Gana Unnayan Kendra-GUK

GUK is a community led organization has been working in the northern part of Bangladesh since 1985. The history of Bangladesh is an eventful combination of turmoil and peace, as well as prosperity and destitution. It has thrived under the glow of cultural splendor and suffered under the ravages of war. The territory now constituting Bangladesh was under the Muslim rule for over five and a half centuries from 1201 to 1757 A.D. Then, it was ruled by British India for nearly 190 years from 1757 to 1947. During that period Bangladesh was a part of the British Indian provinces of Bengal and Assam. With the termination of the British rule in August, 1947 the sub-continent was partitioned into India and Pakistan. Bangladesh was then a part of Pakistan and was known as East Pakistan. It remained so about 24 years from August 14, 1947 to March 25, 1971. It appeared on the world map as an independent and sovereign state on December 16, 1971 following the victory at the War of Liberation from March 25 to December 16, 1971.

GUK works in Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, and Kurigram districts of Rangpur Division. This is the northernmost division of the country and consist total eight districts. There are 58 Upazillas or subdistricts under these eight districts and has a population of 1,56,65,000 at the 2011 Census.