Comilla District

{{Short description|District of Bangladesh in Chittagong Division}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox settlement  | name = Comilla District | native_name = কুমিল্লা জেলা | native_name_lang = bn | official_name = Cumilla District | type = [[Districts of Bangladesh|District of Bangladesh]] | image_skyline = {{Photomontage |size = 250 |photo1a = Aerial view of Comilla city from a high-rise building 2.jpg |photo1b = Shah Shuja Mosque, 2019-01-05 (02).jpg |photo2a = Shalban Vihara (2).jpg |photo2b = Nawab Faizunnesa House at Laksham, Comilla, 19 April 2017 07.jpg |photo3a = গোমতী নদী, কুমিল্লা.jpg }} | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Clockwise from top-left: Skyline of [[Comilla]], Shah Shuja Mosque, [[Nawab Faizunnesa|Nawab Faizunnesa House]] at [[Laksam Upazila|Laksam]], [[Gumti River (Tripura)|Gomti River]], [[Shalban Vihara]] in [[Mainamati]] | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_shield = | nickname = | nicknames = | motto = | mottoes = | image_map = BD Cumilla District locator map.svg | map_caption = Location of Comilla within Bangladesh | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 | mapframe-point = none | map_caption1 = Expandable map of Comilla | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Comilla in Bangladesh | coordinates = {{coord|23.27|91.12|region:BD|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Bangladesh}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Divisions of Bangladesh|Division]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Chittagong Division]] | established_title = | established_date = | seat_type = Capital | seat = [[Comilla]] | leader_party = | leader_title = [[Deputy Commissioner (Bangladesh)|Deputy Commissioner]] | leader_name = Md. Kamrul Hasan <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/dclist.php|title=List of Deputy Commissioners|website=|access-date=2 April 2021|archive-date=8 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108083518/http://pmis.mopa.gov.bd/pmis/Forms/dclist.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> | leader_title1 = [[District Councils of Bangladesh|District Council Chairman]] | leader_name1 = Abu Taher <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comilla.gov.bd/site/officer_list/4ea4707d-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comilla.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fofficer_list%2F4ea4707d-2144-11e7-8f57-286ed488c766%2F%25E0%25A6%259A%25E0%25A7%2587%25E0%25A7%259F%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8|script-title=bn:কুমিল্লা জেলা|website=Comilla}}</ref> | leader_title2 = Chief Executive Officer | leader_name2 = Md. Helal Uddin <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comilla.gov.bd/site/officer_list/347e2931-5bf6-41cf-a73d-20a843ef47da/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comilla.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fofficer_list%2F347e2931-5bf6-41cf-a73d-20a843ef47da%2F%25E0%25A6%25AA%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25A7%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8%2B%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AC%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B9%25E0%25A7%2580%2B%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25A4%25E0%25A6%25BE|script-title=bn:কুমিল্লা জেলা|website=}}</ref> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3146.30 | area_metro_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="2022census" /> | population_total = 6212216 | population_as_of = [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022]] | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_demonyms = | population_note = | timezone1 = [[Bangladesh Standard Time|BST]] | utc_offset1 = +06:00 | postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Bangladesh|Postal code]] | postal_code = 3500 | website = {{URL|https://www.comilla.gov.bd}} | footnotes = | area_code = 081 | iso_code = BD-08 | blank_name_sec1 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2018) | blank_info_sec1 = 0.614<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=|language=en|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref><br />{{color|#fc0|medium}} · [[List of regions of Bangladesh by Human Development Index|7th of 21]] | blank_name_sec2 = Notable sport teams | blank_info_sec2 = [[Comilla Victorians]] }}

'''Comilla District''', officially known as '''Cumilla District''',<ref>{{cite news |author=Mahadi Al Hasnat |date=2 April 2018 |title=Mixed reactions as govt changes English spellings of 5 district names |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/142256/mixed-reactions-as-govt-changes-english-spellings |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206234258/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/142256/mixed-reactions-as-govt-changes-english-spellings |access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=6 February 2024 }}</ref> ({{langx|bn|কুমিল্লা জেলা}}) is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the [[Chittagong Division]]. It lies about {{convert|100|km|-1}} southeast of [[Dhaka]]. Comilla is bordered by [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] and [[Narayanganj District|Narayanganj]] districts to the north, [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]] and [[Feni District|Feni]] districts to the south, [[Tripura]] state of India to the east and [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj]] and [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]] districts to the west.<ref name="Banglapedia">{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Comilla District}}</ref>

