NS Road, Kushtia

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Nawab Sirajuddaula Road
NS Road
নবাব সিরাজউদ্দৌলা সড়ক
এনএস রোড
NS Road, Kushtia
NS Road starts from Kushtia Municipal Office (cropped).jpg
Starting point of NS Road
Route information
Maintained by Kushtia Municipality
Length2.7 km (1.7 mi)
Major junctions
East endRaja Bhuvan Pratap Roy Road (Bouro Bazar Rail Gate)
West endGirjanath Majumdar Road (Municipal area)
Location
Country Bangladesh
Highway system

Nawab Sirajuddaula Road (previous name: High Street) is the main and busiest road of Kushtia city. The road is known as NS Road. Economic and business activities of Kushtia mainly depend on this road. The road is named after Nawab Sirajuddaula. [1]

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On 25 March 1971, Pakistani forces came to Kushtia from the Jessore Cantonment and imposed a continuous 30-hour curfew. On NS Road, several innocent civilians were shot and killed. [2] A bomb was also detonated at the municipal market (Municipality Bazar) located beside the road. In 1972, the Freedom from liberties stage was constructed there. [3]

As an ancient road, many of the city's historic and important establishments and institutions are located alongside it. These are, from east to west:

  1. Big Bazar
  2. Ashok Dadhi Bhandar – a historic and traditional business establishment
  3. Dinamoni Secondary School (1930)
  4. Lovely Tower (1999) – the first 10-storey building and modern shopping mall in Kushtia
  5. Shri Shri Gopinath Jiu Temple (1900)
  6. Kushtia Government Girls High School (1876)
  7. Parimal Tower
  8. Municipality Bazar
  9. Freedom from liberties stage
  10. Bangabandhu Super Market
  11. Zila Parishad Super Market
  12. Kushtia Central Jame Mosque
  13. Kushtia Islamia College
  14. Kushtia Public Library
  15. District Registry Office
  16. Kushtia Model Police Station Office
  17. Kushtia Mission Secondary School (1918)
  18. St John's Cathedral, Kushtia
  19. Kushtia High School (1861)
  20. Panch Rastar Mor (Five Roads Intersection)
  21. Executive Engineer's Residence
  22. Kushtia Municipality Office

Naming history

At one time this road was called High Street. The road was renamed Nawab Shaheed Sirajddaula Road to preserve the memory of the last independent Nawab of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa . Later Nawab Sirajuddaula Road was renamed after removing the word Shaheed . Which is now known to people as NS Road. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Anwar Ali (March 2019). Milon Sarkar; Md. Monirul Islam (eds.). সার্ধশতবর্শ স্মারকগ্রন্থ ১৮৬৯-২০১৯ [SARDHOSHATOBARSHO SMARAKGRANTHO 1869-2019](PDF) (in Bengali). Kushtia: Kushtia Municipality. p. 60. ISBN   978-984-34608-1-3 . Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  2. ↑ Tarikul Haque Tarik (2020-12-11). "Victory Celebration". Kaler Kantho. Archived from the original on 2024-12-26. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  3. ↑ "'From Autonomy to Independence' is being ruined due to neglect". Dhaka Post. 2023-09-14. Archived from the original on 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
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