History of Cox's Bazar District

Cox's Bazar is a district of the Chittagong Division. It is located approximately 150 kilometers south of Chittagong. Again, the district is named after Chittagong town.

Mar 23, 2021
 



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Cox's Bazar is a district of the Chittagong Division. It is located approximately 150 kilometers south of Chittagong. Again, the district is named after Chittagong town. The area of this district is 2491.85 square kilometers and the population is about 2289990. Chittagong is also regarded or thought of as a fishing port of Bangladesh. The district is bounded by the Bay of Bengal at south and west, Chittagong District at the north, and Naf river at the east.

History

In 1854, Cox's Bazar was formed as thana, and in the same year, adding four regions altogether, Cox's Bazar was upgraded to a municipality. In 1959, the district was transformed into a town committee. Again, in 1972, the district was solely transformed into a municipality. Finally, on 1st March of 1984, Cox's Bazar expresses itself as a district from the subdivision. The ancient name of this region is Palanki. Again, at a certain time, it was familiar as Panowa. In old times, the surrounding regions of Cox's Bazar were filled with yellow flowers and those would create beautiful scenery there. That's why it was named Panowa.


In 1799, an English officer named Captain Hiram Cox made a Bazar here. From the names of the officer and the Bazar, the district is named Cox's Bazar. Arab businessmen and the people who wanted to spread religion came to Chittagong and Akib port in the 8th century. In the 9th century, Horikela's king Kantidev ruled over Cox's Bazar and greater Chittagong. In 930BC, Arakan king Sulat Ingo Chondro seized Chittagong and after that, it had been a part of the Arakan kingdom. Again, Chittagong was seized by Mughal and East India Company. In 1784, Barma king Bodhapaya seized Arakan, and to save a life more than 13 thousand Arakan fled from Cox's Bazar. At that time, East India Company also took a good initiative to provide lands and food facilities to the people. That's why Hiram Cox was appointed. Every family got 2.4-acre land and food facilities for six months. At that time, Hira Cox made a Bazar in that Rakhaine region as it is said before. Locals named it Cox's Bazar for having the contribution of Hiram Cox to help them. But Hiram Cox had died before the rehabilitation activity finished in 1799. In 1971, Pakistani armies killed about 13 innocent people at Chokoriya and set fire to the houses and shops of the region. Pakistani armies made their camp at Teknaf Dukbanglaw in this region and killed about 250 people Ramu, Ukhiya, and Technaf after taking them to their camp.

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Writer: Sonjoy Kumer

References: cox'sbazar.gov.bd, bn.m.wikipedia.org


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