==History==

[[File:WW2 Cemetery Moinamoti 003.jpg|thumb|World War II cemetery in [[Mainamati]].|left]] The name Comilla is derived from the Bengali word ''Komolangko'' ({{langx|bn|কমলাঙ্ক}}), the previous ancient name of the region, which means '[[Nelumbo nucifera|lotus]] pond'. The present Comilla is a district under the [[Chittagong Division]]. It was once under the reign of [[Gangaridai]] and [[Samatata]] in ancient period. As far as is known from the ancient archeology found in the region, [[Gupta dynasty|Gupta]] emperors ruled Comilla since the fifth century AD. It was under the control of [[Gauda Kingdom]] in 6th century AD after the fall of [[Gupta dynasty|Gupta]] rule in [[Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Prasad |first=Bindeshwari |url=https://archive.org/details/dynastic-history-of-magadha-cir.-450-1200-a.-d./page/136/mode/1up |title=Dynastic History of Magadha |year=1977 |pages=136}}</ref> According to historians, the Buddhist [[Deva dynasty]] ruled the region from the seventh to the middle of the eighth century. In the ninth century, Comilla came under the control of the kings of [[Harikela]] and [[Chandra dynasty]] during the tenth and mid-eleventh century AD. These rulers built the Shalban Vihara in the Mainamati hills, which was a major centre of Buddhist learning. The region became a part of Hindu [[Sena Dynasty|Sena]] and [[Deva dynasty|Deva]] dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries, and was one of the last strongholds of these dynasties after the invasion of the Delhi Sultanate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Bangladesh District Gazetteers: Comilla |publisher=Bangladesh Ministry of Cabinet Affairs |year=1971 |editor-last=Ishaq |editor-first=Muhammad |location=[[Dhaka]]}}</ref>

Due to its position on the edge of the Bengal Delta, the Comilla region was often contested between the Delhi Sultanate and later Bengal Sultanate and the kings of Tripura whose heartland was in the hills to the east. The arrival of numerous Muslim ''pirs'' in the district caused the local Hindu and Buddhist population to largely adopt an Islamic identity In the 15th century the Tripura king [[Dharma Manikya I]] built the [[Dharmasagar (pond)|Dharmasagar tank]] in Comilla town. After the Mughal conquest of Bengal, the Mughals attacked the Tripura kingdom and conquered most of the present Comilla district, restricting the Tripura kings to the hills. The region became known as Chakla Roshanabad and was part of the Sarkar of Sonargaon of the Bengal Subah, although the Tripura kings still had ''Zamindari'' rights over much of the land. In the 18th century, the Comilla region saw the uprising of [[Shamsher Gazi]] from the current Feni district, who briefly ruled over the kingdom of Tripura and nearby lands until his execution in 1760 by the Nawabs of Bengal.<ref name=":0" />

In 1765, as part of their obtaining the ''Diwani'' of Bengal, the East India Company took Comilla. In order to facilitate revenue collection, the company hired a district collector in the province in 1769. Comilla then belonged to the province of Dhaka. Comilla was made under the office of the district collector in 1776. The Tripura Collector's journey began with the formation of Tippera or Tipperah district of [[Bengal]] by the British in 1790.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bengal District Gazetteer: Tipperah District |url=http://www.southasiaarchive.com/Content/sarf.100009/211892 |year=1933 |location=Calcutta |publisher=Bengal Secretariat Book Depot |oclc=213805362 |page=}}</ref> According to the Third Regulation in 1793, a civil judge was appointed for the Tripura district and in that year he was given magisterial powers. In 1837, the posts of magistrates and collectors were separated. In 1859, these two posts were merged again.<ref name=":0" />

In the 19th century the reforming influence of Maulana Keramat Ali largely caused the Muslims of the district to abandon all folk religious practices including the worship of minor deities and ''pirs''. In the early 20th century the [[Tippera Krishak Samiti]] helped organise the peasants of the district and won most of the seats in the district in the 1937 elections. In the 1940s, the mostly Muslim populace supported the Pakistan movement, and southern parts of the district were heavily affected by the [[Noakhali riots]] which led to a steady exodus of Hindus to India, especially neighbouring Tripura state. The district was made part of East Pakistan in 1947.<ref name=":0" />

