Munshiganj is one of the largest producer of rice in Bangladesh. It produces significant amount of jute, wheat, and other vegetables. It also produces sugar cane, tobacco, pulse, onion, garlic and turmaric.

History

Bikrampur (Munshiganj) was the political and cultural centre of ancient Bengal survives only in the name of an area in the Munshigonj district of Bangladesh. The remains of the city of Bikrampur, the capital of the ancient kingdoms of southeastern Bengal, are lost and its location can only be guessed on the basis of available data. Bangla, Old History

In the ancient period Bikrampur was undoubtedly the most important political centre in the Banga janapada. Indeed, it was the capital city of the Chandra, Varman, Sena, rulers, from the beginning of the 10th century AD to the beginning of the 13th century AD.

The name of Bikramapur survived in the name of a pargana in the Mughal period. Today the name does not exist even officially; but the inhabitants of a vast tract of land in the Munshigonj district still feel pride in saying that they belong to Bikramapur, which, of course, emanates from the past glory of the area. Also, within the confines of Munshigonj, the colonial era mansion of Bodrul Islam, the renowned Kombal merchant, is located.

Interest Place

Archaeological heritage are still found all around Vikrampur, although a large number of these sites is now being missed due to erosion of river Padma. The following is a summary of heritage that is worth visiting.

Munshigonj town: Idrakpur Fort (1660), Panditer vita (birth place of Atish Dipankar Srijnan) at Bajrayogini, Baba Adam's Mosque, Dighi of Raja Haris chandra, home stead of Raja Ballal Sen, home stead of Raja Sreenath at Rampal, Rampal Dighi, Kodal Dhoar Dighi, marble statue of Ashutosh Ganguly inside the library room of Haraganga College.

Sreenagar: Shyamsiddhi Math, Hasara Dargah, Sholaghar Math, Bhagyakul Rajbari, residence of Jagadis Chandra Basu at Radhikhal, Jora Math at Sonarang,

Tongibari: Kalibari, Taltala Pancha-shikhara Mahadeva Temple, Talukdarbari Mosque at Kusumpur, Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Kazishal Mosque, Pulghata Bridge, Panch Pir Dargah,

Sirajdikhan: A single domed mosque at Kusumpur (Talukdar-bari Mosque, Mughal period), Tajpur Mosque, Patharghata Mosque, Qazishal Mosque, Pulghata Bridge, math at village Fegnasar, math at the house of Kankata De at village Tajpur and Panchasikhar Mahadeva Mandir (temple) at Taltala. A large shiva-linga (phallus of god Shiva) is placed inside this temple.

Sreenagar: Archaeological heritage Shyamsiddhir Math, Sholaghar Math, Bhagyakul Rajbari.

Famous people from the district include:

• Professor A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Former President of Bangladesh
• Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser, Non-Party Caretaker Government of Bangladesh
• A. R. Khandakar, former Inspector General of Police, freedom fighter, Ekushey Padak recipient
• Atish Dipankar, Buddhist teacher who reintroduced Buddhism to Tibet
• Humayun Azad, a linguistic scientist, poet and novelist
• Nurul Momen Khan, freedom fighter and bureacrat
• Badal Gupta, revolutionary against British rule
• Benoy Basu, revolutionary against British rule
• Brojen Das, the first Asian to swim across the English Channel, and the first person to cross it four times.
• Dinesh Gupta, revolutionary against British rule
• Durga Mohan Das, Brahmo reformer
• Dwarkanath Ganguly, Brahmo reformer
• Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh
• Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bengali physicist
• Md. Aminul Islam Khan , Electrical Engineer
• M. A. Naser, Pioneer in engineering education, former Vice Chancellor or BUET, Ekushey Padak recipient

Information Taken From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munshiganj_District