my sylhet

my home town sylhet the world most histrorical city.it is situated the bank of surma. However The rapid growth and expansion of Sylhet occurred during the colonial period. SylhetMunicipality was established in 1878. A devastating earthquake demolished almost the entire town on 12 June 1897 following which a modern and European model new town was built on the wreckage. Many new roads were constructed in the late 1890s and Sylhet became really connected to the other parts of the country with the establishment of an extension line of Assam-Bengal Railway in 1912-15. From the very beginning of the 20th century, the importance of Sylhet increased with the establishment of the tea industry. In the 1950s and 1960s, rapid urbanisation took place in the town, fostered by the expatriate Sylhetis and the process is still ongoing.

 

 

 

 

Economy

Remittance has been the key element of the economic growth of the city and also the region. The money is mainly sent by expatriates of Sylhet living abroad, particularly the United Kingdom, majority of the community originate from Sylhet.[32] These foreign Bangladeshis are now looking to invest in the city. During the fiscal year of 2005-06, the flow of remittances increased by 25 % to $4.8 billion, mostly from expatriates of Sylheti origin living in the United Kingdom with significant contributions from expatriates in the United States. That amount was expected to increase to $5.5 billion in 2007, with the government's attention toward supervising and monitoring banks.[33] The amount of idle money lying with the commercial banks in Sylhet as deposits is about 4,000 crore taka, which is not common in the rest of Bangladesh.[34]

 

 

 

·  Hazrat Shah Jalal 

·  Hazrat Shah Paran 

Freedom Fighters

  • General Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani - Supreme Commander of Mukti Bahini [3][4], former MP, former minister and former Adviser to President of Bangladesh.
  • Major General Azizur Rahman (Retd) Bir Uttam
  • Major General C R Dutta ,Bir Uttam, Ex Sector Commander,Bangladesh liberation war
  • Major General Ejaz Ahmed Choudhury, A war hero of 3 Sector
  • Major General Harun Ahmed Chowdhury (Retd) Bir Uttam
  • Major General Imamuzzaman (Retd) Bir Bikrom
  • Major General M. Abdur Rab Bir Uttam, war hero, Assistant Commander in Chief of Liberation war and first Army Chief of Bangladesh, former M.P. born in Baniachang.
  • Major General Mainul Hossain Chowdhury (Retd) Bir Bikrom, Ex Adviser
  • Major General M R Chowdhury (Retd), Bir Uttam
  • Govinda Chandra Dev , a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dhaka. He was abducted and executed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army as part of a plan to eliminate the Bangladeshi intelligen

Literature

Hason Raja, a mystical poet and songwriter

Musicians/Actors

Shahriar Chowdhury Imon (Salman Shah) (was killed in 2003), famous film actor.[9]

Expatriate Sylheti