Thakurgaon District
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Thakurgaon is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division.
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[edit] Geography
Thakurgaon is in the northeast corner of Bangladesh. It is surrounded by Dinajpur district by its south, Panchogar district by its east and India by its west and north sides. This is a Himalayan plane land.
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[edit] Subdivisions
The 5 thanas of Thakurgaon are: 1) Thakurgaon Sadar 2) Pirgonj 3) Baliadangi 4) Ranisankoil 5) Horipur
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[edit] History
The history of Thakurgaon is very glorius, specially during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 people of Thakurgaon played a very positive role to make homeland enemy-free.
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[edit] Economy
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There is a sugarcane plantation - TSM (Thakurgaon Sugar Mill), part of the BSFIC.
[edit] Places of interest
Thakurgaon: 1) The river of Tangon 2) Senua Bridge 3) Sugar Mill
Baliadangi: 1) Ancient Mango Tree
Ranisankoil: 1) The Fair of Nekmordon 2) Gorkoi Heritage 3) King's Palace 4) The river of Kulic 5) KhuniaDhighi Memorial 6) Palace of King Tonko Nath
Pirgonj: 1) Mazars of great Muslim saints.
Haripur: 1) Ancient Temples of Hindus.
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[edit] See also
| Divisions and Districts of Bangladesh |  |
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| Barisal Division: Barguna | Barisal | Bhola | Jhalkathi | Patuakhali | Pirojpur | |
| Chittagong Division: Bandarban | Brahmanbaria | Chandpur | Chittagong | Comilla | Cox's Bazar | Feni | Khagrachari | Lakshmipur | Noakhali | Rangamati | |
| Dhaka Division: Dhaka | Faridpur | Gazipur | Gopalganj | Jamalpur | Kishoreganj | Madaripur | Manikganj | Munshiganj | Mymensingh | Narayanganj | Narsingdi | Netrakona | Rajbari | Shariatpur | Sherpur | Tangail | |
| Khulna Division: Bagerhat | Chuadanga | Jessore | Jhenaidah | Khulna | Kushtia | Magura | Meherpur | Narail | Satkhira | |
| Rajshahi Division: Bogra | Dinajpur | Gaibandha | Jaipurhat | Kurigram | Lalmonirhat | Naogaon | Natore | Nawabganj | Nilphamari | Pabna | Panchagarh | Rajshahi | Rangpur | Sirajganj | Thakurgaon | |
| Sylhet Division: Habiganj | Moulvibazar | Sunamganj | Sylhet |
