The ancient name of Munshiganj was Idrakpur. During the Mughal rule, there was a man named Munshi Haider Hossain in this Idrakpur village. He was appointed faujdar by the Mughal ruler. Munshiganj was named after Munshi Haider Hossain, a very kind and philanthropist. According to some, Munshiganj was named after zamindar Enayet Ali Munshi.
Munshiganj is a traditional area very close to Dhaka. Although there is a lot of craze among the people about Arial Bill, many people are unaware of the traces of many ancient villages scattered all over Munshiganj district. Due to the lack of conservation, reform, and publicity, much of this traditional district is being overlooked by travel thirsty people. The birthplace of Atish Dipankar, a thousand-year-old monk, is the Idrakpur fort, the huge Rampal Dighi, the Dhaleshwari river, the Ichhamati river, the confluence of the Padma and Meghna, the innumerable canals, and the Arial beel are now popular with travelers. The shady streets of Munshiganj city and its environs can fascinate you if you take a rickshaw/auto ride.

Bikrampur is also famous for the birth of famous and famous people. Like the birthplace of Brazen Das, the only English Channel winner in Bangladesh, Bikrampur, the ancestral home of the famous scientist Jagadish Chandra is also located in Munshiganj district. Apart from Humayun Azad, an unconventional writer, popular fiction writer Imdadul Haque Milon was also born in Munshiganj district. Many people may have read Manik Bandopadhyay’s novel but do not know that Manik was born in the ancient city of Bikrampur. The country’s second-largest Lalon song festival is held every winter in the village of Padmahem Dham in Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj. Padmahem Dham is an ideal place to spend the night camping.

Munshiganj district can be reached from Dhaka in different ways. If you are an adventure lover, you can take a bus, launch, trawler, and even a train journey on one tour. Here is a description of how to go a that different way.
How to go to Munshiganj
First, go under the Fulbaria Bridge in Gulistan. From here you will get many buses to Hilsa, Swadhin, and Mawagami. Tell the bus owners to get off at Bezgaon in Srinagar Upazila of Munshiganj. The bus fare will be 50 rupees per person. Get off at Bezgaon in Srinagar and reserve an auto from there to Gadighat at a fare of TK 200. You can go down to Gadighat and have breakfast if you want. Then from there reserve a trawler to tour Arial Bill, rent TK 400 per hour. Take the trawler for one and a half to two hours. Because there is a shortage of time on this day tour. The trawler fare for one and a half hours will be 600 rupees. And the rent for 2 hours will be 800 TK. In the morning, you will see Arial Bill in the bright light of the golden sun. During this one and a half-hour period, the fishermen can go fishing, walk around the beel of laughter, soak their feet in the water of the beel, anyone can take a bath if they want. Enjoy this mesmerizing beauty of Bill in one and a half to two hours. After seeing the Arial bill, come back to Srinagar Bazar with an auto reserve of Tk. 200. From there, reserve a new auto to visit Munshiganj city. Tell Autowala to show you Idrakpur Fort, Rampal Dighi, Atish Dipankar’s house, Baba Adam’s Mosque, Nagar Kasba Nagari, Mir Kadim’s Bridge, Pal Bari, Nateshwar Bodh Bihar, Sonarang Jora Math and drop you off at Munshiganj Launch Ghat. Auto rent will be maximum of 800/900 TK. One auto can seat 6 people comfortably. It will take a maximum of 4 hours to visit all the places because all the places are very close. Google Maps will help a lot here. After touring, you can have lunch with the famous Padma Hilsa in the afternoon in Munshiganj. If you don’t eat hilsa, you can eat any other food of your choice. Try to eat this food in the afternoon because, in the middle of the day, which means when you eat lunch, the body leaves completely. Energy is not available. After eating, come to Munshiganj launch dock. Rent a trawler at Tk 20 per person and wear it on any launch going to Dhaka. Launch fare from Munshiganj to Dhaka is 50 TK per person. The launch will reach Dhaka in 45 minutes to one hour. After getting on the launch, you will forget the fatigue of the whole day. Come to Dhaka in the twilight evening or in the dim light of night to enjoy the beauty of Dhaleshwari and Shitalakshya. What else do you want to see in a day 10/12 hour tour? Undoubtedly, you will have a wonderful day. The minimum cost of this tour is a 600/750 TK per person.

Many students of Munshiganj study in Dhaka. They can present their district to their friends on this route very nicely if they want. Every district city of Bangladesh is quite tidy, make sure that you don’t damage its environment Don’t ruin the environment by throwing dirt there.
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