Sylhet Division
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Sylhet Division is a region in northeastern Bangladesh that serves as an administrative area for organizing government services and local governance. It is historically and culturally significant as a tea-growing region and is known for its lush landscape, making it an important part of Bangladesh's economy and cultural identity.
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Sylhet Division (Bengali: সিলেট বিভাগ, pronounced [sileʈ bibʱaɡ] ) is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It covers an area of approximately 12,298 km (4,748 sq mi), and shares international borders with the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively—while domestically it adjoins the divisions of Chattogram to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west. Sylhet's eponymous capital is the fifth-largest urban agglomeration in Bangladesh.
Prior to Partition in 1947, it included Karimganj subdivision (presently in Barak Valley, Assam, India). However, Karimganj (including the thanas of Badarpur, Patharkandi and Ratabari) was inexplicably severed from Sylhet by the Radcliffe Boundary Commission. According to Niharranjan Ray, it was partly due to a plea from a delegation led by Abdul Matlib Mazumdar.