Ramna Thana


Ramna is a historic colonial neighborhood in central Dhaka. Once the site of Mughal gardens, it developed into an institutional area during British rule in the late 19th century. It became a focal point for Dhaka's modernization in the 1960s. It was the scene of many tumultuous events that ushered the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
The Ramna Park is the largest park in Dhaka, seen being akin to Calcutta's Maidan, London's Hyde Park and New York's Central Park. The Suhrawardy Udyan is the second largest park in Dhaka. The annual parades and concerts of the Bengali New Year take place in Ramna.
Ramna hosts the University of Dhaka, the Bangladesh Supreme Court, the Dhaka High Court, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CIRDAP, the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh headquarter, the InterContinental Dhaka hotel, the Dhaka Club, the Bangladesh National Museum, the Bangla Academy, the International Mother Language Institute, the Dhaka Medical College, BIRDEM Hospital, the British Council Dhaka, the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Shaheed Minar, the official residences of the Bangladeshi ministers and official state guest houses.

Geography

Ramna is at. It has an area of.

Demographics

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Ramna had a population of 195,167. Males constituted 58.32% of the population and females 41.68%. The thana's population of those age 18 and higher was 127,049.

In popular culture

In Islamabad, Pakistan, "Ramna" refers to the areas that fall under the G series which was named after this sub-district in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This name was given at the time East Pakistan was still a part of Pakistan and meant to acknowledge its importance to West Pakistan. The term is used as: G-10, G-8, G-11.