Cox's Bazar Sea Beach And Its Surroundings - Verse Paragraph Poem by Muzahidul Reza

Cox's Bazar Sea Beach And Its Surroundings - Verse Paragraph
March 24, 2020


The largest sea beach in the world is the Cox's Bazaar Sea Beach
Situated at the shore of the Bay of Bengal
To the most southern part of my country, Bangladesh
This sea-beach is around 120 kilometers long,

Every year many tourists come here
From home and abroad to enjoy its natural beauty
The scene of sunrise and sunset can be enjoyed from this beach
People collect sea-shells, pearls and more here

This is very fascinating and a great attraction
For all the beauty lovers,
It is a city, fishing port, tourism center
And district headquarters in southeastern Bangladesh,

The beach in Cox's Bazar is sandy and has a gentle slope
And with an unbroken length Of 155 km (96 mi)
It is often termed
The "longest natural unbroken sea beach" in the world

There many disputes over that claim
Since the Federal Republic of Brazil has over 4,500 miles
Of coastline on the South Atlantic which covers sand beaches
Such Copacabana in the State of Rio de Janeiro,

It is located 150 km (93 mi) south
Of the divisional headquarter of Chittagong
Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, which translates literally as "yellow flower", another old name was "Palongkee".

The modern Cox's Bazar derives its name from Captain Hiram Cox,
An officer of the British East India Company
Cox was appointed Superintendent of Palongkee outpost
After Warren Hastings became Governor of Bengal,

He embarked upon the task of rehabilitation and settlement
Of the Arakanese refugees in the area,
Captain Cox died in 1799 before he could finish his work to commemorate his role in rehabilitation work,

A market was established and named Cox's Bazar after him
Unlike many locations in the Indian Subcontinent where
Place names dating from the colonial period have been changed,
Cox's name is still retained in the city he founded,

Cox's Bazar is one of the most visited tourist spots in Bangladesh,
Although not a major international tourist destination,
In 2013, the Bangladesh Government formed
The Tourist Police unit to protect local

And foreign tourists better,
As well as to look after nature
And wildlife in the tourist spots of Cox's Bazar
To manage a better arrangement there in Cox's Bazar,

Cox's Bazar Town was constituted in 1869,
Eventually becoming a B-grade municipality in 1989,
Located along the Bay of Bengal in South-Eastern Bangladesh,
Cox's Bazar Town is a health resort,

But it is famous mostly for its long natural sandy beach
The municipality covers an area of 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi) with 27 Mahallas and 9 wards and has a population of 51,918, Cox's Bazar is Connected by road and air with Chittagong;

The greater Chittagong area, including Cox's Bazar,
Was under the rule of Arakan kings
From the early 9th century
Until its conquest by the Mughals in 1666 AD,

When the Mughal Prince Shah Shuja was passing
Through the hilly terrain of the present-day
Cox's Bazar on his way to Arakan,
He was attracted to its scenic and captivating beauty;

He commanded his forces to camp there
His retinue of one thousand palanquins stopped there for some time
A place named Dulahazara, meaning "one thousand palanquins, "
Still exists in the area;

After the Mughals, the place came under
The control of the Tipras and the Arakanese,
Followed by the Portuguese and then the British
After British it came under the control of Pakistan, then Bangladesh;

The name Cox's Bazar originated from the name of
A British East India Company officer,
Captain Hiram Cox, who was appointed
As the Superintendent of Palonki (today's Cox's Bazar) outpost;

He succeeded Warren Hastings, who became the Governor of Bengal
Following the British East India Company Act in 1773,
The Captain rehabilitated many refugees in the area
But died in 1799 before he could finish his work;

To commemorate him, a market was established
And named after him, called Cox's Bazar,
Cox's Bazar then was first established in 1854
And became a municipality in 1869;

After the Sepoy Mutiny (Indian Rebellion of 1857) in 1857,
The British East India Company was highly criticized
And questioned on humanitarian grounds,
Specially for its opium trade monopoly over the Indian Sub-Continent;

However, after its dissolution on 1 January 1874, Company's assets
Including its Armed Forces were acquired by British Crown,
After this historic takeover, Cox's Bazar was declared
A district of the Bengal Province under the British Crown;

After the end of British rule in 1947, Cox's Bazar became part of
East Pakistan; Captain Advocate Fazlul Karim, the first chairman (after independence from the British) of Cox's Bazar Municipality,
Established the Tamarisk Forest along the beach

He wanted to attract tourists
As well as to protect the beach from the tsunami,
He donated much of his father-in-law's and his own lands
As sites for constructing a public library and a town hall,

He was inspired to build Cox's Bazar as a tourist spot
After seeing beaches of Bombay and Karachi,
And was a resort pioneer in developing Cox's Bazar as a destination, He established a maternity hospital,

The stadium and the drainage system by procuring grants
From the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation
Through correspondence. T. H. Matthews,
The principal of the Dacca Engineering College (1949~1954) ,

Was a friend who had helped him in these fundraising efforts
Engineer Chandi Charan Das was the government civil engineer
Who worked on all these projects,
In 1959 the municipality was turned into a town committee;

In 1961 the Geological Survey of Pakistan initiated
Investigation of radioactive minerals
Like monazite around the Cox's Bazar sea-beach area;
The Geological Survey planed, indeed;

In 1971, Cox's Bazar wharf was used
As a naval port by the Pakistan Navy's gunboats
This and the nearby airstrip of the Pakistan Air Force
Were the scene of intense shelling by the Indian Navy,

