Bagerhat District Brief Information and Places of Interest
Bagerhat District Brief Information and Places of Interest- Bagerhat is a district in southwestern Bangladesh. It belongs to Khulna division. Bagerhat district is divided into 9 upazila. The first settlers in Bagerhat were the non-Aryans. These include the Austrians and Dravidians from the Mediterranean region and the Mongolian Alpine. The Paundrakshatriya community is a great example of the non-Aryan influence in this region. People of this community live in different places of this district especially in Rampal upazila. Pundra is a corruption of the word Pura or pod. The word Pandora is a Dravidian word meaning sugarcane. The people of the Namasudra community belonging to the non-Aryan class also live in large numbers in Bagerhat. Their former name is Chandal. They come from Barind region and live here. Besides, there is a class of fishermen or fishermen living in Bagerhat whose original males are Negrobatu (Negroid). They are the earliest inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. Abo