Tongi

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Tongi
টঙ্গী
Town
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A road in Tongi
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Tongi
Location in Dhaka Division
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Tongi
Location in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 23°54′N90°25′E / 23.90°N 90.41°E / 23.90; 90.41
Country Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Division Dhaka Division
District Gazipur District
Government
 • Type Mayor–Council
 • Body Gazipur City Corporation
Area
 • Total
32.07 km2 (12.38 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
350,000 [1]
 • Rank
 36th [2]
Time zone UTC+6 (Bangladesh Time)
National Dialing Code +880

Tongi (Bengali : টঙ্গী) is a major township in Gazipur, Bangladesh, with a population of 350,000. It hosts the Biswa Ijtema and features a BSCIC industrial area, which produces BDT 1500 crore of industrial products annually, [3] [4] and marks the northern border of Dhaka since 1786. [5] Tongi Shahid Smrity high School compound is mass burial site of the genocide in Liberation War of Bangladesh. [3]

Contents

History

Ruins of Tungy Bridge, an etching by Charles D'Oyly's (1825). Ruins of Tungy Bridge (1825).jpg
Ruins of Tungy Bridge, an etching by Charles D'Oyly's (1825).

Mir Jumla II (1660–1663) built a fort to protect the northern entry of Dhaka during his reign as a Mughal subadar (1660–1663). [5] [6] The subadar also built a bridge over the river Turag. [5] Mir Jumla constructed a road, now a part of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, that connected Tongi with Bag-e-Badshahi . It served as an axis of urban growth in the 19th and 20th centuries as sites for establishment of new urban settlements - Gulshan (formed in 1961), Banani (in 1964), Baridhara (in 1972) and Uttara (in 1965) - were picked off the highlands along that axis road. [5]

In 1786, Tongi-Jamalpur was designated as the northern boundary of Dhaka by the East India Company, reaffirmed by John Taylor, the first English Commercial Resident of Dhaka in 1800. [5]

Geography and administration

Tongi, a thana (police station) within the Gazipur Sadar Upazila along with Joydebpur since 1983, [3] is located immediately north of Dhaka. It lies within the jurisdiction Gazipur District, which is a part of the Dhaka Division.

Geologically, the Tongi area comprises the southern extension of the Madhupur tract, a long narrow tract of tectonically elevated area of older sediments only a few metres above the surrounding rivers the Turag. Locally, the Tract is subdivided into the Bhawal Garh terrace which is a part of an inlier, an elevated area surrounded by lowlands by very young riverine sediments occupying the surrounding valleys. The older sediment sequence consists of sandstone of the Dupi Tila Formation overlain by Madhupur Clay, which in turn is overlain by alluvium. The elevation of the Tract varies from 2 to 14 m above mean sea level and it has shallow bedrock which forms a firm substrate for supporting large structures. [7]

Demography

Many of the people who live in Tongi commute to Dhaka each day, mainly by bus. Many people are also employed at factories in Export Processing Zones, areas given special tax and tariff exemptions by the government in order to stimulate industry. [8]

River

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Turag River

Tongi has a bordering river called the Turag River, it is very actively used by the local commuters and traders. [9] The annual Bishwa Ijtema is also held in Tongi beside the banks of Turag River. [10]

Thana

There are two thanas in Tongi – Tongi East [11] and Tongi West Thana. [12]

Transport

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Tongi junction

The newly constructed Tongi Diversion Road forms another important artery of the road network leading to Dhaka. [5]

The Narayanganj–Dhaka–Mymensingh State railway was opened in 1885–86. [5] Tongi has a break of gauge junction station in the same name where the new cross country line across the Jamuna Bridge from the western section joins the eastern section. Tongi is situated on the bank of the river Turag, transport boats and cargo boats are also available here.

Education

Educational institutions in this area include:

Medical colleges and hospitals

Notable People

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