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, during the war,
Pakistani soldiers killed many people in the town, including eminent
Lawyer Jnanendralal Chowdhury, the killing of two freedom fighters Named Farhad and Subhash at Badar Mokam is also recorded in history;

After Bangladesh's independence, Cox's Bazar started
To receive administrative attention, in 1972 the town committee
Of Cox's Bazar was turned into a municipality, in 1975,
The Government of Bangladesh established a pilot plant at Kalatali;

Later, in 1984 Cox's Bazar subdivision was promoted to a district,
And five years later (in 1989) , the Cox's Bazar municipality was
Elevated to B-grade; in 1994 (jobs) the Marine Fisheries
And Technology Station (MFTS) was established at Cox's Bazar;

MFTS is a research station of Bangladesh
Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) headquartered in Mymensingh,
The station covers a land area of four hectares
And contains five laboratories;

In April 2007 Bangladesh got connected to the submarine cable network
As a member of the SEA-ME-WE-4 Consortium,
As Cox's Bazar was selected as the landing station
Of the submarine cable,

In September 2012 the municipality was the site
Of the Cox's Bazar and Ramu riots,
Where local Muslims attacked the Buddhist community
Over an alleged Quran desecration posted to Facebook;

Cox's Bazar town has an area of 6.85 km2 (2.64 sq mi) ,
And is bounded by Bakkhali River on the north and East,
The Bay of Bengal in the West,
And Jhilwanj Union in the south;

The climate of Bangladesh is mostly determined by its location
In the tropical monsoon region:
High temperature, heavy rainfall, generally excessive humidity
And distinct seasonal variations;

Climate of Cox's Bazar is mostly similar
To the rest of the country
It is further characterized
By the location in the coastal area,

The annual average temperature in Cox's Bazar remains
At about a maximum of 34.8 °C (94.6 °F)
And a minimum of 16.1 °C (61.0 °F)
The average amount of rainfall remains at 3,524 mm (138.7 in) :

The major economic activity in Cox's Bazar is tourism
A number of hotels, guest houses, and motels have been built
In the city and coastal region,
And many people are involved in the service industry;

People are also involved in fishing and collecting seafood
And sea products for their livelihood,
Oysters, snails, pearls
And their ornaments are very popular with tourists;

Some people are involved
In the transportation business for tourists,
Consequently, Cox's Bazar is
One of the few major spots for aquaculture in Bangladesh,

Along with Khulna, it is considered a major source of revenue
From foreign exchanges, besides a mix of small-scale agriculture,
Marine and inland fishing and salt production are other industrial
Sources that play important roles in the national economy;

The beach is the main attraction of the town
There are several 3-star and 5-star hotels provide
The exclusive beachside area
With accessories for the tourist;

Visitors in other hotels visit Laboni beach
Which is the area of the beach closest to the town,
Other than the beach there are several places of interest
Near the town which can easily be visited from the town center:

Himchari National Park located just south of the Cox's Bazar town
It consists of lush tropical rain forest, grasslands and trees,
And features a number of waterfalls, the biggest of which cascades down toward the sandy, sun-drenched beach;

National Park was established in 1980 by the Government of Bangladesh
As conservation area for research, education, and Recreation,
Once it was the stomping grounds of herds of Asian elephant,
It is still home to a limited number of these mammals,

Agenda Khyang is a large Buddhist monastery,
And a place revered by around 400,000 Buddhist people of Cox's Bazar;
And the Chittagong Hill Tracts
The main sanctuary is posted on a series of round timber columns,

It has a prayer chamber
And an assembly hall along with
A repository of large and small bronze Buddha images
And a number of old manuscripts,

Ramu is about 10 km (6 mi) from Cox's Bazar,
Is a village with a sizeable Buddhist population
The village sells handicrafts and homemade cigars
There are monasteries, khyangs

And pagodas containing images of Buddha in bronze,
Gold and other metals with precious stones,
One of the temples, on the bank of the Baghkhali river,
Houses relics and Burmese handicrafts,

And also a large bronze statue of Buddha measuring thirteen feet high
Which rests on a six feet high pedestal. Weavers ply their trade
In open workshops and craftsmen make handmade cigars
In their pagoda like houses;

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park is
The first Safari Park in Bangladesh,
Dulahazara Safari Park was developed on an undulating landscape
Of around 2,224 acres at Chakaria Upazila in Cox's Bazar District,

The nature of the forest is tropical evergreen and rich with Garjan,
Boilam, Telsur, and Chapalish along with herbs, shrubs, and creepers, Safari Park is a declared protected area where the animals are kept
In a fairly large area with natural environment,

And visitors can easily see animals whenever they visit by bus, etc
This park was established on the basis of South Asian model
This safari park is an extension of an animal sanctuary located along
Chittagong-Cox's Bazar road about 50 km from Cox's Bazar town,

The sanctuary itself protects a large number of wild elephants
Which are native to the area,
In the safari park, there are domesticated elephants
Which are available for a ride;

Other animal attractions include lions, Bengal tigers,
Crocodiles, Bears, Chitals
And lots of different types of birds and monkeys
Which is a wonderful project to attract the tourist;

The only aquarium in Bangladesh is in Cox's Bazar
Attractions also include parasailing, water biking,
Beach biking, horse riding, Cox Carnival circus show,
Daria Nagar Ecopark, Cox's Bazar Development Authority,

Numerous architectural attractions, Shishu Parks
Numerous photogenic sites, largest safari park in the country, Bangabandhu Safari Park, is nearby; there is a forest reserve
At Teknaf which also has a cable car planned.