BanglaCapsule | Rangpur Timeline  

2010 Rangpur was made the seventh administrative division of Bangladesh after separating the districts of Rangpur, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Dinajpur, Lalmonirhaat, Panchagarh and Thakurgaon from Rajshahi division.
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2010 Rangpur, a division currently comprised of a combined population of 14,847,000, started its administrative activities as the country's seventh division.
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