List of renamed places in Bangladesh

The following is the list of places in Bangladesh that underwent a name change.[a] 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[6]
* Bagh-e-Badshahi → Shahbag
* Bikrampur → Munshiganj
* Fatehabad → Faridpur
* Dhaka → Jahangir Nagar → Dacca → Dhaka
* Ramna Race Course → Suhrawardy Udyan

## Chattogram Division

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* Bhulua → Bhullooah → 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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* Bhoborpara → 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 → Jalalabad → 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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Footnotes

1. ^ Multiple references:[1][2][3][4][5]

Citations

1. ^ "Bangladesh changes English spellings of five districts". Bdnews24.com. Dhaka. 2018-02-04. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
2. ^ Mahadi Al Hasnat (2 April 2018). "Mixed reactions as govt changes English spellings of 5 district names". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
3. ^ "Politics of renaming". The Daily Star. 26 December 2009. Archived from the original on 2023-12-05.
4. ^ "New names, new solutions". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
5. ^ "'A' is for 'orange'". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
6. ^ Lawrence J. Vale (2008). Architecture, Power and National Identity (2nd ed.). Routledge. p. 282\. ISBN 978-1-134-72921-0.