Baraigram Upazila: History
The Aryan migrations to Lalpur and Baraigram date back to the Gupta period in the 5th century. In the 20th century, a copper plate inscription of King Kumaragupta I was discovered in Baraigram by a Muslim farmer who handed it to Zamindar Ershad Ali Khan Chowdhury who presented it to historian Akshay Kumar Maitreya. The inscription was a land grant from the Gupta emperor to a Brahmin settler.
Baraigram, primarily formed as a thana in 1869, was turned into an upazila on in 1983. Educationist Md.Abdul Bari was the first elected Chairman of Baraigram Upazila. He established many educational institutions in Baraigram, such as Baraigram Pilot High School, Baraigram College, and Baraigram Girls High School.