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Background of Chandpur District

Naming of Chandpur
Once upon a time, it is believed that folk-tale famous Chand Sawdagor with his seven commercial boats sailed here and his name contributes to the name of this land. Someone thinks that the name is derived from Chand Fakir of Purindapur (Koralia at present) mahalla of the town. During the ruling of BaroBhuiyan, this land was under the reign of Chand Roy, who was Zaminder of Bikrampur . He established a centre of governance here. This truth helped historian J. M. Sengupta to tell that Chandpur was named in the name of Chand Roy.

Administrative Establishment of Chandpur
A ruler named Shah Ahmed Chand came Chandpur from Delhi at 1500 AD and founded a river-port. Due to administrative re-shuffling, Chandpur Sub division was created in 1878 AD and the town was declared as municipality in 1st October 1896. Chandpur was awarded the honour of a district in 15 February, 1984. Chinese tourist Wang Chawang depicted in his travel history that Chandpur was part of Samatat in the ancient Bengal. It is evident that ancient Gupta, Pala and Sen Dynasty ruled Chandpur but no ancient name recorded. This region came upder muslim rule after Ikhtiar Uddin Mohammed-Bin-Bakhtiar Khilzi`s win. Evidence says that Sultan Fakhruddin Mobarak Shah ruled this region. Stone-inscription says that Firoz Khan Lashkar, Dewan of Fakhruddin Mobarak Shah, built the Firozshahi Mosque at Hazigonj and it beseems with unparallel muslim architectural beauty. Olipur village under Hazigonj bears the history of administrative office of renowned Mughal ruler Abdullah. Ancient Alamgiri Mosque with five domes stands still here with historic glamour. There is a three-dome mosque named by Shah Suja here along with the graves of heroic army commanders. These are now known as Shrines of Olis.