Backergunge District

Backergunge Bakarganj বাকেরগঞ্জ
District of the Bengal Presidency
1760–1947
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Backergunge District in a 1909 Eastern Bengal map of The Imperial Gazetteer of India
Capital	Barisal
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 of	Bangladesh
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, 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.