Notable Natives and Residents
- Michael Madhusudan Datta - Poet and Dramatist
- Mahendra Lal Bose - Philanthropist and Educationist
- Moshiur Rahman - The highest-ranked political leader of the Bangladesh independence movement; he was assassinated by Pakistani occupying forces. He was the closest disciple of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a founding member of Awami League, Member of the Parliament, Minister of Law and Justice, Freedom fighter against the British occupation of India, leading voice in Bangla Language Movement, and a lawyer.
- S M Babar, freedom fighter.
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Famous quotes containing the words notable, natives and/or residents:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“The partridge and the rabbit are still sure to thrive, like true natives of the soil, whatever revolutions occur. If the forest is cut off, the sprouts and bushes which spring up afford them concealment, and they become more numerous than ever. That must be a poor country indeed that does not support a hare. Our woods teem with them both.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Most of the folktales dealing with the Indians are lurid and romantic. The story of the Indian lovers who were refused permission to wed and committed suicide is common to many places. Local residents point out cliffs where Indian maidens leaped to their death until it would seem that the first duty of all Indian girls was to jump off cliffs.”
—For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)