Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India

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Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India was a town in the former Bengal Presidency of British-ruled India, located in what is now northern Bangladesh.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administrativeRole district headquarters of Bogra District (Bengal Presidency)
climate humid subtropical climate
colonialAdministration British India
surface form: British Raj
colonialProvince Bengal Presidency
colonialTaxSystem land revenue-based agrarian taxation
coordinateApproximate 24.85°N 89.37°E
countryDuringExistence British India
demographyCharacteristic predominantly rural hinterland with small urban core
economicActivity trade centre for agricultural products
educationFacility colonial-era schools
eventAffects Partition of Bengal 1905
surface form: Partition of Bengal (1905)
existedBefore Partition of India
governedBy district magistrate under Bengal Presidency administration
hasColonialCourts Bogra
surface form: Bogra district courts
hasColonialPoliceStation Bogra thana
hasSuccessor Bogra District, Bangladesh
surface form: Bogra, Bangladesh
historicalContext part of British colonial administration in South Asia
historicalNameOf Bogra District, Bangladesh
surface form: Bogra, Bangladesh
historicalStatus subdivisional town within Bengal Presidency
languageUsed Bengali
English (administrative)
linkedBy provincial roads to other towns in Bengal Presidency
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Bengal Presidency
Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bogra District, Bengal Presidency
locatedInCountry British India
locatedInPresentDay People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeEntity Bogra District, Bangladesh
locatedInRegion northern Bangladesh
northern Bengal
locatedOnRiver Karatoa River
namedAfter Bogra District
notableNearbyArchaeologicalSite Mahasthangarh
partOf Rajshahi Division
surface form: Rajshahi Division (historical region)
presentInCountryAfter1947 Dominion of Pakistan
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: East Bengal (Pakistan)
presentInCountryAfter1955 People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: East Pakistan
presentInCountryAfter1971 People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
regionType urban centre in rural agrarian surroundings
religionMajority Islam
religionMinority Hinduism
timePeriod 19th century
early 20th century
transportRole regional road junction in northern Bengal

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Mohammad Ali Bogra birthPlace Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India
Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India locatedInAdministrativeEntity Bogra, Bengal Presidency, British India self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bogra District, Bengal Presidency