Banaripara Upazila: History
During the Independence War in 1971, the Pakistan Army killed 212 in Gava Village, where all Ghosh Dastidar and Ghosh Ray used to live and they mostly left their ancestral land for India. The villagers were rounded by local collaborators of the Pakistan Army, Akkas Ali Khan and Sarat Samaddar, in front of a canal and told their photos would be taken. Instead the Pakistan Army shot and killed the 200 people gathered there. Benu Bahini fought against Pakistan Army in the upazila.