After the partition in 1947, the district was renamed Comilla in 1960 and the post of district magistrate and collector was named deputy commissioner.<ref name="background">{{Cite web |url=https://www.comilla.gov.bd/bn/site/page/OAf9-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF |script-title=bn:কুমিল্লা জেলা |trans-title=District background |website=Comilla District |language=bn}}</ref> In 1971, 900 Bengali Muslim officers and men of the East Pakistan Army were [[Comilla Cantonment massacre|massacred]] in Comilla Cantonment. After a long guerilla struggle, Bangladeshi forces took Comilla from Pakistan on December 8, 1971, and Comilla became part of Bangladesh.<ref name=":0" /> [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]] and [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria]] sub-divisions of this district became districts in 1984.

==Geography and climate== Comilla has a total area of 3146.30.17 square kilometres. It is bounded by [[Brahmanbaria District|Brahmanbaria district]] and [[Narayanganj District|Narayanganj district]] of [[Chittagong Division|Chittagong division]] to the north, [[Munshiganj District|Munshiganj district]] of Dhaka division and [[Chandpur District|Chandpur district]] to the west, [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]] and [[Feni District|Feni]] districts to the south and the Indian state of [[Tripura]] to the east. The district headquarters of Comilla is located close to the Indian border, with the town of [[Sonamura]] on the other side. Major rivers passing through Comilla include the [[Gumti River (Bangladesh)|Gumti]] and the Little [[Feni River|Feni]], and the [[Meghna River|Meghna]] on the far northwest. It is hot in summer and cold in winter.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

The district is primarily composed of plain land. Most of the district is situated on a bed of old elevated alluvial deposits called Chandina alluvium, while the northwestern part of the district is more recent alluvium deposited by the Meghna, while the far east consists of harder valley alluvium. The Lalmai Hills running parallel to the Tripura hills lie in the east of the district.<ref name=":0" />

==Administration== The administrative headquarters of Comilla are located in the city of [[Comilla]] which has a total area of 11.47 square kilometres. It consists of 18 [[mouzas]] and 3 [[Ward (country subdivision)|wards]]. Comilla [[Administrative divisions of Bangladesh|thana]] was officially converted into an upazila in 1983 which contains one municipality, 18 wards, 19 union parishads, 452 mouzas, and 458 villages.<ref name="Banglapedia" />

Deputy Commissioner (DC): Md Jahangir Alam<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2017/02/25/outcry-comilla-dcs-misbehaviour-journos/ |title=Outcry over Comilla DC's misbehaviour with journos |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

===Upazilas=== [[File:Comilla District upazila geocode map - Small Area Atlas Bangladesh.svg|thumb|Comilla District upazila geocode map]]

Comilla district consists of the following [[Upazila]]s:<ref>[http://www.bbs.gov.bd/com_series/chit_div/com_u_sum.pdf Upazilas of Comilla] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124151016/http://www.bbs.gov.bd/com_series/chit_div/com_u_sum.pdf |date=24 November 2007 }}. [[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]].</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Barura Upazila]] * [[Brahmanpara Upazila]] * [[Burichong Upazila]] * [[Comilla Sadar Upazila]] * [[Comilla Sadar Dakshin Upazila]] * [[Chandina Upazila]] * [[Chauddagram Upazila]] * [[Daudkandi Upazila]] * [[Debidwar Upazila]] * [[Homna Upazila]] * [[Laksam Upazila]] * [[Lalmai Upazila]] * [[Monohorgonj Upazila]] * [[Meghna Upazila]] * [[Muradnagar Upazila]] * [[Nangalkot Upazila]] * [[Titas Upazila]] {{div col end}}

== Demographics == {{Historical populations |align=center |percentages=pagr |1974 |2802944 |1981 |3355953 |1991 |4032666 |2001 |4595557 |2011 |5387288 |2022 |6212216 |footnote= Sources:<ref name="2022census" /><ref name="census2011">{{cite web |url=http://203.112.218.65:8008/WebTestApplication/userfiles/Image/PopCenZilz2011/Zila_Comilla.pdf|title=Bangladesh Population and Housing Census 2011 Zila Report – Comilla|website=|publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> }}

