List of renamed places in Bangladesh

The following is the list of places in Bangladesh that underwent a name change.[1][2][3][4] The most common names in English are in bold letters.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2018)

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## Barishal Division

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* Barisal → Barishal

## Dhaka Division

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* Anta Gharer Maidan → Victoria Park → Bahadur Shah Park
* Ayub Nagar → Sher-e-Bangla Nagar[5]
* Bagh-e-Badshahi → Shahbag
* Bikrampur → Munshiganj
* Fatehabad → Faridpur
* Dhaka → Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka
* Ramna Race Course → Suhrawardy Udyan

## Chattogram Division

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* Bollua → Noakhali
* Chittagong → Chattogram
* Daruchini Dwip → Narikel jinjira → St. Martin's Island
* Panowa → Palongkee → Cox's Bazar
* Sagarnaiya → Chhagalnaiya
* Shamshernagar → Feni
* Tippera → Roshnabad → Komolangk → Comilla → Cumilla

## Khulna Division

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* Baidyanathtala → Mujibnagar
* Jessore → Jashore

## Mymensingh Division

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* Nasirabad → Mymensingh

## Rajshahi Division

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* Bogra → Bogura
* Nawabganj → Chapai Nawabganj

## Sylhet Division

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* Srihatta → Sirhat → Silhet → Sylhet

## See also

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* List of renamed places in India
* List of renamed places in Pakistan

## References

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1. ^ "Politics of renaming". The Daily Star. 26 December 2009.
2. ^ "New names, new solutions". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
3. ^ "'A' is for 'orange'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
4. ^ "Bangladesh changes English spellings of five districts". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
5. ^ Lawrence J. Vale (2008). Architecture, Power and National Identity (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 282\. ISBN 978-1-134-72921-0.