History of Faridpur

History

In 1582 in the reign of Emperor Akbar, the province of Bengal was formed into 33 sarkars or financial subdivision, and Faridpur area appears to have been included with in the sarkar of Muhammad Abud. During the Emperor Shah Jahan, these divisions were carried onto such an extent as to cause in a falling of the imperial revenue. In 1721 a new partition of the country was made the province of Bengal being formed keen on 13 large divisions (chaklas) instead of sarkars. In 1765 the financial administration of Faridpur, together with the rest of Bangal was captured by the English, and in 1790 the criminal administration of the country at the correctors were invested with magisterial powers. In 1793 the collectors were relieved of their magisterial duties and separate officers were appointed united Judicial and authoritative power together. The greater portion of Faridpur was next comprised in Dacca Jalalpur. In 1811 Faridpur was alienated from Dacca collectorate.

The quarter was initially known as Fatehabad. In 1860 the district was name as Faridpur after 12th Century Sufi saint Shah Sheikh Fariduddin. Faridpur town was declared a municipality in 1862 and a District Prison was set up in 1865. In 1840 the Faridpur Zila School was established and is one of the oldest school in modern day Bangladesh.

The original district stretched out across mid Bengal, comprising what is, today, the Greater Faridpur region. A politically important district during the British Raj, Faridpur became a sub-division of Dhaka Division after the creation of Pakistan. In 1984, with the Decentralization Program of the Bangladesh direction, Faridpur district was broken down into five separate districts: Rajbari, Gopalgonj, Madaripur, Shariatpur and Faridpur.

Faridpur is prominent for its rich zamindari history. Most of the zamindar families were Hindus. They built-in the Basu Roys of Gopalgonj, the Basu Roy Chowdhurys of Ulpur (Shahapur), the Sikdars of Kanaipur, The Bhawal Rajas of Pangsha, the Senguptas(dewanji)of dhamaron , the Lords of Choddo, and the Baish with Roshi estates of Bhanga. During the reign of the Nawabs of Bengal, several Muslim zamindaris were established. They built-in the Chanpur Estate and the Boalmari Estate in present day Faridpur, Golam Ali Chowdhury of Idilpur pargana and the Padamdi Nawab Estate in there day Rajbari. The the bulk powerful Muslim landlord be Nawab Abdul Latif plus Chowdhury Moyezuddin Biwshash.

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The Sikdars of Kanaipur: They rise to authority more frequently than not beneath the woman zamindar Bhabatarini Sikdar, a widow who be an ordered ruler of her era plus live incredibly famous inside deal by income of her business-mind plus conduct trade on stream all from side to surface India plus bring reverse vast prosperity toward her land. Her merely young gentleman Satish Chandra Sikdar be too well-organized in look following the land additional than was additional famed for his conceit and sensibleness so as to he second-hand to law his subject. His two sons of dissimilar wives be Surendranath Sikdar and Nirodboron Sikdar were last the ruler of the alienated land although bulk of the belongings departure beneath Surendranath Sikdar life shape the older youthful gentleman. He advantage his friend Radha Rani Sikdar, a progeny of a zamindar of Kalighat in Calcutta have six brood, in the middle of them the eldest and the only daughter Arati Sikdar, Shukho Surjo Sikdar, Nihar Ranjan Sikdar, Timir Boron Sikdar, Dilip sikdar and Basudeb Sikdar. Surndranath sikdar had an early life, thus the estate came under Radha Rani Sikdar as his elder son became an aesthatic, her second son went to Calcutta to become an automobile engineer who later married to Pushpa Rani Sikdar and settled in Calcutta and took no interest in zamandari affairs but officially was the owner of the estate being the second married son and the other sons were both incapable and inefficient to run the estate and thus lossing the vast property to the Government. Till the death of Radha Rani Sikdar the estate was looked and maintained properly by herself.

During the 1800s, Haji Shariatullah, after returning from Mecca, began the famous Faraizi movement aimed at ending the persecution of Muslims by upper caste Hindu zamindars. The Indigo Resistance Movement which resisted Indigo plantations promoted by the British East India Company, also began in Faridpur. The movement was led by Pir Dudu Miah.

The Greater Faridpur region is also famous for producing some of the finest politicians of the Indian Subcontinent. They include Baba Ambika Charan Majumder, Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Mohonmiah Yusuf Ali Chowdhury , Buddhadeb Bhattacharya , Humayun Kabir and many more.

Faridpur hosted several key meetings of the Indian Independence movement. It was regularly visited by Subhash Chandra Bose, Chittaranjan Das, Rabindranath Tagore, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The annual conference of the Bengal Congress held on the grounds of the Moyez Manzil Palace in Faridpur in 1921 was attended by Mahatma Gandhi.

After the creation of Pakistan, Bengali nationalists frequently held large rallies in Faridpur. Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq would regularly visit the district. Prior to the elections of 1954 which brought Bengali nationalists to power in Faridpur, the Jukta Front coalition held a massive rally on the grounds of the Biwshash Bari zamindar mansion in the village of Chanpur, just outside Faridpur. The rally was attended by Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq.

Faridpur also saw many ruthless atrocities during the Bangladesh Liberation War. On April 26, the Pakistan army landed on Daulatdia river port (now in present day Rajbari) and began a massacre as soldiers went from village to village killing sleeping civilians during dawn