Comilla - Bangladesh

[callapu]

These pictures I have taken in last year.

Brief Introduction of Comilla

Comilla (Town) stands on the bank of the Gumti river. It consists of 18 wards and 46 mahallas. It has an area of 11.47 sq km and a population of 168378; male 52.56%, female 47.44%. Literacy rate among the town people is 60.3%. In the suburb there exists the Commonwealth War Cemetery Memorials, Muktajuddha Museum at Mainamati Cantonment and bangladesh academy for rural development, Mainamati Museum, Comilla Cadet College at Courtbari. Comilla Town is blessed with the memories of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Nazrul Islam married twice in life, one at Daulatpur of Muradnagar upazila of the district and the other at Comilla Town. Those places have been marked with memorial plates. Poet Rabindranath Tagore visited Comilla twice. Ustad Muhammad Hussain, Fazle Nizami and Kulendu Das have enriched the cultural heritage of the town. Ustad Ayet Ali Khan established a musical institute here.

Kandirpar Road





Park Road





Comilla Zilla School













Comilla High School







Government Circuit House





Rannir Kuthi







Dhormo Shagar







Bangladesh Sishu Academy





Comilla Club





Eidgah







Comilla Stadium







Sohid Minar





Kali Bari





Comilla Victoria College

[bangali]

Brings back a lot of memories... Thank you for the pictures.

[nayeem007]

Absolutely wonderful pics. Thanks a bunch callapu for sharing the pics with us..

[Akram]

While recalling old memories today, I thought of my college days too. This urged me to search the Internet with the hope to find some information about my old college in Comilla, and there I found some pictures. Thanks to the friend who posted them here.

I have been a student of Comilla Victoria College from September 1961 to January 1964. I left Comilla in January 1964 and then never returned. I still remember the view shown in the last picture.

There is a place called Rani Bangla about 5 miles from Comilla. There used to be wonderful Bunion tree on top of a small hill. I was told the tree is several hundred years old. I wish someone could take a picture of it and post it here.

[Dhakaiya]

I have a handful of Comilla pictures (not too many) and I think its high time this thread was active again. It will really be great and appreciable if pros like Tmac & Mirza cooperate because I think with their help (and all Bangladeshis of course) the Bangladesh threads will shine.

[Dhakaiya]

Time to revive the Comilla thread. Monument in Comilla Cantonment.

[tanzirian]

Mainamati Archaeological Site:



World War II Cemetery:



Left- Mainmati Site Museum display; Right - War War II gravestone


Saptadasha Temple

[Tmac]

Eastern Medical College and Hospital in Comilla

[Tmac]

World War II Cemetary in Comilla.

[Tmac]

Comilla Cadet College

[Tmac]

[meghnarmajhi]

Originally Posted by callapu

These pictures I have taken in last year.

Brief Introduction of Comilla

Comilla (Town) stands on the bank of the Gumti river. It consists of 18 wards and 46 mahallas. .........................

I missed these pictures. They were posted during last Eid. Nice pitures, callapu. I like Comilla so much that a few times I took bus rides just to be there for a few hours..... then come back the same day.

[Tmac]

The World War II Cemetary in Comilla is well maintained.

[Dhakaiya]

Ispahani School near Comilla Cantonment.

[bd4ever]

Originally Posted by Dhakaiya

Ispahani School near Comilla Cantonment.

MY big brother, Can we see kindly more pics about another places of comilla like Sattar tower, comilla airport, EPZ, Race corce , MATRI Vander, Shital vander, comilla tower , Zangalia wapdha coloni, sarak baban, electricity baban, ranir bazar , comilla biswa road, noorjahan hoel, monamoti cantonment, of beat hotel, time squire hotel, high way inn hotell Gaz bavan........................................we need to see all comilla towens and villages because we love comilla so much

[meghnarmajhi]

Originally Posted by bd4ever

MY big brother, Can we see kindly more pics about another places of comilla like Sattar tower, comilla airport, EPZ, Race corce , MATRI Vander, Shital vander, comilla tower , Zangalia wapdha coloni, sarak baban, electricity baban, ranir bazar , comilla biswa road, noorjahan hoel, monamoti cantonment, of beat hotel, time squire hotel, high way inn hotell Gaz bavan........................................we need to see all comilla towens and villages because we love comilla so much

Hello bd4ever,

Welcome to the forum. We all love Comilla so much..... We are always looking for pictures of different parts of Bangladesh. We post them when we find them. If you or someone you know has pictures of Comilla, please share them with us.

[TIslam]

Originally Posted by meghnarmajhi

I missed these pictures. They were posted during last Eid. Nice pitures, callapu. I like Comilla so much that a few times I took bus rides just to be there for a few hours..... then come back the same day.

What is the distance between Dhaka (city) and Comilla? Isn't it about 60 miles? Just about the same distance between Ann Arbor and Sterling Heights, where many of my friends reside. It is about an hour to hour and a half to drive there. What is the commute time these days between Dhaka and Comilla?

[TIslam]

Originally Posted by meghnarmajhi

Hello bd4ever,

Welcome to the forum. We all love Comilla so much..... We are always looking for pictures of different parts of Bangladesh. We post them when we find them. If you or someone you know has pictures of Comilla, please share them with us.

Speaking of pictures, we would like to see pictures of Comilla airport and the cantonment area, if possible.

[meghnarmajhi]

Originally Posted by TIslam

What is the distance between Dhaka (city) and Comilla? Isn't it about 60 miles? Just about the same distance between Ann Arbor and Sterling Heights, where many of my friends reside. It is about an hour to hour and a half to drive there. What is the commute time these days between Dhaka and Comilla?

I went to comilla by express bus a while ago. I don't remember how long it took me - but, i finished the task i had in hand, had lunch and mishti, and made it back the same day. i hear that it's a lot better now - even by public transport.

[manbil777]

Originally Posted by meghnarmajhi

I went to comilla by express bus a while ago. I don't remember how long it took me - but, i finished the task i had in hand, had lunch and mishti, and made it back the same day. i hear that it's a lot better now - even by public transport.

I'd say about three hours these days -- give or take half an hour. Yeah Majhi Bhai, can't forget the Mishti

Comilla Roshomalai is famous stuff. Originally the Moira (Sweets makers) people were employed under the Tripura Kings in Comilla before they moved to Agartala after India broke up and E. Pakistan was created. Sachin Dev Burman was a cousin to one of the kings at that time and he was (as we all know) culturally active.

Comilla was the seat of the Tripura kings and a large portion of Eastern Bengal was under their rule (mostly Comilla + Noakhali + Tripura).