Tangail
Bangladesh · Asia
About Tangail
Tangail is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh. The establishment of the Tangail began with 3269 square kilometres of land requisitioned from Mymensingh. Earlier it was a Mahakuma of Mymensingh district. A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River.
Many believe the name Tangail originated from the Bengali word tanga, meaning horse cart.
Tangail has been a local business center since the early 19th century. In 1860, Tangail became the 4th ranking area of the Greater Mymensingh District due to its fertile land near the Louhajong River. It was close to Begun Bari, Mymensingh. In 1969, Tangail District was established.
The Tangail Airdrop was a successful battalion-size operation by India's Para Commandos, mounted on 11 December 1971, by the 2nd Battalion (Special Operations) (2 PARA) of the Indian Army's Parachute Regiment during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 for the liberation of Bangladesh. The operation's main objective was capturing Poongli Bridge on the Jamuna River, which would cut off the Pakistani 93rd Brigade, which was retreating from Mymensingh...
Tangail travel guide
Understand
Tangail has about 185,000 residents (2015). Tangail is the home of the weavers and internationally known for “Tangail Saree” a handloom saree made of both cotton and silk. This saree is widely used by women and girls of Bangladeshi and Indian origin living all over the world. Madhupur has forests and hilly areas. A lot of pineapples, bananas and jackfruits are planted in Modhupur gor. Tangail is proud of some of its world famous sons like the independence leader Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, the magician Jadu Samrat, P.C. Sarkar, and the second president of independent Bangladesh, the late Abu Syed Chowdhury son of Abdul Hamid Chowdhury. The famous Kagmari Conference (1957), Sannyasi revolt (1850) and Peasant revolt (1858) began in this district. Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani lived for a long time in Santosh near the Tangail town. During the Liberation War, Abdul Kader Siddiqui of Tangail independently led military operations against the Pakistan army. His group, named Kaderia Bahini, led many successful guerrilla operations in this district. This is a unique event of the war because the leader was a civil person. The most noted successful operation of the Kaderia Bahini was the capture of a Pakistani ship with huge amount of arms and ammunitions at Bhuapur. During the Liberation War, in September 1971, Vobishoth Bahini founder “Lalmiya” (Md. Shah-Nur-E-Aziz) who was just 10 years and eight months old then, led his group to assist the Mitra Bahini (Indian Satri Bahini, or Indian Airdrop Army) and Mukti Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Army). In 1996, a devastating tornado caused heavy damage to some subdivisions of Tangail.
Getting there
Tangail is about 100 km from Dhaka. Trains and buses make this trip in 1½-2 hours.
1 Tangail railway station. (updated Nov 2019)
See
Tangail has a lot of heritage and also many beautiful places. Historical places are:
Atia Mosque (1608), Sagardighi, Ichamati Dighi, Nagarpur Dighi, Khamarpara Mosque, Dhanbari Mosque (1685), Dhanbari Zaminderbari, Hemnagar Zaminderbari (Gopalpur), Graveyard of Mawlana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (Shontosh), Madhupur Gor, Beautiful Jamuna Resort and Majestic Jamuna Bridge, An ancient tree named Tomal at Gupta Brindaban in Ghatail Important traveling spots in Tangail district include:
Pakundia Jamider. Upendra Sharobar. (updated Jul 2016)
Buy
Consider buying a saree for yourself or a female friend or relative of yours.
Eat
Tangail is famous around the country for the special sweet, Porabari Cham-Cham.
Chom Chom Roso Malai Kalo jamun Historical Pineapples Jack Fruit Special Doi
Sleep
Hotel Prince, Victoria Rd. +880 1719-629488
Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.