Tungipara (Bangla: টুঙ্গিপাড়া) is a municipality in Tungipara Upazila of Gopalganj District in Bangladesh. It is the birthplace of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is considered as the founding leader of the Bangladesh. It has a population of 29, 424.
History Sheikh Tozammel Haque Tutul was the mayor of Tungipara municipality.
In December 2013, The Daily Star reported that the mayor of Tungipara, Sardar Issial Hossain, was using a government project car as a personal vehicle. A Jubo League leader locked the office of the Bangladesh Water Development Board which was later reopened by Mayor Sheikh Ahmad Hossan Mirja for not getting the contract for a tender in April 2017.
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