Dhaka-12 Dhaka-12 Dhaka-12 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Asaduzzaman Khan of the Awami League. The constituency encompasses Dhaka North City Corporation wards 24 through 27, 35, and 36. The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15, and
University of Dhaka first institute of the university. The establishment of the university was a compensation of the annulment of the 1905 Partition of Bengal. The partition had established Eastern Bengal and Assam as a separate province, with Dhaka as its capital. However, the partition was abolished in 1911 due to severe opposition from Indian National Congress and Bengali Hindus. To appease the people of East Bengal, Lord Curzon declared that a university as a center of excellence would be established in Dacca. Khwaja Salimullah, the Nawab of Dhaka, also played a pioneering role in establishing a university in Dhaka. In 1913, public