According to the [[2022 Bangladeshi census|2022 Census of Bangladesh]], Comilla District had 1,407,368 households and a population of 6,212,216 with an average 4.33 people per household. Among the population, 1,356,351 (21.83%) inhabitants were under 10 years of age. The population density was 1,974 people per km<sup>2</sup>. Comilla District had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 76.68%, compared to the national average of 74.80%, and a sex ratio of 1142 females per 1000 males. Approximately, 20.43% of the population lived in urban areas. The ethnic population was 2,044.<ref name="2022census">{{Cite book |url=https://bbs.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bbs.portal.gov.bd/page/b343a8b4_956b_45ca_872f_4cf9b2f1a6e0/2023-11-20-05-20-e6676a7993679bfd72a663e39ef0cca7.pdf |title=Population and Housing Census 2022 National Report |publisher=[[Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics]] |date=November 2023 |isbn= |volume=1 |pages=}}</ref>

{{bar box |title=Religions in Comilla District (2022)<ref name="2022census"/> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]]|green|95.56}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]]|darkorange|4.33}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.11}} }}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Religion in present-day Comilla District ! rowspan="2" |Religion ! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="1941religion">{{cite web |title=Census of India, 1941 Volume VI Bengal Province |url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/37365/GIPE-020591.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y}}</ref>{{rp|102–103}}{{Efn|1941 figures are for the Sadar subdivision of erstwhile Tippera district, which roughly corresponds to the present district}} ! colspan="2" |1981<ref name="census2011" /> ! colspan="2" |1991<ref name="census2011" /> ! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="census2011" /> ! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="census2011" /> ! colspan="2" |2022<ref name="2022census" /> |- !{{Abbr|Pop.|Population}} !% !{{Abbr|Pop.|Population}} !% !{{Abbr|Pop.|Population}} !% !{{Abbr|Pop.|Population}} !% !{{Abbr|Pop.|Population}} !% !{{Abbr|Pop.|Population}} !% |- |[[Islam in Bangladesh|Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15x15px]] |1,407,494 |{{Percentage|1407494|1750308|2}} |3,119,300 |92.95% |3,784,774 |93.85% |4,348,227 |94.62% |5,123,410 |95.10% |5,936,391 |{{Percentage|5936146|6212216|2}} |- |[[Hinduism in Bangladesh|Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|16x16px]] |340,010 |{{Percentage|340010|1750308|2}} |230,947 |6.88% |237,818 |5.90% |241,742 |5.26% |258,105 |4.79% |269,214 |{{Percentage|269206|6212216|2}} |- |Others{{efn|Including [[Jainism]], [[Christianity]], [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]], [[Ad-Dharmi]]s, or not stated}} |2,804 |{{Percentage|2804|1750308|2}} |5,706 |0.17% |10,074 |0.25% |5,588 |0.12% |5,773 |0.11% |6,611 |{{Percentage|6864|6212216|2}} |- !Total Population !1,750,308 !{{Percentage|1750308|1750308|2}} !3,355,953 !100% !4,032,666 !100% !4,595,557 !100% !5,387,288 !100% !6,212,216 !{{Percentage|6212216|6212216|2}} |}

Muslims make up 95.56% of the population, while Hindus are 4.33% of the total population. Formerly a centre of Buddhism, there are now 5,801 Buddhists in the district, concentrated in Lalmai and Laksam upazilas.<ref name="census2011"/>

==Economy== [[File:Manoharpur Sweetmeat Hub.jpg|thumb|Manufacturers of popular Comilla [[sweetmeats]] are mostly based on this Manoharpur area of the main town.]] Mainly based on agriculture, the economy of [[Comilla]] has flourished through trade and cottage industries, especially the 'Khadi' textile. For the economic development of the region the "[[Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority]]" has established the "Comilla Export Processing Zone" spread over an area of {{convert|104.44|ha|acre|abbr=off}} in the [[Comilla Airport]] area in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bepza.gov.bd/pages/epzdetails/comilla-export-processing-zone|title=Profile Of Zone Comilla {{!}} Comilla EPZ|website=BEPZA|language=en|access-date=20 September 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045209/http://www.bepza.gov.bd/pages/epzdetails/comilla-export-processing-zone|url-status=dead}}</ref> The export zone employs 20 thousand people as of 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/economy/2013/jun/19/nine-new-units-start-production-comilla-epz-soon |title=9 new units to start production in Comilla EPZ soon |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920044650/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/economy/2013/jun/19/nine-new-units-start-production-comilla-epz-soon|archive-date=20 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Places of interest== Landmarks include Kotbari, a ''cantonment'', or [[military installation]] and [[Kandirpar]], considered the heart of the Comilla district. Ancient Buddhist [[monastery]] ruins are the major attraction of [[Mainamati]], near Kotbari. There is an ancient Hindu Temple named [[Comilla Jagannath Temple]] located on East Bibirbazar Road. There is also the recently constructed [[Allah Chattar]], a tower in [[Muradnagar Upazila|Muradnagar]].

