Notable Personalities

• Freedom Fighters
  
  Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta (1886-1971), ex-Minister of Law, Language movement activist and Shaheed of 1971
  Lt-Col. Akbar Hussain (1942-2006), veteran freedom fighter, ex-Minister of Mineral Sources (1978), ex-Minister of Forest Preservation (1991), ex-Minister of Inland Water Transports (2001)
  Mamtaj Begum, veteran woman freedom fighter, member of BLF
  Abdul Quddus Makhon, member & one of the organizers of Mukti Bahini, student leader, one of four popular DUCSU leaders during Muktijuddho known as 'Char Kholifa' (Four Caliphs; including A. S. M. Abdur Rab, Tofayel Ahmed and Shahjahan Siraj)
  Shib Narayan Das, member of BLF one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh.
  
  Politicians
  
  Nowab Musharaf Hussein (1871-1966), ex-Minister of Education
  Kamini Kumar Dutta (1878-1958), ex-Minister
  Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad(1918-1996), ex-President of Bangladesh, ex-Minister and member of Exile Cabinet of Meherpur Government
  Capt. Sujat Ali (1926-2007), ex-Minister, founder of Sujat Ali College
  Kazi Zafar Ahmed (1930-), member of the presidium of Jatiya Party, ex-Prime Minister (1988), ex-Minister of Education (1986)
  Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, member of the standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, ex-Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources (1991) and ex-Minister of Health & Family Welfare (2001)
  Prof. Shamsul Haque, ex-Minister of Education
  Hazi A.K.M Bahar, Member Of Parlament (2009-2013).
  etc.
  
  Social Activists and Philanthropists
  
  Nawab Faizunnesa, poetess, pioneer in woman's education, founder of Faizunnesa Girls’ School
  Maheshchandra Bhattacharya (1858-1944), munificent
  Capt. Naren Dutta, physician and founder of Srikail College
  Dr. Zobaida Hannan, physician (gynecologist), philanthropist and Ekushey Padak laureate.
  Munshi Faruque Ahmed (b.1955), former Joint Secretary of Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, founder of numerous educational institutions and social development organizations in the region
  etc.

Comilla Details

• Climate
  
• Height about 6m / 19 feet above sea level. 24-hr Average Temperature Respectively :
  
  
  
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec - °C 19.0, 21.4, 25.6, 27.8, 28.5, 28.2, 28.0, 28.1, 28.3, 27.3, 23.9, 20.1
  
  
• Comilla is well known as a city for education; educational institutions include Comilla University, Comilla Medical College, Comilla Victoria College, Comilla Cadet College (formerly Comilla Residential Model College). BARD at Kotbari is well known for research on rural development, which is a brain child of the eminent educationist Dr. Akhter Hamid Khan (formerly Principal of Comilla Victoria College, formerly Sub-Divisional Officer). His formula for Rural Development has four subdivisions, namely Cooperatives, Irrigation, Rural Works, and Plan Books. Based on this theme, a reputed government organisation, LGED, was formed, which is headed by an Executive Engineer in districts and holds three of the themes of Dr. Akhter Hamid Khan.
  
  Natural gas is the main natural resource of this district. Bakhrabad Gas Company has its headquarters in Comilla.
  
• Land and economy
  
  Narrow streets of Kandirpar. Kandirpar is considered as the heart of the town.
  Main occupations Agriculture 43.28%, commerce 11.6%, service 10.78%, transport 3.36%, agricultural labourer 15.89%, wage labourer 2.46%, construction 1.03%, and others 11.6%.
  
  Land use Total cultivable land 243596.93 hectares; single crop 18.05%, double crop 63.99% and treble crop land 17.96%.
  
  Land control Among the peasants 30% are landless, 46% small, 20% intermediate and 4% rich.
  
  Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is 135000 Taka per 0.01 hectare.
  
  Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, mustard seed, brinjal.
  
  Extinct or nearly extinct crops Linseed, sesame, sweet potato, china and kaun.
  
  Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, banana, coconut, palm, guava and blackberry.
  
  Fisheries, dairies, poultries Dairy 28, poultry 109, fishery 27, hatchery 69, nursery 200.
  
  Manufactories In the second half of the eighteenth century east India company established a large cotton mill at Charpata on the south of the district. Cotton cloths were exported to other districts in those days. At present Comilla Khaddar is famous in the country. Manufactories include textile mills: Halima Textile Mills; iron and steel factory: Mozaher Cooperative Mills, Radharani Manufacturing Works, Qayum Steel Mills Ltd.; pharmaceuticals- Skylab, Comilla Ayurvedic Pharmacy, Sharma Chemical (extinct), Arco Industry.
  
  
  Manufacturers of popular Comilla sweetmeats are mostly based on this Manoharpur area of the town.Cottage industries Comilla is noted for potteries of Bijoypur. Other cottage industries include bamboo and cane works, Shital Pati, hooka, and madur (mat) made of murta tree.
  
  Main hats, bazars and fairs Most noted hats, bazars and fairs (Mela) are Dulalpur, Companyganj, Rajganj, Bibir Bazar, Daulatganj,Nangalkot, Nimshar, Chandina, Gunabati Bazar, Homna, Ramchandrapur, Bangshanagar, Chauddagram, Govindapur, Monipur, Chandimura, Madhavpur, Mohanpur, Rasulpur, Syedpur, Madhaya, Eliotganj, Baroikandi, Changini Bazar, Chawkbazar, Mainamati Mela, Punra Mela, Chandala Mela, Baira Mela, Betakhali Mela, etc.
  
  Main exports khaddar cloth, coconut, dry chilly, dry fish, egg, poultries and potteries.
  
  Mineral resources natural gas (Bakharabad in Sreekail. Bakhrabad gas field lies in the Muradnagar upazila under Comilla district some 40 km away to the east from capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Like Titas & Habiganj fields Bakhrabad gas field was discovered by Pakistan Shell Oil Co. Ltd. in 1969. The Bakhrabad anticline, as defined by seismic, is a narrow, elongate almost symmetrical fold about 69 km long up to 10 km wide. Total recoverable gas reserves of this field re-estimated by Hydrocarbon Unit is 1,049 billion cubic feet (29.7 km3). Commercial gas production from this field was started in 1984 and till August 31, 2006 total 658.110 billion cubic feet (18.6356 km3) or 62.74 percent of reserves has been recovered.