Rampasha Union
Rampasha (Bengali: রামপাশা, Sylheti: ꠞꠣꠝꠙꠣꠡꠣ) is a Union Council of Bishwanath Upazila of Sylhet District in north-east Bangladesh. It is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the east of Bioragibazar. The Union Council office of Rampasha is situated in the east side of the village. Rampasha is famous for being the ancestral home of Dewan Ali Raja, a zamidar and a songwriter father of Hason Raja, a Bengali poet, mystic philosopher, and folksongs writer and composer who gained international recognition few years after his death, when Nobel Prize laureate, poet Rabindranath Tagore mentioned him in his lectures at Oxford University.
Rampasha রামপাশা | |
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Village | |
  Rampasha Location of Rampasha in Bangladesh | |
| Coordinates: 24.857941°N 91.727728°E | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Division | Sylhet |
| District | Sylhet |
| Upazila | Bishwanath |
| Union council | Rampasha |
Notable people
- Hason Raja, mystic poet, musician, philosopher
References
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