A Second World War cemetery, [[Mainamati War Cemetery]], lies about {{convert|3.1|km}} away from Comilla Cantonment, which was a frontier military base in the fight against the Japanese who had occupied Burma. [[British Army]] soldiers killed during the fight with the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese Army]] at the [[Burma]] (Myanmar) frontier were buried here.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/11/12/tributes-paid-maynamati-war-cemetery/ |title=Tributes paid at Maynamati War Cemetery |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> Pashchimgaon Nawab Bari, the place of only lady Jaminder [[Nawab Faizunnesa]], a poet, educationist and a philanthropist.<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Choudhurani, Nawab Faizunnesa}}</ref>

[[Kazi Nazrul Islam]], the national poet of Bangladesh, passed a significant time of his life in this town. Both his wives, Promila Devi and Nargis, hailed from this district.<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Islam, Kazi Nazrul}}</ref>

[[Comilla Victoria College]] and [[Comilla Zilla School]] are here, the latter since 1837.<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Comilla Zila School}}</ref> [[Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development]] (BARD) is situated in Kotbari. The area saw the development of [[Comilla Model]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P9EsApMkdAoC&q=Comilla+District&pg=PA32|title=Local and Community Driven Development: Moving to Scale in Theory and Practice|last1=Binswanger-Mkhize|first1=Hans P.|last2=Regt|first2=Jacomina P. de|last3=Spector|first3=Stephen|date=12 February 2020|publisher=[[World Bank Publications]]|isbn=9780821381953|pages=32|language=en}}</ref>

== Education == {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Comilla University]] * [[Comilla Medical College]] * [[Comilla Victoria Government College]] * [[Comilla Government Women's College]] * [[Eastern Medical College]] * [[Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology]] * [[Comilla Government College]] * [[Central Medical College]] * [[Mainamoti Medical College|Mainamati Medical College]] * [[Comilla Cadet College]] * [[Comilla Zilla School]] * [[Army Medical College Cumilla]] * Ispahani Cantonment Public School and College <ref>{{cite web |title=Ispahani Cantonment Public School and College |url=https://ipsc.edu.bd/ |publisher=Ispahani Cantonment Public School and College |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> * Mainamati English School and College<ref>{{cite web |title=Mainamati English School and College |url=https://mesc.edu.bd/ |publisher=Mainamati English School and College |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> * Comilla Cantonment Board Boys' High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Comilla Cantonment Board Boys' High School |url=https://www.cbbhsc.edu.bd/ |publisher=Bangladesh Army |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> * Comilla Cantonment Board Girls' High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Comilla Cantonment Board Girls' High School |url=https://www.army.mil.bd/ |publisher=Bangladesh Army |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> * Comilla Cantonment Madhyamik Bidyalay<ref>{{cite web |title=Comilla Cantonment Madhyamik Bidyalay |url=https://www.army.mil.bd/ |publisher=Bangladesh Army |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> * Comilla Cantonment College<ref>{{cite web |title=Comilla Cantonment College |url=https://www.ccc.edu.bd/ |publisher=Bangladesh Army |access-date=8 October 2025}}</ref> * [[Chandina Pilot High School]] *[[Nawab Faizunnesa Government College]] *[[Laksam Government Pilot High School|Laksam Pilot High School]] *[[Comilla Modern High School|Cumilla Modern School]] *[[Our Lady of Fatima Girls High School|Our Lady of Fatima Girls' High School]] * [[Bangladesh Survey Institute]] {{div col end}}

