Known for
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Sugar on the border.
At Darshana, right by the Indian border, Carew & Co has been crushing cane and distilling since 1938, one of the oldest working industries in the country; the old British-era compound and the border crossing make an unusual day.
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Railways and 1971.
Chuadanga sits on one of the first railway lines in the country, and at Natudah in Damurhuda the graves of eight freedom fighters are kept as a memorial. It is a quiet district: come for these, not for crowds of sights.
Best season
GoodFairNov–Mar
November to March, when the cane crushing season is on at Darshana and the weather is mild. Chuadanga is often among the hottest places in the country in April and May, and among the coldest in January.
Getting there
Train
Dhaka or Khulna
Intercity trains stop at Chuadanga and Darshana
Bus
Dhaka
5–6 h
Direct buses to Chuadanga town
Getting around
In the district
Buses and CNGs; Darshana about 30 minutes from town
Intercity trains on the Dhaka–Khulna route stop at Chuadanga and Darshana; buses from Dhaka take about five to six hours. Darshana is half an hour south of Chuadanga town by bus or CNG.
Local food
Date-palm jaggeryMust try
Winter only
Date-palm juice and jaggery in winter, as across the western districts, and sweets from the town shops.
Places to see
Monument and memorialMasum-al-hasan · CC BY-SA 4.0Carew & Co, Darshana
The sugar mill and distillery at Darshana, founded in 1938 under private owners and now state-run, with its old colonial compound by the Indian border.
Monument and memorialFardin Ahmed Shovon · CC BY-SA 4.0Chuadanga railway station
One of the oldest railway stations in Bangladesh, on the first line built from Calcutta into what is now the country, in the 1860s.
Gholdari Jame Mosque
An old village mosque at Gholdari in Alamdanga, remembered locally as the first Friday mosque of greater Kushtia.
Natudah eight graves
The graves of eight freedom fighters killed in 1971 at Natudah in Damurhuda, now a memorial with a monument and a small complex.
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