Bagha Upazila is bounded by Charghat Upazila and Bagatipara Upazila, the latter in Natore District, on the north, Lalpur and Bagatipara Upazilas, both in Natore District, on the east, Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia District, on the south and JalangiCD Block, in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, India, on the west.[4]
History
An ancient graveyard containing the tombs of Shah Dawlah and his companions who settled in Bagha to call the locals towards Islam.
Alaypur village of Bagha was the headquarters of Laskar Khan Jaigirdar during the sixteenth century. Hazrat Shah Doulah settled at Bagha and started preaching Islam after being granted 42 parganas by the rulers.[5] He also established a famous madrasa here.[3] Bagha thana of present-day Rajshahi district was a thriving centre of learning in the early Muslim period. The place became famous after Shah Muazzam Danishmand (Maulana Shah Daula) from Baghdad settled there during the reign of the Sultan of BengalNasiruddin Nasrat Shah (1519–32) and built his khanqah there. An inscription table of the time of Sultan Nusrat Shah was discovered there that records the construction of a Jam’i mosque in 930 A.H. (1523-24 A.D.) One Abdul Latif visited the Bagha madrasah in 1609. There he met an elderly Sufi named Hawadah Main (Maulana Hamid Danishmand) son of Maulana Shah Daula, who was running a madrasah and a khanqah in a peaceful environment. Probably the madrasah was established during the reign of Nusrat Shah.[6]
During the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, temporary camps were founded by the Pakistan Army in places such as Narayanpur, Bagha, Pakuria, Arani, Alaipur and Chawkrajapur and many brawls took place in these camps against the 400 Bengali freedom fighters of Bagha. 7 of these freedom fighters has been martyr.[3]
According to the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Bagha Upazila had 46,711 households and a population of 184,183. 35,215 (19.12%) were under 10 years of age. Bagha had a literacy rate (age 7 and over) of 49.65%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1002 females per 1000 males. 44,173 (23.98%) lived in urban areas.[8][9]
The union parishads are subdivided into 99 mauzas and 78 villages.[8]
Chairmen
List of chairmen
Number
Name
Started
01
Muhammad Abdul Aziz
15/8/1985
02
Muhammad Bayezul Islam Khan
18/2/1990
03
Muhammad Bayezul Islam Khan
23/2/2009
04
Muhammad Layeb Uddin Labhlu
Present
Economy and tourism
The historic 10-domed Shahi Mosque of Bagha
Bagha Upazila is home to 343 mosques, most notably the ancient Bagha Mosque complex which also contains the mazar (mausoleum) of Shah Dawlah, a key figure who propagated Islam in the region. The mazar of Dilal Bukhari is in Alaipur. The indigo factory (nilkuthi) at Mirganj is a relic of the colonial period and is currently used as a silk factory.[3]Bagha Museum is also a tourist spot of Bagha Upazila.
Bagha Museum
Education
There a number of madrasas in Bagha Upazila which provide educational services to the local community. Some of these include:[10]
List of madrasas
Name
Headteacher
Darul Uloom Dakhil Madrasa
Muhammad Yunus Ali
Parsaota Alim Madrasa
Muhammad Bazlul Karim
Bagha Fazil Madrasa
Muhammad Abdul Ghafur Miah
Bausha Hedatipara Dakhil Madrasa
Muhammad Abdur Rashid
Arani Dakhil Madrasa
Muhammad Abu Hanif
Arani Chakarpara Dakhil Madrasa
Muhammad Shamimuzzaman
Sultanpur Gorasthan Dakhil Madrasa
Muhammad Abdul Mannaf
Jot Qadirpur Dakhil Madrasa
Mosammat Rafiyah Sultanah
Manigram Dakhil Madrasa
Muhammad Tahurul Islam
Notable people
Shahriar Alam, MP, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
^"Bangladesh Postal Code". Dhaka: Bangladesh Postal Department under the Department of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. 21 October 2024.
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