.
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), is a metropolitan police unit of Bangladesh Police for the Khulna Metropolitan Area based in Khulna City. The Unit was established on 1 July 1986 by the Khulna Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1985.
Khulna-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by Narayan Chandra Chanda of the Awami League.
Masjidkur Mosque is one of the archaeological sights of Bangladesh, located in Koyra Upazila of Khulna District. The Kapotaksha River is beside the mosque and very close to the Sundarbans.
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