British period till today numerous noted individuals have lived in the greater Paltan. Amongst them Great Political and social reformer; Philanthropist Alhajj Abdul Halim Chowdhury, Noted Industrialist Mr. Nurunnabi Gazi, Printing and Packaging pioneer Mr. Mohammed Hussain, Aga Khani industrialist Mr. Mohammad Bhai, Veteran Politician Gazi Golam Mostafa, Central Commerce Minister of Pakistan Mr. Wahiduzzaman, Lawyer Adv. Ashraf Ali Chowdhury, Adv Golam Morshed, Pakistan's Hilal-i-Quaid, first editor of Dawn (newspaper) and Central Industry Minister of Pakistan back in 1965 Altaf Husain's brother Censor Board Chairman Anwar Husain and his wife Media personality and daughter of renowned Bollywood Actor Pahari Sanyal – Namita Anwar, One of the most famous painter of the subcontinent Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, Renowned left politician/columnist/veteran journalist of Bangladesh Nirmal Sen, journalist Ataur Rahman, veteran singers Md. Khurshid Alam, Shahnaz Rahmatullah, Abeda Sultana, Shimul Billah, Music director Anwar Parvez, Actor Raisul Islam Asad, Late Zafar Iqbal, pioneer businessman Faiz Ahmed of Faiz Cold Storage Limited, famous cultural organizer and freedom fighter Nasiruddin Yousuf Bacchu, Photo and Cinematographer Mr. Shafiqul Islam Swapan, Cricket commentator Shamim Ashraf Chowdhury, famous Bharat Natyam specialist artist Shukla Sarker and many more are to be mentioned. Most of the political and social figures of the last century also were directly related to this area during their lifetime. The area has, starting from small daily need markets to international stadiums. This zone has witnessed and influenced most of the political as well social happening of this country as a whole since long, be it British period, Pakistan period or post war period as well now. Though it gradually is affected due to population and habitation problems alike other areas of the city it still stands apart in the city. Naya Paltan There is a history of the naming of Naya Paltan. Before the 1950s this area presently named as Naya Paltan was called Ramkrishnapur. There were hardly 25 families residing in the two lanes of the area. One lane is through to Purana Paltan. The other lane was blind having less than 10 families. In 1952 (year of Language Movement of 1952) the residents (Including Dr. Abdul Halim, Md. Rajab Ali, Md. Zohad Hossain, and others) of the area (Then Ramkrishnapur) sat together in several occasions to change the name of the area. The reason was, after partition of 1947 all the original owners of the area sold their houses and migrated to India and