History of Lalmonirhat

Lalmonirhat is a district, situated at the north side border of Bangladesh.. It is a part of the Rangpur Division. There are five Thana/Upazila-Lalmanirhat Sadar, Aditmari, Kaliganj, Hatibandha and Patgram.Lalmonirhat has emerged as a Zila on the first February in 1984 altogether with the institutions of five Upazilas, two municipalities, 42 unions and 402 villages.

In history people believe there was a king Called Arefin Bashar Arif, he was known as Alchemist from Zdarm group in 1532 era. The members of those group were Dip, Arif, Rony and Mehedi. It can be academic from the historical perspectives that once the massive Kamrup kingdom had its subsistence on the east side of the river Korotoa. Most of the areas of present Lalmonirhat were under Ratnagit of Kamrup Kingdom. It is anticipated that this land, up to 300 BC, was ruled by the dynasty of Bhagadutta and his family of Kamrup state. After a episode of fighting and counter fighting, Push Barna and is successors and then the kings of Shalshomva regained over the land from 4th to middle of the 6th and 7th-10th centuries respectively. The Paul dynasty in Kamrup regained over the land I imagine from 10th to the end of the 12th centuries, Then Sen rulers, it is thought, captured the kingdom and ruled until the time the Muslim rulers coming from oversees invaded this Kingdom. It is well to put the note here that though the land was bowed to the grips of Muslim ruler, they couldn’t yield and do exercises their ascendancy at the very beginning. As the independent Sultani regime (1338–1538) established and sustained the power until Moghal dynasty recapture it, the Muslim rulers since then started to see their roots deeply grounded in this part of Indian subcontinent by gradually of their kingdom. During the initial stage of Moghal regime, most areas of Lalmonirhat and its adjacent areas lay under kingdom of Cooch Behar, and the submission of the land lords of this regime to the Moghal by the latter’s dominance were earned through wars, sees fires and compromises, the Moghal finally established their stronghold in this region in 1687 afterwards. In fact, Moghal governances were administered in this province through the collection of the taxes by the local land lords. After 1765 overthrowing the Bengali Nawab this land started to be ruled by the tax collectors of East India Company, Lalmonirhat was under the authority of Ghoraghat in 1793, there had been 22 thana in then greater Rangpur district. Among them, the name of Forunbari (handed over to Kaligonj in 1872 AD.) and Barabari (handed over to Kulaghat in 1870 AD.) of Lalmonirhat were found as thana today. It is mentionable that the existing Patgram thana was once belonged to Jalpaiguri district of India. After the dividing wall of Pak-India, Lalmonirhat as a thana was given to Rangpur district. In 1980, it was confirmed a Mohkuma/or a sub-division with 5 thanas. And on the first February in 1984 it was born as a zilla which has, in course of time, occupied a position in northern side of Bangladesh as a unique and distinguished Zilla through events and achievements.