Description : Biswa Ijtema is one of the biggest gatherings of Muslims around the world. This is the second highest gathering for Muslims who have gathered every year beside turag river for their 3 days event of praying. The Bengali Tablighi Jamaat movement started in Dhaka, East Bengal during the 1950s. The first Ijtemas were organized in Chittagong (1954) and Narayanganj (1958), followed by Ijtemas at the Ramna Race Course in Dhaka in 1960, 1962 and 1965. Due to the increasing rate of participants, the government of East Pakistan allowed organizers to schedule the event annually by the River Turag in 1967. Later, the government of Bangladesh allotted 160 acres of land exclusively for holding the event. Bangladesh.