Santahar
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Santahar
সান্তাহার | |
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Santahar Junction Station Santahar Silo Lalmoni Express | |
| Nickname: Railway City | |
  Santahar Location of Santahar in Rajshahi Division  Santahar Santahar (Bangladesh) | |
| Coordinates: 24°48′26″N 88°59′10″E / 24.8071°N 88.9861°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Division | Rajshahi |
| District | Bogra |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali • English |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
| Postal code | 5800-5899 |
Santahar (Bengali: সান্তাহার) is a municipality, and a town located in Bogura District, in Rajshahi Division, in Bangladesh. Santahar is mostly known for its important and grand junction station, which serves many inter-city and mail passenger rail routes from western and central Bangladesh.
History
Since 1878, the railway journey from Kolkata (then known as Calcutta) to Siliguri was divided into two parts. The initial leg covered 185 kilometers along the Eastern Bengal State Railway, starting from Calcutta Station (later Sealdah) and ending at Damookdeah Ghat on the southern bank of the Padma River. Crossing the river involved a ferry. The second part of the journey spanned 336 kilometers (209 miles) on the metre gauge North Bengal Railway, connecting Saraghat on the northern bank of the Padma to Siliguri. It was during this period that Santahar emerged as a notable railway station.[1]
Between 1899 and 1900, the Brahmaputra-Sultanpur Railway Company built a metre gauge railway line connecting Santahar to Fulchhari on the western bank of the Jamuna (Brahmaputra River).
The Kolkata-Siliguri main line underwent gradual conversion to broad gauge. The Shakole-Santahar segment was upgraded between 1910 and 1914, coinciding with the construction of the Hardinge Bridge, which was completed in 1915. Subsequently, the Santahar-Parbatipur section was converted in 1924.
During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, members of the Mukti Bahini massacred 15,000 Biharis in Santahar[2]
Santahar Junction Station
Santahar Junction railway station is extremely important to Bangladesh's railway system. This junction station is a stoppage on many different services in the country. A service that stops in this station is the Lalmoni Express, which terminates in the small town of Lalmonirhat in Rangpur.[3]
Transportation
Road
Santahar is connected by many minor highways and roads in Bangladesh, such as the N516.[4]
Railway
Many rail services in Bangladesh have a stoppage in Santahar, such as the Banglabandhu Express, Drujatan Express, and Lalmoni Express. The Mitali Express, which is a co-owned rail service between India Railways and Bangladesh Railway, also stops at Santahar, on its way to Siliguri from Dhaka.[5]
Public transport
Rickshaws are the main modes of transport within the city. Inter-city bus services also stop at Santahar.[6]
Demographics
Bengali is the main language for the people of the town. Many distinctive Bengali dialects and regional languages are also spoken.
See also
References
- ^ "Santahar Railway Station Map/Atlas BR/Bangladesh Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ Kamrani, Farrukh (15 December 2017). "Fall of Dhaka: How Mukti Bahini 'cleansed' Santahar town of non-Bengalis". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Amartrain".
- ^ "Detailed Clear Large Road Map of Bangladesh - Ezilon Maps". www.ezilon.com. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Bangladesh Railway E-ticketing Service". railapp.railway.gov.bd. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Rome2rio".
