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History of South Asia. The city of Chattogram ( Chittagong) is traditionally centred around its seaport which has existed since the 4th century BCE. One of the world's oldest ports with a functional natural harbor for centuries, Chittagong appeared on ancient Greek and Roman maps, including on Ptolemy's world map.
Chittagong was also linked to the crucial oil and gas industry in Burma. Chittagong was a major center of trade with British Burma. It hosted many prominent companies of the British Empire. The Chittagong armoury raid by Bengali revolutionaries in 1930 was a major event in British India's anti-colonial history.
Chittagong, the second largest city and main port of Bangladesh, was home to a thriving trading post of the Portuguese Empire in the East in the 16th and 17th centuries. [ 1] The Portuguese first arrived in Chittagong around 1528 [ 2] and left in 1666 [ 3] after the Mughal conquest. [ 4] It was the first European colonial enclave in the ...
The Chittagong Uprising [1] termed by the British as Chittagong Armoury Raid, was an attempt on 18 April 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury [2] of Bengal Province in British India (now in Bangladesh) by armed Indian independence fighters led by Surya Sen.
Chittagong University Museum was established in 1973 with artifacts from the History Department including fossils found amongst the Nasirabad hills. It has subsequently accumulated an extensive collection of historical artifacts and painting. In 2016, The Daily Star donated a Chittagong history archive to the museum. [7] [8] [9]
Chittagong district is situated along the southeastern coast of Bangladesh, between the Bay of Bengal to the west, Cox's Bazar district to the south, the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the east, the Indian state of Tripura to the north and Feni district to the northwest. Within the Bay of Bengal is the island of Sandwip and several nearby islands ...
Depiction of the Mughal conquest on Chittagong at the University of Chittagong. Mughal conquest of Chittagong refers to the conquest of Chittagong in 1666. On 27 January 1666 AD, the Arakan Kingdom of Mrauk U was defeated by the Mughal forces under the command of Buzurg Ummed Khan, the son of Mughal Subedar Shaista Khan.
Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard is located in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila, Bangladesh along the 18 kilometres (11 mi) Sitakunda coastal strip, 20 kilometres (12 mi) north-west of Chittagong. [1] Handling about a fifth of the world's total, it was the world's largest ship breaking yard, [ 2 ] until that record was taken by Alang in India. [ 3 ]