Tongi is a major township in Gazipur, Bangladesh, with a population of 350,000. It hosts the Biswa Ijtema and features a BSCIC industrial area, which produces BDT 1500 crore of industrial products annually, and marks the northern border of Dhaka since 1786. Tongi Shahid Smrity high School compound is mass burial site of the genocide in Liberation War of Bangladesh.
A road in Tongi
Ruins of Tungy Bridge, an etching by Charles D'Oyly's (1825).
Turag River
Tongi junction
Gazipur is a district in central Bangladesh that is part of the Dhaka Division. It has an area of 1741.53 km2. It is the home district of Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and has been a prominent centre of battles and movements throughout history. Gazipur is home to the Bishwa Ijtema, the second-largest annual Muslim gathering in the world with over 5 million attendees. The district is home to numerous universities, colleges, the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park, Bhawal National Park as well as the country's only business park - the Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City.
Image: IUT Lake Auditorium
Image: Bhawal Estate
Image: মৎস্য কন্যা
Image: Lotus in front of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park
