NS Road explained

Country:	BGD
NS Road
Map Custom:	yes
Length Km:	2.7
Direction A:	East
Direction B:	West
Terminus A:	Raja Bhuvan Pratap Roy Road (Bouro Bazar Rail Gate)
Terminus B:	Girjanath Majumdar Road (Municipal area)
Marker Image:	Nawab Sirajuddaula Road
Maint:	Kushtia Municipality
Translation:	নবাব সিরাজউদ্দৌলা সড়ক এনএস রোড
Photo Notes:	NS Road painted on canvas in acrylic paint

Nawab Sirajuddaula Road (previous name: High Street) is the main and busiest road of Kushtia city. The road is known as NS Road. Economic and business activities of Kushtia mainly depend on this road. The road is named after Nawab Sirajuddaula.^[1]

It is an ancient road, there are many ancient and important buildings and institutions of the city along this road. These are (east to west)-

1. Bouro Bazar market
2. Ashok Dadhi Bhandar, An ancient and traditional sweet shop
3. Dinmani Secondary School (1930)
4. Lovely Tower (1999), Kushtia's first ever 10-storey building and modern shopping mall
5. Kushtia Government Girls High School (1876)
6. Parimal Tower
7. Bangabandhu Super Market
8. Municipality Market
9. Zilla Parishad Super Market
10. Kushtia Central Jame Masjid
11. Kushtia Islamia College
12. Kushtia Public Library
13. District Registry Office
14. Kushtia Model Police Station Office
15. Kushtia Mission Secondary School
16. Kushtia High School (1861)
17. Residence of the Executive Engineer
18. Kushtia Municipal Office

Naming history

At one time this road was called High Street. The road was renamed Nawab Shaheed Sirajddaula Road to preserve the memory of the last independent Nawab of Bengal-Bihar-Orissa . Later Nawab Sirajuddaula Road was renamed after removing the word Shaheed . Which is now known to people as NS Road.

Notes and References

1. Book: Anwar Ali . সার্ধশতবর্শ স্মারকগ্রন্থ ১৮৬৯-২০১৯ . Kushtia Municipality . March 2019 . 978-984-34608-1-3 . Milon Sarkar . Kushtia . 60 . bn . SARDHOSHATOBARSHO SMARAKGRANTHO 1869-2019 . 2024-08-08 . Md. Monirul Islam.