Summary
Thana or Thânâ (Bengali: থানা literally "police station") mean the district controlled by a police station.
History edit
The term "Thana" was introduced under a regulation issued on 7 November 1792 by the government of the Bengal Presidency. It referred to a unit of police administration. The district magistrates were asked to divide their respective districts into police jurisdictions called 'thana'.[1]
After the independence of Bangladesh, Thana became subdistrict in the administrative geography of Bangladesh. The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year later, redesignating and upgrading the existing thanas as upazilas.[2] Later in 1999 geographic regions under administrations of thanas were converted into upazilas.[1] All administrative terms in this level were renamed from thana to upazila.
The word thana is now used to solely refer to police stations. Generally, there is one police station for each upazila. However, larger administrative units may have more than one police station covering different regions.
See also edit
- Bangladesh Police
- Category:Thanas of Dhaka
References edit
- ^ a b AMM Shawkat Ali (2012). "Thana". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ^ Kamal Siddiqui (2012). "Local Government". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.