==Notable people==

The following people were either born or stayed in this district for a significant span of their lifetime: * [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad]], 5th [[President of Bangladesh]] (15 August 1975 to 3 November 1975).<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Ahmad, Khondakar Mostaq}}</ref> * [[Ferdous Ahmed]], film actor * [[Kazi Zafar Ahmed]], politician * [[Kamrul Ahsan (diplomat)|Kamrul Ahsan]] : secretary to the government and now serving as Bangladesh Ambassador to Russia. Earlier served as [[High Commissioner]] to Canada and Singapore * [[Buddhadeb Basu]] (1908–1974), Indian poet, novelist, essayist, translator and editor * [[General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan]], former chief of Army Staff * [[Sachin Dev Burman]] (1906–1975) singer, composer and music director * [[Sabitri Chatterjee]], actress in Indian [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film, [[TV serial]] and theatre * [[Nawab Faizunnesa Choudhurani]] (1834–1903), poet and philanthropist * [[Asif Akbar]], singer * [[Alaka Das]], artist of [[classical music]], principal of Sangeet Shikhharthee Sammilan (সঙ্গীত শিক্ষার্থী সম্মেলন)<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.comillarkagoj.com/2016/05/29/23242.php |script-title=bn:রবীন্দ্রনাথকে হৃদয়ে ধারণ ও নজরুল চেতনায় উজ্জীবিত হতে হবে |access-date=18 April 2017 |work=Comillar Kagoj |language=bn |archive-date=28 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228193323/http://www.comillarkagoj.com/2016/05/29/23242.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Talpukur Par, [[Comilla]] * [[Shib Narayan Das]], Artist of the map of Bangladesh on the first national flag of Bangladesh in 1971, political activist * [[Sudhin Das]], Swaralipikar of Nazrul Sangeet, awarded by [[Ekushe Padak]] * [[Dhirendranath Datta]] (1886–1971), political leader, provincial minister of the than [[East Pakistan]], [[Bengali Language Movement|Language Movement]] activist and lawyer * [[Muhammad Hasanuzzaman]] (1900–1968), politician and educationist * [[Monirul Haq Chowdhury]] renowned politician and a former member of parliament for Comilla-9, sector commander during Bangladesh War of Independence, born and raised in Comilla * [[Akbar Hossain (politician)|Akbar Hossain]] BP, former minister of Bangladesh government * [[Abdul Gani (soldier)|Abdul Gani]] (1919 – 1957), was a Bengali military officer. He was the founder and the first in-charge of one of the pioneer companies of 1st East Bengal Regiment * [[Sagarmoy Ghosh]], Indian editor and author * [[Atiqul Islam]], Mayor of [[Dhaka North City Corporation]] * [[Mohammad Mainul Islam (general)|Md Mainul Islam]], former chief of [[Border Guards Bangladesh]] * [[Md. Tafazzul Islam]] - 17th Chief Justice of Bangladesh<ref name=bss>{{cite news |title=Life sketch of newly appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=78370$date=2009-12-23&dateCurrent=2009-12-28 |work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205738/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=78370%24date=2009-12-23&dateCurrent=2009-12-28|archive-date=4 March 2016|date=23 December 2009}}</ref> * [[AKM Bazlul Karim]], theater personality<ref>{{Cite Banglapedia|article=Karim, AKM Bazlul}}</ref> * [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]] (1914–1999): social reformer and development activist. He is from U.P -undivided India, but spent an important part of his life as asst magistrate (ICS) and thereafter as principal Victoria College and creator of co-operative programme and BARD at Comilla * [[Abul Manzoor]], sector commander during Bangladesh War of Independence and decorated with the award Bir Uttom, was born in Comilla * [[Asif Mahmud|Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan]], Bangladeshi student activist, coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement, former president of Dhaka University unit of Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad * [[Hasnat Abdullah]] Bangladeshi student activist, coordinator of the Anti-discrimination Students Movement * [[Asif Nazrul]], Bangladeshi writer, novelist, columnist, political commentator, professor of law at the [[University of Dhaka]], interim government adviser handling Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment and Ministry of Cultural Affairs *[[Abdullah Al Mamun (reciter)|Abdullah Al Mamun]], Quran reciter *[[Abdul Quddus (scholar)|Abdul Quddus]], Islamic scholar *[[Hifzur Rahman]], Islamic scholar *[[Khondkar Nasim Ahmed]], footballer *[[Sirajuddin (footballer)|Sirajuddin]], footballer *[[Rashid Ahmed (footballer)|Rashid Ahmed]], footballer

==See also== * [[List of educational institutions in Comilla]]

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==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://www.comilla.gov.bd/ Comilla District] * [https://comillazp.gov.bd/ Comilla District Administration]

[[Category:Comilla District| ]] [[Category:Districts of Chittagong Division]] [[Category:Districts of Bangladesh]] [[Category:Districts of Bangladesh established before 1971]]