Narsingdi is a district located 50 km northeast of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has 6 upazilas and is known for its textile industry, markets, and agriculture - especially bananas and jute. One of its most notable historical sites is the 2500 year old Wari-Bateshwar ruins, an ancient fort city dating back to 450 BC that provides evidence of early architecture and currency in Bangladesh. Narsingdi is also the birthplace of notable individuals like religious scholar Bhai Girish Chandra Sen and poet Shamsur Rahman.

1. Welcome To My Presentation On
My Hometown
Narsingdi
Prepared by
Mukit Ahmed Chowdhury
I.D : 11-19326-2

2. Contents
Map
Location
How The Name Came
General information
Economy
Historical places
Famous Personalities
Conclusion

3. MAP

4. Location
Narsingdi (Bengali: নরস িংদীNôrshingdi ) is a district of Dhaka division.
It is located 50 km north-east of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh.
Narsingdi is bordered by Kishoreganj in the north & north-east,
by Brahmanbaria in the east & south-east, Narayanganj at south & south-west
and by Gazipur in the west.

5. How The Name Came
Narsingdi, which translates as “lion man", is named after an
ancient king who was believed to be “lionlike."

6. General Information
The district consists of
 6 upazilas:
1.Belabo,
2.Monohardi,
3.Shibpur,
4 Raipura,
5.Palash And
6.Narsingdi Sadar
 3 municipalities,
 27 wards,
 55 mahallas,
 69 union parishads,
 1060 villages.

7. Main Rivers:
The Meghna, The Shitalakkha & The old Brahmaputra
Main crops :
Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane and vegetables.
Main fruits:
Banana, Jackfruit, mango, papaya, pineapple, black berry, guava,
olive and litchi.
Main exports:
Paddy, bamboo, pineapple, guava, vegetables, lungi, sari and
fertilizer.

8. Communication facilities:
This district has communication facility of Water way, railway
and by road.
It is near to the capital, and also has good communication with
other districts. two most busiest rail route of the country
(Dhaka-Chittagong & Dhaka-Sylhet) goes through Narsingdi
district.
Asian Highway (connecting Dhaka, Madhobdi, Narsingdi,
Vairab,Kishoreganj, Brahmanbaria and Sylhet) passes over
Narsingdi

9. Economy
 It is the only District in Bangladesh that does not depend solely on
Agriculture. The district is famous for its Textile Craft Industry.
There are several number of Jute Mills in Narsingdi, which plays an
important role in economy.
The biggest and renowned Haat of Bangladesh is located here at
Narsingdi which is known as Sekerchar Babur Haat, which is famous for
quality sarees, lungi, gamcha, & gray fabrics.
There are two Urea fertilizer industry in Polash & Ghorashal.
Sugarcane also grow well. There is a sugar mill in Polash Thana named
Deshbondho sugar mill.
Quality Banana is also found here.

10. Quality Banana
•Famous For Two Types Of
Banana
Shagor
Shobri
•Soil and climate is suitable
for growing bananas.

11. Textile

12. Narsingdi is famous for
‘Lungi’, ‘Saree’ and ‘Gamcha’
Also Bedsheets, Curtains
Baburhat is the biggest
market for textile clothes in
Bangladesh.

13. Historical places
Wari-Bateshwar ruins

14. About Wari-Bateshwar
Wari-Bateshwar (Bengali: উয়ারী-বটেশ্বর Uari-Bô ṭeshshor ) is the site
of an ancient fort city dating back to 450 BC situated in the north-eastern
part of Bangladesh.
This 2500 years old site is a significant archaeological discovery.
The site is about 75km from Dhaka situated near the Wari and Bateshwar
villages in the Belabo Upazila of Narsingdi District.
It was discovered in the early 1930s by a local school teacher, Hanif
Pathan.
The current scientific study is being carried out by a team from the
Archaeology Department of Jahangirnagar University led by Professor
Sufi Mostafizur Rahman.
The C 14 dates have pushed back the chronology of Wari to 450 BC.

15. Silver punch-marked coins, different
types of earthen pots, rouletted ware,
knobbed ware, northern black Polish
ware, black-slipped ware, common
ceramics, semi-precious stone beads.
Iron artifacts include blooms, hand-axes,
spearheads, knives, nails and
slugs, melted pieces of iron.
It is also suspected that it might be
the oldest place in the world which
have a money based currency system

16. A part of fallen mud-wall has been found in NBPW level.
This mud-wall is possibly the earliest evidence of architecture in Bangladesh.
Brick structures (brick size, 32 x 30 x 6 cm) are also found in the region.

17. The discovery of a Knobbed Ware at Wari hints at the existence of Buddhist
practice in the region.

18. Some Other historical Places
Three domed mosque of 1524 at
Ashrafpur
Single domed mosque of eighteenth
century
Tomb of Shah Monsur at Kumardi
Bibi Joynab Mosque (1719)
Parulia Mosque (1716)
Raghunath Mandir (seventeenth
century)

19. Famous Personalities
Bhai Girish Chandra Sen (1835-1910) was a
religious scholar and translator who made the
first creditable and full translation of the Quran
into Bengali.He was born in a village of
Panchdona
Shamsur Rahman (Bangla: শামসুর রাহমান
Shamsur Rŭhman ) (October 23, 1929 –
August 17, 2006) was a Bangladeshi poet,
columnist and journalist.

20. Birsrestho Matiur Rahman , was born in
Narsingdi.
Mr Mannan Bhuiyan, famous politician of
BNP ,was MP for three consecutive times

21. Conclusion
In short, Narsingdi is a small but well developed district. You
can visit Narsingdi for its natural beauty which includes rivers
and green crop fields.

23. QUESTIONS?