My Home Town

Dhaka is my home town. It is the capital and largest city in Bangladesh. It is located in the great deltaic region of the Ganges and Brahamaputra rivers. Dhaka was founded during the 12th century. Many believe that the name of the city was derived after the establishment of the Goddes Dakeshwaris temple by RajaBalal Sen. The area of the Dhaka is 414 sq.km. and the total estimated populationare 8.5 million. The city is within the monsoon climate zone. Dhaka is located in one of the world's leading rice-and jute- growing regions. Its industries include textiles (jute, muslin, cotton) and food processing, especially rice milling. A variety of other consumer goods are also manufactured here. The muslim influence is reflected in the more than 700 mosques and historic buildings found throughout the city. The University of Dhaka (1921) and several technical schools and measuam are located here. Dhaka has many adventages for higher and specialised education, employments. trade and commerce. As such, Dhaka always attracts people from other parts of the city. It is also very important city because our fight for independence start from this city. This city carries lots of memory about that fight during 1971. Our fight for independence start as early as 1952, when students from University of Dhaka fight for our language "Bengali". Many student lost their lives on that day while fighting with government. Based on this, 21st February every year is celebrate as 'International Mother Language Day'.
The city is also known as one of the mega city in the world. It is highly over crowed and pollution level is higher than most of the major cities in the world. But still our peoples are ranked happiest in the world few years ago. Those who live in this city are very friendly and social. We participate all major celebrations. I personally welcome you all to visit my lovely city.