Famous Persons from Cumilla

At present, Comilla is a district under the Chittagong Division. It is a historical and famous area in the country. In the ancient times it belonged to the Samatat Township and later it became part of the State of Tripura.

The history says, Tripura was ruled by the Gupta emperors since the fifth century AD. The Buddhist rulers ruled the region from the seventh to the middle of the eighth century. In the ninth century, Comilla came under the rule of the kings of Harikel. Later this region was ruled by the Chandra Dynasty for about 150 years from the tenth to the middle of the eleventh century. Later it was ruled by the Mughals and came under the East India Company in 1765.

Year after year, lots of famous people were born in this district. All of these persons have done lots of things for Cumilla district and for the whole country. Below is the list of some famous person from Cumilla.

Name and Lifetime:

• Maharaja Birchandra Manikya Bahadur, 1837-1896

• Nawab Faizunnesa Chowdhurani, 1834-1903

• Hor Dayal Nag, 1853-1942

• Mahesh Chandra Bhattacharya, 1858-1943

• Nawab Sir Syed Shamsul Huda, 1862-1922

• Ray Bahadur Anand Chandra Roy, 1863-1920

• Syed Abdul Jabbar, 1867-1951

• Nawab Syed Hoccham Haider Chowdhury, 1868-1921

• Akhil Chandra Dev, 1869-1950

• Khan Bahadur Abidur Reza Chowdhury, 1880-1961

• Abdur Rasool, 1870-1917

• Khan Bahadur Abdul Karim, 1873-1945

• Nawab Mosharraf Hossain, 1876-1966

• Bashant Kumar Majumder, 1876-1944

• Narendra Chandra Dutta, 1878-1962

• Kamini Kumar Dutta, 1879-1959

• Sachin Dev Varman, 1906-1975

• Dhirendra Nath Dutta, 1886-1971

• Captain Narendranath Dutta, 1884-1949

• Hem Prava Majumder, 1888-1962

• Nawab Sir K. G. M. Faroqui, 1890-1984

• Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, 1893-1976

• Atindra Mohan Ray, 1894-1979

• Shahidul Haque, 1894-1968

• Khan Bahadur Mofizuddin Ahmed, 1898-1979

• Abdul Malek, 1898-1965

• Habibur Rahman Chowdhury, 1899-1972

• A. K. M. Zahirul Haque (Lil Miah), 1903-1981

• Dr. Akhtar Hamid Khan, 1914-1999

• Major Abdul Gani, 1915-1957

• Dr. Mujibur Rahman Khan, 1925-1982

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