What is Backergunje?
'''Backergunje''', or '''Bakarganj''' was a former district of [[British India]] in the [[Dhaka Division|Dacca division]] of Eastern [[Bengal]] and [[Assam]], and is now mostly in [[Bangladesh]]. In the year 1901, the population was 2,291,752. The district was mainly flat even country with areas of [[bamboo]] and [[betelnut]] trees, and was crossed by dark-coloured and sluggish streams. There was not a hill in the whole district. ==Rivers== The main rivers of the district were the [[Meghna]], the [[Arial Khan]] and the [[Haringhata]] or [[Baleswar]]. The [[Haringhata]], [[Baleswar]], [[Madhumati]] and [[Garai]] are different names for the same river - people could travel throughout the district by boat. ==People== There were small trading [[village]]s throughout the district, and each area had [[fair]]s to trade. The condition of the people was good, people had land and were able to grow rice to support their families, for this reason it was very hard to hire people for work. {{1911}} {{History-stub}} [[Category:Districts of British India]]