Meherpur District

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Meherpur District is a small administrative region in southwestern Bangladesh known for its historical significance in the country’s independence movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf district of Bangladesh
administrativeCenter Meherpur town NERFINISHED
borders Chuadanga District NERFINISHED
India NERFINISHED
Jhenaidah District NERFINISHED
Kushtia District NERFINISHED
climate tropical wet and dry climate
contains Mujibnagar NERFINISHED
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh
formerName Baidyanathtala NERFINISHED
hasAgricultureProduct jute
rice
vegetables
wheat
hasBorderType international land border with India
hasUpazila Gangni Upazila NERFINISHED
Meherpur Sadar Upazila NERFINISHED
Mujibnagar Upazila NERFINISHED
historicalEventLocation Proclamation of Independence of Bangladesh NERFINISHED
historicalSignificance Bangladesh Liberation War NERFINISHED
knownFor site of the first provisional government of Bangladesh in 1971
locatedIn Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta region NERFINISHED
Khulna Division NERFINISHED
southwestern Bangladesh NERFINISHED
partOf Ganges River floodplain NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage Bengali
primaryReligion Islam NERFINISHED
timezone Bangladesh Standard Time NERFINISHED
UTCOffset +6
vehicleRegistrationCode MEH NERFINISHED

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Khulna Division containsCity Meherpur District
this entity surface form: Meherpur
Division: Khulna Division containsDistrict Meherpur District
subject surface form: Khulna Division
Khulna Division containsDistrict Meherpur District
Provisional Government of Bangladesh headquartersLocation Meherpur District
this entity surface form: Baidyanathtala, Meherpur, Kushtia (then) district, East Pakistan