Backergunge District

Backergunge
Bakarganj
বাকেরগঞ্জ
District of the Bengal Presidency
1760–1947
Flag of Backergunge District
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Backergunge District in a 1909 Eastern Bengal map of The Imperial Gazetteer of India
CapitalBarisal
Area 
• 1901
11,763 km2 (4,542 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
2,291,752
History 
• Establishment of the district
1760
• Partition of India
1947
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Mughal Empire
East Pakistan
Barisal Division
Today part ofBangladesh
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Backergunje". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Backergunge, Backergunje, Bakarganj, or Bakerganj was a former district of British India. It was the southernmost district of the Dacca Division. The district was located in the swampy lowlands of the vast delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers.

Backergunge District was established in 1760 under the Bengal Presidency.[1] In 1947 the district became part of East Pakistan. The area of the former Backergunge district is now covered by the Barisal Division of Bangladesh. The current administrative division also contains a Barisal District and a Bakerganj Upazila.