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Dhaka District (bgd)

Bangladesh

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Dhaka District ranks 8,504th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pirəbədil, Kandel, and Asiago. Memorable people born in Dhaka District include Meghnad Saha, and Bimal Roy. Dhaka District has been the birth place of many physicists, and film directors. Dhaka District is located in Bangladesh.

Dhaka District is a district in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the southern part of the district. While Dhaka occupies only about a fifth of the area of Dhaka district, it is the economic, political and cultural centre of the district and the country. Dhaka District consists of Dhaka, Keraniganj, Nababganj, Dohar, Savar and Dhamrai upazila. Dhaka District is an administrative entity, and like many other cities, it does not cover the modern conurbation which is Greater Dhaka, which has spilled into neighbouring districts, nor does the conurbation cover the whole district, as there are rural areas within the district. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1893 and 1909, Dhaka District was the birth place of 2 globally memorable people, including Meghnad Saha, and Bimal Roy.

People Born in Dhaka District

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Dhaka District were physicists (1), and film directors (1),  while most who died were .

Throughout history physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dhaka District, including Meghnad Saha.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Dhaka District since 1700.